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Full Name:
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Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara
( ReservedUmpire )
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Birth date:
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March 19,
1978
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Age:
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43
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Birth Country:
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Sri Lanka
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Batting Style:
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Left Hand Batsman
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Bowling Style:
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Slow Left Arm Orthodox
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Team :
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Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath is a Sri Lankan slow left arm orthodox bowler. Herath was educated at Mayurapada Central College in Narammala. He was born on 19th March 1978 in Kurunegala. He is a left handed batsman and stepped into international cricket in the year 1996. Herath is essentially a left arm spinner and delivers the well known ‘mystery ball’. This ‘Mystery ball’ is a quicker form of spin that heads into the right-handers. Herath is the Sri Lankan pillar during test matches as he can bowl long spells with never fading accuracy.
Career Highlights:
- First Class debut in 1996-1997 representing Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club
- List A debut in 1998-1999
- Played in 2010 county Championship for Hampshire
- Herath debuted in Test cricket against Australia on 22nd September 1999
- His firs One Day International match was against Zimbabwe on 25th April 2004 at Harare. Sri Lanka won the match by 9 wickets
- His first T20I was against Australia on 6th August 2011 at Pallekele where his squad won by 35 runs
- First 5 wicket haul in test cricket was against Pakistan in Colombo in 2009.
- First 10 wickets haul in test cricket was versus England at Galle in the year 2012.
- Herath’s first T20I 5 wickets haul was at ZAC stadium in 2014.
- Herath picked up 9 wickets for 127 runs in a single innings against Pakistan in 2014. This was one of the best bowling records by a left hand bowler
- In the year 2012, he was the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket
- He was the Man of the Match in the 2nd test match between Sri Lanka and South Africa in December 2011
- Herath was the Man of the Match in Galle in the Sri Lanka vs England Test Series in 2012.
Herath is ranked amongst the best spinners of the world.
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Recent matches
| Runs | Wkts | Team | Opp | Match Date | Score |
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1/11
| Sri Lanka Legends | India Legends | 21 Mar,2021 |
DT20
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0/29
| Sri Lanka Legends | South Africa Legends | 19 Mar,2021 |
DT20
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2/17
| Sri Lanka Legends | England Legends | 14 Mar,2021 |
DT20
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2/11
| Sri Lanka Legends | South Africa Legends | 08 Mar,2021 |
DT20
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0/32
| Sri Lanka Legends | West Indies Legends | 06 Mar,2021 |
DT20
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12
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1/22
| Sri Lanka Legends | India Legends | 10 Mar,2020 |
DT20
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3
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2/5
| Sri Lanka Legends | Australia Legends | 08 Mar,2020 |
DT20
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14, 5
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1/78, 2/59
| Sri Lanka | England | 06 Nov,2018 |
TEST
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35
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1/32, 6/98
| Sri Lanka | South Africa | 20 Jul,2018 |
TEST
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1, 0
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2/39, 3/38
| Sri Lanka | South Africa | 12 Jul,2018 |
TEST
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Statistictics by year
Batting Statistics
| | Mat | Inns | Out | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BP | SR | 200s | 100s | 50s | 0s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
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TEST
| 89 | 141 | 113 | 28 | 1696 | 80 | 15.01 | 3379 | 50.19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 201 | 6 | 25 | 0 |
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ODI
| 71 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 140 | 17 | 9.33 | 217 | 64.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
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IT20
| 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2.67 | 12 | 66.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling Statistics
| | Mat | Inns | Overs | MO | Runs | Wkts | Ave | Eco | SR | Ext | 4wkts | 5wkts | 10wkts | BBI | BBM |
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TEST
| 90 | 167 | 4227.4 | 791 | 11847 | 427 | 27.74 | 3.20 | 59.4 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 9/127 | 14/184 |
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ODI
| 69 | 67 | 540.2 | 18 | 2362 | 74 | 31.92 | 4.57 | 43.8 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4/20 | 4/20 |
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IT20
| 17 | 17 | 60.5 | 3 | 373 | 18 | 20.72 | 6.71 | 20.2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5/3 | 5/3 |
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