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Chaminda Vaas

Chaminda Vaas

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In a Sri Lankan team that had Muttiah Muralitharan, it was almost impossible to believe that there was another bowler whom the batsmen feared as much. That was Chaminda Vaas, a left-handed medium pacer who became one of the greatest pacemen ever and the greatest fast bowler Sri Lanka ever produced. In 1990, he began his first-class career at the age of 16. With just 13 first-class matches under his belt, Vaas made his Test debut against Pakistan in 1994. He showed his match-winning DNA within the first year of his debut by leading Sri Lanka to their first away Test win in the 1993-94 series against New Zealand. Vaas never shied away from adding more variations to his already impressive arsenal. The late in-dipper, ability to swing in the flattest of tracks, reverse swing, off-cutters—he had it all. Vaas is the only bowler ever to take eight wickets in an ODI match. He is the youngest to take 300 ODI wickets. Although Vaas was known for his bowling, it will be criminal to disregard the 3,000-odd runs he made in Tests. When he retired in 2009, Vaas had 355 Test wickets and 400 ODI wickets to his name.

Career Stats

Format Mat Inns Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s
Test
111
162
3089
100*
24.32
7033
43.92
1
13
376
16
ODI
322
220
2025
50*
13.68
2796
72.42
0
1
127
22
T20I
6
2
33
21
33.00
41
80.48
0
0
1
0
Format Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts Best Avg Econ SR 5W
Test
111
194
23438
10501
355
7/71
29.58
2.68
66.00
12
ODI
322
320
15775
11014
400
8/19
27.53
4.18
39.40
4
T20I
6
6
132
128
6
2/14
21.33
5.81
22.00
0

Opposition Breakdown Stats

VS TEAM Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
Vs England
2001-2007
15
25
7
541
90
30.05
1240
43.62
0
2
0
69
2
Vs Pakistan
1994-2009
18
30
6
471
53*
19.62
1188
39.64
0
1
3
54
1
Vs South Africa
1998-2006
11
19
2
365
69
21.47
834
43.76
0
3
1
50
2
Vs New Zealand
1995-2006
10
17
1
355
57
22.18
867
40.94
0
2
2
40
2
Vs Zimbabwe
1994-2004
15
13
3
297
74*
29.70
709
41.88
0
2
1
31
4
Vs Australia
1995-2007
12
20
6
294
68*
21.00
555
52.97
0
1
2
43
2
Vs West Indies
2001-2008
9
14
2
288
54*
24.00
715
40.27
0
1
2
27
0
Vs Bangladesh
2001-2009
7
8
4
275
100*
68.75
452
60.84
1
1
0
31
3
Vs India
1997-2008
14
16
4
203
47
16.91
473
42.91
0
0
1
31
0
VS TEAM Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
Vs Pakistan
1994-2008
56
40
10
387
50*
12.90
505
76.63
0
1
5
26
4
Vs India
1994-2008
61
37
13
370
37*
15.41
456
81.14
0
0
5
32
4
Vs South Africa
1994-2007
34
30
11
329
34*
17.31
487
67.55
0
0
3
22
3
Vs Australia
1994-2008
40
34
12
279
24
12.68
443
62.97
0
0
6
14
2
Vs New Zealand
1994-2007
35
24
12
146
27
12.16
227
64.31
0
0
4
9
1
Vs Zimbabwe
1994-2004
25
12
4
142
23
17.75
115
123.47
0
0
1
8
6
Vs West Indies
1995-2008
20
13
4
136
28*
15.11
221
61.53
0
0
0
8
0
Vs England
1996-2007
30
21
5
129
15
8.06
209
61.72
0
0
1
4
0
Vs Bangladesh
1995-2008
12
5
0
51
16
10.20
74
68.91
0
0
0
3
0
Vs Kenya
1996-2003
4
2
1
33
29*
33.00
32
103.12
0
0
0
1
2
Vs Netherlands
2002
1
1
0
16
16
16.00
16
100.00
0
0
0
0
0
Vs ICC World XI
2005
1
1
0
7
7
7.00
11
63.63
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Bermuda
2007
1
0
0
0
—
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Canada
2003
1
0
0
0
—
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Ireland
2007
1
0
0
0
—
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
VS TEAM Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
Vs Australia
—
1
1
0
21
21
21.00
28
75.00
0
0
0
1
0
Vs Pakistan
—
1
1
1
12
12*
—
13
92.30
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Bangladesh
—
1
0
0
0
—
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Kenya
—
1
0
0
0
—
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
Vs New Zealand
—
2
0
0
0
—
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
VS TEAM Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
Vs West Indies
2001-2008
9
16
343.20
79
913
55
7/71
16.60
2.65
37.40
0
4
Vs England
2001-2007
15
28
564.20
118
1537
49
6/73
31.36
2.72
69.10
0
1
Vs Zimbabwe
1994-2004
15
26
574.30
151
1332
48
4/56
27.75
2.31
71.80
0
0
Vs Pakistan
1994-2009
18
28
645.50
131
1742
47
5/99
37.06
2.69
82.40
0
1
Vs New Zealand
1995-2006
10
18
363.50
86
991
42
6/87
23.59
2.72
51.90
0
4
Vs Australia
1995-2007
12
20
432.10
93
1229
38
5/31
32.34
2.84
68.20
0
1
Vs India
1997-2008
14
24
468.30
109
1343
30
4/20
44.76
2.86
93.70
0
0
Vs South Africa
1998-2006
11
20
346.30
86
924
27
6/29
34.22
2.66
77.00
0
1
Vs Bangladesh
2001-2009
7
14
167.20
42
490
19
4/55
25.78
2.92
52.80
0
0
VS TEAM Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
Vs India
1994-2008
61
60
474.40
45
2213
70
5/14
31.61
4.66
40.60
0
1
Vs Pakistan
1994-2008
56
56
456.40
33
2012
61
3/30
32.98
4.40
44.90
0
0
Vs New Zealand
1994-2007
35
34
283.20
32
1089
49
5/39
22.22
3.84
34.60
3
1
Vs Australia
1994-2008
40
40
348.30
26
1676
47
4/56
35.65
4.80
44.40
1
0
Vs Zimbabwe
1994-2004
25
25
218.00
27
770
42
8/19
18.33
3.53
31.10
3
1
Vs South Africa
1994-2007
34
34
275.30
26
1120
40
4/33
28.00
4.06
41.30
1
0
Vs England
1996-2007
30
30
252.40
25
1121
32
3/13
35.03
4.43
47.30
0
0
Vs West Indies
1995-2008
20
20
159.00
30
487
26
4/22
18.73
3.06
36.60
1
0
Vs Bangladesh
1995-2008
12
12
90.10
20
261
19
6/25
13.73
2.89
28.40
0
1
Vs Kenya
1996-2003
4
4
37.00
4
151
7
3/41
21.57
4.08
31.70
0
0
Vs Canada
2003
1
1
7.00
4
15
3
3/15
5.00
2.14
14.00
0
0
Vs Bermuda
2007
1
1
6.00
3
11
1
1/11
11.00
1.83
36.00
0
0
Vs ICC World XI
2005
1
1
9.00
1
59
1
1/59
59.00
6.55
54.00
0
0
Vs Ireland
2007
1
1
5.40
1
18
1
1/18
18.00
3.17
34.00
0
0
Vs Netherlands
2002
1
1
6.00
2
11
1
1/11
11.00
1.83
36.00
0
0
VS TEAM Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
Vs Bangladesh
—
1
1
4.00
0
14
2
2/14
7.00
3.50
12.00
0
0
Vs Kenya
—
1
1
4.00
1
15
2
2/15
7.50
3.75
12.00
0
0
Vs New Zealand
—
2
2
8.00
0
55
1
1/28
55.00
6.87
48.00
0
0
Vs Pakistan
—
1
1
4.00
0
23
1
1/23
23.00
5.75
24.00
0
0
Vs Australia
—
1
1
2.00
0
21
0
—
—
10.50
—
0
0

No opposition breakdown in this format.

Year-wise Stats

YEAR Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
1994
4
5
1
37
16*
9.25
193
19.17
0
0
1
4
0
1995
7
14
1
249
51
19.15
638
39.02
0
1
1
28
0
1996
3
4
0
76
34
19.00
93
81.72
0
0
0
8
2
1997
9
13
3
162
57
16.20
499
32.46
0
1
0
18
1
1998
3
3
0
56
30
18.66
117
47.86
0
0
1
9
0
1999
8
8
2
100
41
16.66
278
35.97
0
0
2
8
1
2000
10
16
4
249
54
20.75
696
35.77
0
2
1
26
1
2001
12
15
2
279
74*
21.46
507
55.02
0
1
2
36
4
2002
8
12
1
252
72*
22.90
482
52.28
0
1
0
30
1
2003
7
10
2
199
38
24.87
525
37.90
0
0
0
28
1
2004
11
18
6
369
69
30.75
787
46.88
0
2
1
57
1
2005
8
10
0
223
65
22.30
402
55.47
0
1
0
30
2
2006
6
12
4
303
64
37.87
749
40.45
0
2
2
37
0
2007
6
8
4
261
100*
65.25
457
57.11
1
1
0
28
1
2008
6
10
3
235
54*
33.57
524
44.84
0
1
1
25
1
2009
3
4
2
39
20*
19.50
86
45.34
0
0
0
4
0
YEAR Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
1994
23
8
5
47
33
15.66
98
47.95
0
0
0
2
0
1995
10
8
5
72
27
24.00
69
104.34
0
0
0
3
0
1996
29
19
5
191
23
13.64
279
68.45
0
0
1
17
2
1997
21
8
2
43
18*
7.16
71
60.56
0
0
4
4
0
1998
12
8
1
69
19
9.85
82
84.14
0
0
1
4
3
1999
31
28
9
232
29*
12.21
321
72.27
0
0
6
11
3
2000
20
15
6
210
34*
23.33
256
82.03
0
0
0
6
7
2001
29
21
6
215
50*
14.33
299
71.90
0
1
0
11
2
2002
30
23
7
253
31
15.81
336
75.29
0
0
3
18
1
2003
23
19
7
149
28*
12.41
237
62.86
0
0
1
12
1
2004
21
11
2
105
24
11.66
128
82.03
0
0
3
5
2
2005
12
9
2
117
37*
16.71
160
73.12
0
0
0
15
0
2006
27
21
7
168
29*
12.00
216
77.77
0
0
2
10
0
2007
17
10
4
63
19*
10.50
89
70.78
0
0
1
4
1
2008
17
12
4
91
19
11.37
155
58.70
0
0
3
5
0
YEAR Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
2006
1
0
0
0
—
—
0
—
0
0
0
0
0
2007
5
2
1
33
21
33.00
41
80.48
0
0
0
1
0
YEAR Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
1994
4
4
147.30
39
315
10
4/74
31.50
2.13
88.50
0
0
1995
7
12
256.20
56
652
32
6/87
20.37
2.54
48.00
0
4
1996
3
6
133.30
33
322
12
4/73
26.83
2.41
66.70
0
0
1997
9
13
303.30
61
868
21
4/60
41.33
2.85
86.70
0
0
1998
3
5
85.00
14
252
8
2/35
31.50
2.96
63.70
0
0
1999
8
13
299.20
66
757
25
4/54
30.28
2.52
71.80
0
0
2000
10
17
339.00
78
840
19
4/85
44.21
2.47
107.00
0
0
2001
12
23
489.10
124
1323
58
7/71
22.81
2.70
50.60
0
3
2002
8
14
310.00
57
915
21
4/85
43.57
2.95
88.50
0
0
2003
7
13
242.50
59
655
23
4/77
28.47
2.69
63.30
0
0
2004
11
22
415.50
97
1146
40
6/29
28.65
2.75
62.30
0
2
2005
8
13
242.40
69
628
32
6/22
19.62
2.58
45.50
0
2
2006
6
11
183.00
33
543
12
3/49
45.25
2.96
91.50
0
0
2007
6
11
183.20
46
528
18
4/28
29.33
2.88
61.10
0
0
2008
6
12
182.20
33
564
20
5/61
28.20
3.09
54.70
0
1
2009
3
5
93.00
30
193
4
2/21
48.25
2.07
139.50
0
0
YEAR Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
1994
23
23
176.00
18
678
26
4/20
26.07
3.85
40.60
1
0
1995
10
10
81.00
10
353
11
3/36
32.09
4.35
44.10
0
0
1996
29
29
237.40
29
887
37
4/22
23.97
3.73
38.50
1
0
1997
21
20
162.40
16
714
31
4/26
23.03
4.38
31.40
1
0
1998
12
12
94.50
3
410
13
3/33
31.53
4.32
43.70
0
0
1999
31
31
266.30
18
1309
35
3/27
37.40
4.91
45.60
0
0
2000
20
20
165.50
7
688
23
5/14
29.91
4.14
43.20
0
1
2001
29
29
232.20
30
930
42
8/19
22.14
4.00
33.10
0
1
2002
30
30
243.40
27
1024
33
3/30
31.03
4.20
44.30
0
0
2003
23
23
195.10
31
721
34
6/25
21.20
3.69
34.40
1
1
2004
21
21
180.50
24
693
37
4/11
18.72
3.83
29.30
3
0
2005
12
12
90.30
9
476
9
2/38
52.88
5.25
60.30
0
0
2006
27
27
237.30
23
1081
36
5/39
30.02
4.55
39.50
2
1
2007
17
16
123.40
22
450
20
3/10
22.50
3.63
37.10
0
0
2008
17
17
141.00
12
600
13
2/34
46.15
4.25
65.00
0
0
YEAR Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
2006
1
1
4.00
0
28
1
1/28
28.00
7.00
24.00
0
0
2007
5
5
18.00
1
100
5
2/14
20.00
5.55
21.60
0
0