lastodiyear testdebutagainst deliveries columns testcap catches/stumpings year birth_date odidebutdate education lasttidate bowling tenfor ticap lasttiagainst country club heightft fivefor batting odicap tidebutyear name lasttestyear fullname birth_place column international nickname odidebutagainst role lastodidate testdebutdate lasttestagainst lasttiyear source lastodiagainst tidebutagainst date runs testdebutyear tidebutdate lasttestdate wickets s/s matches heightinch odidebutyear article_title
2015 australia balls 17,554 3,242 49,477 8,256 880 174 6 78 15 44 / -- 8 / -- 0 / -- / -- 14 / -- 97 / -- 1996/97 -- 1997/98 1998/99 -- present 2009 2010 1999 19 march 1978 25 april maliyadeva college 6 april slow left arm orthodox 4 0 9 0 0 0 39 india sri lanka kurunegala youth cricket club moors sports club surrey hampshire 5 22 0 56 0 1 1 left-handed 120 2011 rangana herath ර ගන හ රත 2015 herath mudiyanselage rangana keerthi bandara herath kurunegala , sri lanka tests odis fc list a t20 t20i true kota , ragaya zimbabwe bowler 1 march 22 september india 2014 http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/49178.html espncricinfo england australia 1978 3 19 y 915 140 4,007 1,043 71 2 1999 6 august 12-15 august 270 74 886 226 51 12 0/1 0/0 0/12 0/1 0/0 0/0 61 71 229 190 43 9 5 2004 rangana herath

rangana herath

herath mudiyanselage rangana keerthi bandara herath , commonly known as rangana herath -lrb- ; born 19 march 1978 -rrb- , 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 has the record of best bowling figures in tests by a left-arm spinner .
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 .
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 .
