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After usual captain [[Angelo Mathews]] injured during ODI series against Australia, vice captain [[Dinesh Chandimal]] was also injured during T20I series of the same tour. With these major players absent, Herath was appointed as the captain of Test team for the Zimbabwe tour. On 29 September 2016, he lead the team in a test match, became the oldest player to lead a Test team for the first time since [[Somachandra de Silva]] in 1983.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-sri-lanka-2016-17/content/story/1062963.html | title=Mathews injured, Herath set for late captaincy debut | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | date=23 October 2016 | accessdate=6 November 2016}}</ref> The match was won by Sri Lanka, where Herath lead from the front, took 6 wickets in the match.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-sri-lanka-2016-17/content/story/1064392.html | title=Sri Lanka overcome Zimbabwe's resistance in last-hour win | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | date=2 November 2016 | accessdate=6 November 2016}}</ref>
After usual captain [[Angelo Mathews]] injured during ODI series against Australia, vice captain [[Dinesh Chandimal]] was also injured during T20I series of the same tour. With these major players absent, Herath was appointed as the captain of Test team for the Zimbabwe tour. On 29 September 2016, he lead the team in a test match, became the oldest player to lead a Test team for the first time since [[Somachandra de Silva]] in 1983.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-sri-lanka-2016-17/content/story/1062963.html | title=Mathews injured, Herath set for late captaincy debut | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | date=23 October 2016 | accessdate=6 November 2016}}</ref> The match was won by Sri Lanka, where Herath lead from the front, took 6 wickets in the match.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-sri-lanka-2016-17/content/story/1064392.html | title=Sri Lanka overcome Zimbabwe's resistance in last-hour win | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | date=2 November 2016 | accessdate=6 November 2016}}</ref>


On 8 November 2016, Herath took his 27th [[five wicket haul]], becoming the third overall to take five-wicket hauls against all Test-playing nations, after legendary [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] and [[Dale Steyn]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-sri-lanka-2016-17/content/story/1065241.html | title = Herath completes the five-for set | work = ESPN Cricinfo | access-date = 9 November 2016}}</ref> He took 13 wickets in the second test match, recording best bowling figures against Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe. He dismissed [[Carl Mumba]] by taking 350th wicket, recorded as the oldest player to achieve the feat. Only Muralitharan has taken more 12-wicket hauls than Herath, who has five to Murali's six. Sri Lanka whitewashed Zimbabwe 2-0 and Herath adjudged man of the match for his impressive performance.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-sri-lanka-2016-17/content/story/1065563.html |title=Rangana Herath: first captain with eight-for since 1985 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
In the second match, Herath took his 27th fifer, becoming the third overall to take five-wicket hauls against all Test-playing nations, after legendary [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] and [[Dale Steyn]].


==Limited over career==
==Limited over career==

Revision as of 13:33, 10 November 2016

Rangana Herath
රංගන හේරත්
Personal information
Full name
Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath
Born (1978-03-19) 19 March 1978 (age 46)
Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left arm orthodox
RoleBowler, Captian
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 78)22 September 1999 v Australia
Last Test6–10 November 2016 v Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 120)25 April 2004 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI1 March 2015 v England
ODI shirt no.14
T20I debut (cap 39)6 August 2011 v Australia
Last T20I28 March 2016 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996–1998Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club
1998–2010Moors Sports Club
2008–2011Wayamba
2009Surrey
2010Hampshire
2011–presentTamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
2012Basnahira Cricket Dundee
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I LA
Matches 74 71 17 190
Runs scored 1,284 140 8 1,043
Batting average 14.59 9.33 2.66 16.55
100s/50s 0/2 0/0 -/- 0/1
Top score 80* 17* 3 88*
Balls bowled 21,035 3,242 365 8,256
Wickets 338 74 18 226
Bowling average 28.60 31.91 20.72 25.36
5 wickets in innings 26 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 6 n/a - n/a
Best bowling 9/127 4/20 5/3 4/19
Catches/stumpings 21/– 14/– -/– 44/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 2 November 2016

Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath, commonly known as Rangana Herath (Template:Lang-si; born 19 March 1978), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, and a Test captain for Sri Lanka. Considered as one of the best left arm bowlers in the history of the game, Herath is a specialist left-arm bowler for Sri Lanka and holds the record of best bowling figures in Test matches by a left-arm spinner.

On 29 May 2016, Herath became the third Sri Lankan bowler to take 300 wickets in Test cricket history after Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas.[1] On 8 November 2016, Herath became only the third bowler in history to take five-wicket hauls against all Test-playing nations.[2]

On 23 October 2016, Herath was announced as captain for Sri Lanka tour to Zimbabwe. Angelo Mathews, the regular captain, was injured. With this he became the oldest Sri Lankan player to lead a Test team for the first time and from any country since Tom Graveney in 1968[3]

Early life and career

Born on 19 March 1978, in the small village of Waduwawa, Kurunegala, on the southeastern tip of the Northwestern Province as the second of the family. His elder brother is Deepthi Herath. He was also promoted to the opening batting in school times, and acted as a pacer, until his coach told him to start spin bowling due to height problem. Before starting professional career, Hearth was working at Sampath Bank as a clerk, when he met brother of Chandika Hathurusingha.[4]

Herath started his cricket career at his first school Mayurapada Central College, Narammala.[5] Later he moved to Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala. Having made his first class debut for Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club in 1996–97 cricket season, Rangana Herath currently represents Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club in Sri Lankan first class cricket. He represented Moors Sports Club from 1998/99 to 2009/10 in local first class cricket and also played for Surrey during the latter part of the 2009 English cricket season. In April 2010, Herath joined Hampshire, where he played in the first half of the 2010 County Championship.[6]

Personal life

Herath is married to his longtime partner Senani Herath, and they have two sons.[7]

International debut

Herath made his Test debut at Galle International Stadium, Sri Lanka against Australia in 1999. His One Day International debut came five years later in 2004, against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club. During the 2016 England series, Herath was ranked as 13th Test match bowler in the world, having hit the heights of second in the list in 2012.[8]

Although Herath made his Test debut back in 1999, he never came to the prominence as a leading spinner until the retirement of Muralitharan. Herath made a successful comeback to Test cricket in 2009 against Pakistan and took over the mantle of Sri Lanka's main spin bowler from Muralitharan. Former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene rated Herath as Sri Lanka's number one bowler after the retirement of Muralitharan.[9]

Test cricket

Australia (1999)

Rangana Herath ascended to prominence against Australia in 1999 with a "mystery" ball. He broke into the national side after an impressive A tour to England. Herath while playing in two test matches in the series, deceived the visiting Australians with a delivery that darted the other way. He took six test wickets against the Australians.

Pakistan, New Zealand (2009)

Rangana Herath made a comeback to the Test side, taking 15 wickets in the 3 match Test series vs. Pakistan played in Sri Lanka, also winning the man-of-the-match award in the first Test. [10]

Herath then took 8 wickets in the second Test in the two match Test-series between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Sri Lanka. This led Sri Lanka to a win, and a series victory.[11]

India, West Indies (2010)

Herath played only in the test at Galle during the home series against India. Though Sri Lanka won, he only managed to take the wicket of Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh in that match. Herath was recalled for the second test match against the West Indies in November 2010. In that match played at the newly renovated R. Premadasa Stadium, he took three wickets in the first innings.

Sri Lanka Tour in South Africa (2011)

In the second Test of Sri Lanka's tour of South Africa in December 2011, Herath took nine wickets and won the Man of the Match award. Sri Lanka won the match by 208 runs; it was their first Test win in South Africa.[12]

England Tour in Sri Lanka (2012)

Herath took 12 Wickets during the first test match of the 2012 England Vs. Sri Lanka Test Series. His match winning performance helped him to secure the "Man of the Match" award in Galle. Rangana Herath was England's latest spin tormentor with 6 for 74 during the first inning and he took another 6 wickets for just 97 runs and confirmed the Sri Lanka's victory against the touring English team.[13]

Pakistan Tour in Sri Lanka (2014)

Main article: Pakistani cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2014

In the first innings of the second Test, Herath took nine wickets for 127 runs, the best figures for a left-arm bowler in Test cricket.[14] He was man of the match in both Test matches and also man of the series.

India Tour in Sri Lanka (2015)

Main article: Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2015

In the second innings of the first Test, Herath took seven wickets for 48 runs, where Sri Lanka only had 175 runs behind India's total of 375. Herath was only able to take a single wicket in the first innings and had a fairly poor performance in the first innings. But his strong comeback in the second innings with other new spinner Tharindu Kaushal, India were all out for 112 runs, where Herath took 7 for 48 and Kaushal with 3 for 47. This was his 22nd five-wicket haul in Tests.[15]

West Indies Tour in Sri Lanka (2015)

Main article: West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2015-16

In the first match at Galle, Sri Lanka posted a huge total of 484 with the help of two centuries. In the bowling, Herath took his 23rd five-wicket haul in test cricket and the very first against West Indies. He finished with 6/68 runs and West Indies were all out for 251. This gave windies to keep follow-on and they came in to bat for the second innings just on the third day. Just as in the first innings, Herath was all over the Windies, where they all out for 227 runs, giving Sri Lanka a huge win by an innings and 6 runs. Herath took 4/79 in second innings, finished his fifth ten-wicket haul in Test cricket and adjudged man of the match award as well. The second match was a show of bowlers. Both teams do not score more than 250 in each innings, and Herath only took a single wicket in the first innings. West Indies required 245 runs to win the match, but Herath strikes again, picked up 4 wickets and sealed the game for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka won the series 2-0 and Herath was the Player of the Series[16]

Sri Lanka Tour in England (2016)

Main article: Sri Lankan cricket team in England and Ireland in 2016

Herath took two wickets in the first test at Leeds, with 299 test wickets. However, Sri Lanka lost the match by an innings and 88 runs. In the second match at Chester-Le-Street, Herath took his 300th test wicket by dismissing Steven Finn, caught by himself. He became the third Sri Lankan after Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vass to reach 300 test wickets in history. He also played well with the bat scoring 61 whilst batting with Dinesh Chandimal before being out to James Anderson.

Australia Tour in Sri Lanka (2016)

Main article: Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2016

Herath showed his talents in home soil back against Australia in the test series. In the first test, he took 4 four wickets in first innings and match-winning five-wicket haul in the second innings. Sri Lanka eventually won the match by 106 runs, which is only the second win against Australia in 27 test matches by Sri Lanka.[17] Herath has took 7 fifers in the fourth innings of Tests by 29 innings, which is the most fifers in second innings in least innings, previously held by legendary Muttiah Muralitharan, who took 35 innings to reach the milestone. Bowling figures of 5 for 58 in the match is also the best bowling figures in a Test innings in Pallekele.[18]

During the second Test at Galle, Herath took a hat-trick by dismissing Adam Voges, Peter Nevill, and Mitchell Starc in the Australian first innings. He became the second Sri Lankan after Nuwan Zoysa, and first Sri Lankan spinner to take a Test hat-trick.[19] He is also the second left-arm orthodox bowler ever to take a Test hatrick after Johnny Briggs in 1892.[20] In the process he became the oldest cricketer to take a hat-trick in Test matches.[21]

In the third Test at SSC, Herath took his 25th and 26th five-wicket haul in Test cricket. This is his fourth consecutive Test against Australia in where he has taken four or more wickets in the opponent's first innings. His 25th fifer mark is the highest by a bowler to take fifers since 2009. In this period, no other bowler has taken even 20 such hauls.[22] His ten wicket haul in the match gave the series whitewash against Number 1 ranked Australia for the first time in history. He took 13 wickets in the last test match and 28 wickets in the series. Both these wicket figures are record for a Sri Lankan against Australia.

Sri Lanka Tour in Zimbabwe (2016)

Main article: Sri Lankan cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2016-17

After usual captain Angelo Mathews injured during ODI series against Australia, vice captain Dinesh Chandimal was also injured during T20I series of the same tour. With these major players absent, Herath was appointed as the captain of Test team for the Zimbabwe tour. On 29 September 2016, he lead the team in a test match, became the oldest player to lead a Test team for the first time since Somachandra de Silva in 1983.[23] The match was won by Sri Lanka, where Herath lead from the front, took 6 wickets in the match.[24]

On 8 November 2016, Herath took his 27th five wicket haul, becoming the third overall to take five-wicket hauls against all Test-playing nations, after legendary Muttiah Muralitharan and Dale Steyn.[25] He took 13 wickets in the second test match, recording best bowling figures against Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe. He dismissed Carl Mumba by taking 350th wicket, recorded as the oldest player to achieve the feat. Only Muralitharan has taken more 12-wicket hauls than Herath, who has five to Murali's six. Sri Lanka whitewashed Zimbabwe 2-0 and Herath adjudged man of the match for his impressive performance.[26]

Limited over career

2014 World T20I

Herath's best T20I bowling spells came during the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh. His first World Twenty20 match was against New Zealand on 31 March 2014. By batting first, Sri Lanka scored only 119 all out, Mahela scored 25 runs as the best batsman.[27] Blackcaps came to the crease as the favorites to win the match, because 120 is not a huge task at all to them as smashers - Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, and Corey Anderson. During the match, Anderson was injured and so New Zealand played with only 10 players in batting. New Zealand started pretty well with Guptill and Kane Williamson. At this time, Malinga decided to go with Herath, who turned the match in nowhere. Herath ball Guptill and he lunges forward to push to mid-on. Sets off for a single straight away but his partner is not at all interested. The bowler is wise to the mistake, rushes across to his right and cuts the ball in its path and sends in a rocket throw and Sangakkara whips the bails off. After this run-out, it wall all Herath. he stumped skipper McCullum, then caught Ross Taylor to lbw. Next, Herath bowled James Neesham in first ball he faced. He then captured Luke Ronchi for lbw, and New Zealand were never in the game. Finally New Zealand all out for just 60 runs, which is the lowest score by a test playing nation in Twenty20 Internationals. Herath finished with 5 wickets for 3 runs, earned him Man-of-the-match. With this win, Sri Lanka moved their fourth consecutive World T20 semi-finals and eventually won the World T20I title as well.[28]

Limited overs retirement

Herath revealed his intentions to retire from ODIs and T20Is after 2016 ICC World Twenty20. Sri Lanka quit from the World T20 from the first round and Herath announced his retirement on 17 April 2016. This was largely due to the fact that, Herath was picked to the recent limited over tournaments game after a game and with the few years to come with his age, he wants to focus more towards Test cricket.[29] Until retirement, Herath played 71 ODIs, took 74 wickets with the average of 31.91. He played 17 T20Is, where took 18 wickets with the best bowling figures of 5 for 3 against New Zealand in 2014 World T20I.[30]

Records and achievements

Main article: List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Rangana Herath
  • Highest wicket-taker in Tests in 2012[31]
  • Best T20 Bowling 5/3 (5 wickets for 3 runs) against New Zealand.
  • Best test bowling by a left-hand bowler (9 for 127) against Pakistan.
  • CEAT International Bowler of the Year 2015.
  • Record for the most Fifers taken in the fourth innings of Tests in least innings - Herath has 7 fifers in 29 innings.
  • Best Bowling figures at Pallekele Cricket Stadium (5 for 58)
  • Second left-arm orthodox bowler and oldest player to take a hat-trick in Tests.
  • First Sri Lankan spinner to take a hat-trick in Tests.
  • Most five-wicket hauls in the fourth-innings of Tests - 8 fifers by Herath
  • Third bowler after Muralitharan and Steyn to take five-wicket hauls against every other Test playing nation.[32]

Test 10 Wicket hauls

# Figures Match Opponent Venue City Country Year
1 12/171 36  England Galle International Stadium Galle Sri Lanka 2012
2 11/108 41  New Zealand Galle International Stadium Galle Sri Lanka 2012
3 12/157 47  Bangladesh R.Premadasa Colombo Sri Lanka 2013
4 14/184 57  Pakistan SSC Ground Colombo Sri Lanka 2014
5 10/147 64  West Indies Galle International Stadium Galle Sri Lanka 2015
6 13/135 73  Australia Sinhalese Sports Club Ground Colombo Sri Lanka 2016
7 13/134 75  Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club Harare Zimbabwe 2016

Test 5 Wicket hauls

# Figures Match Opponent Venue City Country Year
1 5/99 16  Pakistan P Sara Oval Colombo Sri Lanka 2009
2 5/157 17  Pakistan SSC Ground Colombo Sri Lanka 2009
3 5/139 18  New Zealand SSC Ground Colombo Sri Lanka 2009
4 5/121 20  India Green Park Kanpur India 2009
5 5/79 28  Australia Galle International Stadium Galle Sri Lanka 2011
6 7/157 29  Australia SSC Ground Colombo Sri Lanka 2011
7 5/79 34  South Africa Kingsmead Durban South Africa 2011
8 6/74 36  England Galle International Stadium Galle Sri Lanka 2012
9 6/97 36  England Galle International Stadium Galle Sri Lanka 2012
10 6/133 37  England P Sara Oval Colombo Sri Lanka 2012
11 5/65 41  New Zealand Galle International Stadium Galle Sri Lanka 2012
12 6/43 41  New Zealand Galle International Stadium Galle Sri Lanka 2012
13 6/103 42  New Zealand P Sara Oval Colombo Sri Lanka 2012
14 5/95 43  Australia Bellerive Oval Hobart Australia 2012
15 5/68 47  Bangladesh R.Premadasa Stadium Colombo Sri Lanka 2013
16 7/89 47  Bangladesh R.Premadasa Stadium Colombo Sri Lanka 2013
17 5/125 50  Pakistan Sharjah Cricket Stadium Sharjah UAE 2014
18 5/40 55  South Africa SSC Ground Colombo Sri Lanka 2014
19 6/48 56  Pakistan Galle International Stadium Galle Sri Lanka 2014
20 9/127 57  Pakistan SSC Ground Colombo Sri Lanka 2014
21 5/57 57  Pakistan SSC Ground Colombo Sri Lanka 2014
22 7/48 61  India Galle International Stadium Galle Sri Lanka 2015
23 6/68 64  West Indies Galle International Stadium Galle Sri Lanka 2015
24 5/54 71  Australia Pallekele Cricket Stadium Kandy Sri Lanka 2016
25 6/81 73  Australia SSC Ground Colombo Sri Lanka 2016
26 7/64 73  Australia SSC Ground Colombo Sri Lanka 2016
27 5/89 75  Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club Harare Zimbabwe 2016
28 8/63 75  Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club Harare Zimbabwe 2016

T20I 5 Wicket hauls

# Figures Match Opponent Venue City Country Year
1 5/3 7  New Zealand ZAC Stadium Chittagong Bangladesh 2014

Awards

Test Cricket

Man of the Series awards

  • In this table Ct., refers to the Catches.
# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series 2012 22 runs; 20 wickets (2 Matches). Drawn 1-1.[33]
2 Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series 2014 48 runs; 22 wickets (2 matches)  Sri Lanka Won the series 2–0[34]
3 Sobers-Tissera Trophy Test Series 2015/16 44 runs; 15 wickets (2 matches)  Sri Lanka Won the series 2–0[35]
4 Warne-Murali Trophy Test Series 2016 119 runs; 28 wickets (3 matches)  Sri Lanka Won the series 3–0[36]

Man of the match awards

# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 1st Test – Pakistan in Sri Lanka 2009 1st Innings – 20* (49 balls: 2x4) ; 16-2-52-1
2nd Innings - 15 (60 balls: 1x4) ; 11.3-5-15-4 		 Sri Lanka Won by 50 runs.[37]
2 2nd Test – Sri Lanka in South Africa 2011 1st Innings – 30 (54 balls: 4x4) ; 20-7-49-4
2nd Innings - 8* (31 balls) ; 30.3-7-79-5 		 Sri Lanka Won by 208 runs.[38]
3 1st Test – England in Sri Lanka 2012 1st Innings – 5 (30 balls) ; 19-5-74-6
2nd Innings - 7 (10 balls: 1x4) ; 38-9-97-6 		 Sri Lanka Won by 75 runs.[39]
4 1st Test – New Zealand in Sri Lanka 2012 1st Innings – 30-5-65-5 ; 11* (21 balls: 2x4)
2nd Innings - 18-3-43-6 ; DNB 		 Sri Lanka Won by 10 wickets.[40]
5 1st Test – Bangladesh in Sri Lanka 2013 1st Innings – 28.3-6-68-5 ; 1 ct. ; 3 (5 balls)
2nd Innings - 36-9-89-7 ; DNB 		 Sri Lanka Won by 7 wickets.[41]
6 1st Test – Pakistan in Sri Lanka 2014 1st Innings – 38-9-116-3 ; 6* (18 balls: 1x4)
2nd Innings - 30.2-11-48-6 ; DNB 		 Sri Lanka Won by 7 wickets.[42]
7 2nd Test – Pakistan in Sri Lanka 2014 1st Innings – 17 (27 balls: 2x4) ; 33.3-1-127-9
2nd Innings - 0 (4 balls) ; 22.1-2-57-5 		 Sri Lanka Won by 105 runs.[43]
8 1st Test – Sobers-Tissera Trophy 2015 1st Innings – 0 (1 ball) ; 33-9-68-6
2nd Innings - 22-579-4 ; DNB 		 Sri Lanka Won by an innings and 6 runs.[44]
9 3rd Test – Warne-Murali Trophy 2016 1st Innings – 33 (71 balls: 3x4) ; 38.1-11-81-6
2nd Innings - 5 (11 balls: 1x4) ; 18.1-3-64-7 		 Sri Lanka Won by 163 runs.[45]

Twenty20 International Cricket

Man of the match awards

# Series Date Opposition Match Performance Result
1 2014 ICC World Twenty20 31 March 2014 New Zealand 1* run ; 3.3-2-3-5  Sri Lanka won by 60 runs.[46]

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