Rangana Herath

Rangana Herath
රංගන හේරත්
Personal information
Full name Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath
Born (1978-03-19) 19 March 1978
Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
Nickname Kota, Range
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Slow left arm orthodox
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 78) 22–26 September 1999 v Australia
Last Test 10–14 December 2015 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 120) 25 April 2004 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI 1 March 2015 v England
T20I debut (cap 39) 6 August 2011 v Australia
Last T20I 28 March 2016 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996/97–1997/98 Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club
1998/99–2009/10 Moors Sports Club
2007/08–2010/11 Wayamba cricket team
2009 Surrey
2010 Hampshire
2010/11–present Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
2012 Basnahira Cricket Dundee
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs T20I List A
Matches 66 71 14 190
Runs scored 1,045 140 2 1,043
Batting average 13.93 9.33 - 16.55
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 -/- 0/1
Top score 80* 17* 1* 88*
Balls bowled 18,926 3,242 293 8,256
Wickets 295 74 17 226
Bowling average 29.66 31.91 17.52 25.36
5 wickets in innings 23 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 5 0 - 0
Best bowling 9/127 4/20 5/3 4/19
Catches/stumpings 16/– 14/– -/– 44/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 March 2016

Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath, commonly known as Rangana Herath (Sinhalese: රංගන හේරත්; born 19 March 1978), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a specialist left-arm bowler, widely known as best spinner ever played for Sri Lanka after the retirement of legendary spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. He holds the record of best bowling figures in Tests by a left-arm spinner.

Prior to 2016 ICC World Twenty20, Herath announced his intentions to quit from limited over cricket. In April 2016, Herath announced his retirement from One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket to focus on Test cricket.[1]

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. Herath is currently ranked as the number three Test match bowler in the world.[2]

Although Herath made his Test debut back in 1999, he never came to the prominence as a leading spinner until the retirement of Muttiah 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.[3]

Early years and first-class cricket

Herath started his cricket career at his first school Mayurapada Central College, Narammala.[4] 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.[5]

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. [6]

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.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9]

Pakistan Tour in Sri Lanka (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.[10] He was man of the match in both Test matches and also man of the series.

India Tour in Sri Lanka (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.[11]

West Indies Tour in Sri Lanka (2015)

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[12]

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.[13] 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.[14]

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 focused more towards Test cricket.[15] 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.[16]

Records and achievements

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

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 Colombo Sri Lanka 2013
16 7/89 47  Bangladesh R.Premadasa Colombo Sri Lanka 2013
17 5/125 50  Pakistan Sharjah Cricket Stadium Sharjah U.A.E 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

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

# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series 2012 22 runs; 20 wickets (2 Matches). Drawn 1-1.[18]
2 Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series 2014 48 runs; 22 wickets (2 matches)  Sri Lanka Won the series 2–0[19]
3 Sobers-Tissera Trophy Test Series 2015/16 44 runs; 15 wickets (2 matches)  Sri Lanka Won the series 2–0[20]

Man of the match awards

# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 1st Test – Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series 2009 1st Innings – 20 ; 1/52. 2nd Innings - 15 ; 4/15.  Sri Lanka Won by 50 runs.[21]
2 2nd Test – Sri Lanka in South Africa Test Series 2011 1st Innings – 30 ; 4/49. 2nd Innings - 8* ; 5/79.  Sri Lanka Won by 208 runs.[22]
3 1st Test – England in Sri Lanka Test Series 2012 1st Innings – 5 ; 6/74. 2nd Innings - 7 ; 6/97.  Sri Lanka Won by 75 runs.[23]
4 1st Test – New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series 2012 1st Innings – 11* ; 5/65. 2nd Innings - DNB ; 6/43.  Sri Lanka Won by 10 wickets.[24]
5 1st Test – Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test Series 2013 1st Innings – 3 ; 5/68. 2nd Innings - DNB ; 7/89.  Sri Lanka Won by 7 wickets.[25]
6 1st Test – Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series 2014 1st Innings – 6* ; 3/116. 2nd Innings - DNB ; 6/48.  Sri Lanka Won by 7 wickets.[26]
7 2nd Test – Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test Series 2014 1st Innings – 17 ; 9/127. 2nd Innings - DNB ; 5/57.  Sri Lanka Won by 105 runs.[27]
8 1st Test – Sobers-Tissera Trophy Test Series 2015 1st Innings – 0 ; 6/68. 2nd Innings - DNB ; 4/79.  Sri Lanka Won by an innings and 6 runs.[28]

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.[29]

References

  1. ↑ "Herath retires from ODIs, T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Official Player Rankings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Thawfeeq , Sa'adi (March 27, 2012). "Herath now our No. 1 - Jayawardene". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Mohomed, Ameen. "‘I have a lot of gratitude towards Murali’ – Rangana Herath". The Papare.Com. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Hampshire sign Rangana Herath
  6. ↑ "Pak vs SL Test Series, 2009, Most wickets". Cricinfo.
  7. ↑ "Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 2nd Test (SSC), Aug 26–30 2009". Cricinfo.
  8. ↑ "Herath spins Sri Lanka to famous win". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "England tour of Sri Lanka, 2011/12 / Scorecard". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  10. ↑ "Sri Lanka v Pakistan: Rangana Herath takes nine wickets". BBC. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Herath seven razes India for 112". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Magical Herath spins Sri Lanka to innings win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "ICC World Twenty20, 2014 - 30th match, Group 1". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  14. ↑ "Herath spins New Zealand out of WT20 with 5 for 3". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  15. ↑ "Herath retires from ODIs, T20Is". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  16. ↑ "Rangana Hearth ODI and T20I stats". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  17. ↑ "Most wickets in 2012". cricinfo. 28 December 2012.
  18. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/582183.html
  19. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/745149.html
  20. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-west-indies-2015-16/engine/series/915345.html
  21. ↑ "Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test series 2009 – Scorecard of 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  22. ↑ "Sri Lanka in South Africa Test series 2011 – Scorecard of 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  23. ↑ "England in Sri Lanka Test series 2012 – Scorecard of 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  24. ↑ "New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test series 2012 – Scorecard of 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  25. ↑ "Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test series 2013 – Scorecard of 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  26. ↑ "Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test series 2014 – Scorecard of 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  27. ↑ "Pakistan in Sri Lanka Test series 2014 – Scorecard of 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  28. ↑ "West Indies in Sri Lanka Test series 2015-16 – Scorecard of 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  29. ↑ "ICC World Twenty20, 2014 - 30th match, Group 1". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2016.

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