Chaminda Vaas

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Chaminda Vaas

Vaas with Sri Lanka, December 2007
Personal information
Full name	Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas
Born	(1974-01-27) 27 January 1974 (age 50) Wattala, Sri Lanka
Nickname	Vasy
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (1994–2009)
Test debut (cap 62)	26 August 1994 v Pakistan
Last Test	20 July 2009 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 75)	15 February 1994 v India
Last ODI	27 August 2008 v India
ODI shirt no.	22
T20I debut (cap 15)	22 December 2006 v New Zealand
Last T20I	20 September 2007 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1990–2012	Colts Cricket Club
2003	Hampshire
2004	Uva
2005	Worcestershire
2007	Middlesex
2008–2010	Deccan Chargers
2010–2012	Northamptonshire (squad no. 6)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 111 322 227 412 Runs scored 3,089 2,025 6,223 3,220 Batting average 24.32 13.68 25.82 16.59 100s/50s 1/13 0/1 4/29 0/8 Top score 100* 50* 134 76* Balls bowled 23,438 15,775 41,266 19,411 Wickets 355 400 772 506 Bowling average 29.58 27.53 24.64 26.63 5 wickets in innings 12 4 34 4 10 wickets in match 2 0 4 0 Best bowling 7/71 8/19 7/28 8/19 Catches/stumpings 31/– 60/– 57/– 83/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  Sri Lanka ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 1996 India-Pakistan-Sri Lanka Runner-up 2007 West-Indies
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 December 2016

Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas (born 27 January 1974) is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who represented the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is a fast medium pace bowler and one of the most successful bowlers in international cricket. He was a part of the Sri Lankan squad which won the 1996 Cricket World Cup.

In 2004 Vaas gained international recognition when he was selected for the World Test and one-day XI at the inaugural ICC Awards. He was again selected for the World Test XI in 2005. In his fifteen-year international career, he was relatively free of injury.

He has set a number of national and international records as a bowler.^[1][2] Vaas currently holds the record for the best bowling figures in ODI history, and is the only bowler to take an 8-wicket haul in ODIs. As of 11 February 2022, only 3 bowlers have taken more ODI wickets than Vaas.^[3] He is the youngest bowler to take 300 wickets in ODI cricket.^[4] Vaas was also the first Sri Lankan to take a hat-trick in the ODI format of the game which he did in 2001 against Zimbabwe, and at a Cricket World Cup, which he did against Bangladesh in the 2003 tournament. His World Cup hat-trick was also the first one taken during the first three deliveries of an innings. Vaas has one of the longest names among international cricketers.^[5]