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Great work by Herath especially when you consider that he didnt become a permanent fixture in the SL test side until his early 30s. He is definitely an SL great and i would class him as a lower tier ATG. Has also done well overseas too carrying a weak bowling attack. Hope he can get to 400 Test wickets.
 
This dude is beast. Went about his business throughout his career no one hardly noticed him while Muralis and warnes dominated. But Heraths stats are prettt amazing. Congrats best left arm spinner in the history of test cricket!
 
Post 2011, Herath's stats are amazing.

Average of 25.xx with 288 wickets in 55 games.

Wonderful spinner.

Slowly getting his dues. Had a poor 2015 but has turned it around in a big way.
 
Sir Jaddu will easily beat the record :narine

But seriously,great stuff.
 
Hasan123 said:
Class bowler. Will be difficult to replace
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Def. But I think that Sandakan might be able to replace him one day. He needs to work more on his control though. And to be honest Dilruwan Perera isnt that bad at all he has a pretty good record so far.
 
Definitely a great bowler. He was unlucky not to play many test before 2010. Otherwise might have been greatest left arm spinner of all time
 
Classy cricketer.

Just does his thing quietly.

#HerathTheDestroyer [MENTION=134867]Kiri[/MENTION] :herath
 
Pure class,like how Lankans usually become good with age and without the hype.
 
Adil_94 said:
Great work by Herath especially when you consider that he didnt become a permanent fixture in the SL test side until his early 30s. He is definitely an SL great and i would class him as a lower tier ATG. Has also done well overseas too carrying a weak bowling attack. Hope he can get to 400 Test wickets.
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doesn't he average 38 away frome home includung Asian conditions?
 
Hope he gets to 400, at the rate he's getting wickets right now, I think he will get there.
 
Here we goooo....

I reckon he'll get it this series.
 
Congrats to Herath if he does!

This guy had a very interesting career.

Although he made his debut back in 1999 - he was dropped soon afterwards for many years.

He eventually made a comeback in 2009/10 and has since gone on to become SL's most successful spinner since Murli.
 
Rangana Herath Likely To Bid Adieu To International Cricket in November

Veteran Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath is likely to announce his retirement in November after the three-Test series against England. 40-year-old Herath, who made his debut in September 1999, is the last active international player who also played in 1990s. He had earlier retired from the shorter formats in order to lengthen his Test career but now he believes it is time to call curtains to all forms of cricket.

“Maybe my final series will be the England series later in the year,” ICC official quoted Herath as telling BBC Sinhala. “Following this South Africa series, there is another three months until the England series. For now, this is what I’ve planned for. There comes a time for every cricketer, when they have to stop playing. I think that time has come for me,” he added.

Herath is the most successful left-arm bowler in Tests, having taken 418 wickets in 90 matches so far he played for Sri Lanka. He has also played 71 ODIs and 17 T20Is in which he has scalped 74 and 18 wickets respectively. More than 90 per cent of his wickets have come in the last nine years of his career.

The 40-year-old is again expected to have a big role to play in the home series against South Africa. “I’m really glad I’ve been able to play as long as I have,” Herath said, adding that he believed Sri Lanka’s spin bowling would be in the good hands of Dilruwan Perera, Akila Dananjaya and Lakshan Sandakan once he bows out. If he plays all the Tests until the England series, he will finish five Tests short of 100.

http://www.india.com/sports/sri-lan...ket-in-november-after-england-series-3159641/
 
https://www.cricketcountry.com/news...-galle-test-to-be-rangana-heraths-last-757915

Sri Lanka’s left-arm spinner Rangana Herathwill retire from international cricket at the end of the first Test against England in Galle next month.

Herath, 40, is the most successful left-arm spinner of all time with 430 and Sri Lanka’s second-highest Test wicket-taker after Muttiah Muralitharan. The Galle Test will be his 93rd, bringing an end to a career that began in 1999.

Of active Test bowlers, Herath has the third most wickets after the England pair of James Anderson (564) and Stuart Broad (433).

Herath played his first Test in September 1999 before being dropped in 2000, after which he returned in 2004 and played nine Tests until 2005. Called up as from playing league cricket in 2009 when Muralitharan was injured, Herath made an immediate impact with five wickets in victory over Pakistan in Galle and has not looked back since. From the time he retuned to Sri Lanka’s Test team in July 2009, Herath has claimed 394 wickets in 78 matches at an average of 26.90 and strike-rate of 57.8.

During this time, he has helped fashion Test series wins over Australia, England, South Africa, Pakistan (four times), New Zealand, Bangladesh (thrice), West Indies and Zimbabwe (twice). During Sri Lanka’s 3-0 sweep of Australia at home in 2016, Herath claimed 28 wickets in three Tests and took a hat-trick in Galle, the second Sri Lankan after Nuwan Zoysa in 1999 to do so.

Herath has been named Man of the Match on 11 occasions and Man of the Series five times. His career-best innings figures of 9/127 came versus Pakistan in 2014 as Sri Lanka wrapped up the series 2-0 and his best match haul of 14/184 came in that same Test.

His retirement in Galle, where he needs one wicket to join Muralitharan as the second bowler with 100 at the venue, also ends Sri Lanka’s last active link to the 1990s.
 
Rangana Herath to retire after first Test against England

Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to inform that Mr. Rangana Herath following a discussion he had with the SLC CEO and the selectors, notified his retirement from test cricket, after the 1st test match, in Galle against England.

“We respect and support Rangana’s decision. Even though his retirement will be a big loss for Sri Lanka Cricket. We wish to thank him for the invaluable contribution he has made to Sri Lanka Cricket;” said Ashley De Silva; CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket.
 
Do not get why these Lankan cricketers retire while knowing there isn't much coming out of their domestic ranks.

Sanga also left why he could have continued in tests and now Herath as well.
 
Prince of Pakistan said:
Do not get why these Lankan cricketers retire while knowing there isn't much coming out of their domestic ranks.

Sanga also left why he could have continued in tests and now Herath as well.
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Herath is 40 and his knees are falling apart. What more does he owe Sri Lankan cricket ? If Sri Lankan domestic cricket is not producing quality spinners to replace him, that's not his problem.
 
What an incredible career he's had. Set the examples for many budding spinners toiling away in FC cricket across countries. If you are good enough, opportunities will come your way, be ready to grab them. And how well did he grab those chances at an age of 31!

230 wickets@26 in 45 tests after the age of 35. An absolute champion and an ATG IMO
 
Markhor said:
Herath is 40 and his knees are falling apart. What more does he owe Sri Lankan cricket ? If Sri Lankan domestic cricket is not producing quality spinners to replace him, that's not his problem.
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He doesn't owe them anything, but the way things are going even Bangla will beat them in Lanka. Herath used to keep them competitive in Sri Lanka.

Obviously he can not go on forever, but some experience would have helped the youngsters for the time being.
 
Great player.
Any idea why Sri Lankan players often retire after the 1st test of a series?
Muralitharan did the same against India?
Do they end on their home ground?
 
The greatest left arm spinner of all time?

Troubled all our greats i.e. Inzi, Yousaf, Younis
 
Savak said:
The greatest left arm spinner of all time?

Troubled all our greats i.e. Inzi, Yousaf, Younis
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It does not take much to trouble or so-called greats, but Herath was a brilliant bowler.

He tormented Pakistan throughout this decade barring 2-3 Tests, but he enjoyed success against all teams.

Unsurprisingly, India was the only team that managed to tame him. People talk about Misbah achieving a lot late in his career, but there is no finer example than Herath.

He was a nobody at 31-32, but has still managed to end his career as a great of the game. Sri Lanka’s obsession with mediocre spin bowling all-rounders has cost him 600 wickets. He should have been paired with Muralitharan in the 2000s.
 
I think because of living in murali’s shadows he’s gone under the rador and not considered a ATG. I honestly believe he’s a ATG.
 
Mamoon said:
It does not take much to trouble or so-called greats, but Herath was a brilliant bowler.

He tormented Pakistan throughout this decade barring 2-3 Tests, but he enjoyed success against all teams.

Unsurprisingly, India was the only team that managed to tame him. People talk about Misbah achieving a lot late in his career, but there is no finer example than Herath.

He was a nobody at 31-32, but has still managed to end his career as a great of the game. Sri Lanka’s obsession with mediocre spin bowling all-rounders has cost him 600 wickets. He should have been paired with Muralitharan in the 2000s.
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Hmm. So, inzi and Yousuf were nothing according to you.
 
Deserves a fairy tale ending.

Last of the old guard of spinners who relied on flight instead of variation.

Will miss him very much!
 
Why not play the full series and then retire, why retire mid way and upset the team balance and composition?
 
Mamoon said:
It does not take much to trouble or so-called greats, but Herath was a brilliant bowler.

He tormented Pakistan throughout this decade barring 2-3 Tests, but he enjoyed success against all teams.

Unsurprisingly, India was the only team that managed to tame him. People talk about Misbah achieving a lot late in his career, but there is no finer example than Herath.

He was a nobody at 31-32, but has still managed to end his career as a great of the game. Sri Lanka’s obsession with mediocre spin bowling all-rounders has cost him 600 wickets. He should have been paired with Muralitharan in the 2000s.
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Maybe Herath just bloomed late, I think he became a better bowler in his 30's compared to his 20's which is why he got the nod late in his career.
 
Sunny_majoka said:
Hmm. So, inzi and Yousuf were nothing according to you.
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You can interpret my post at your discretion, but my point was that Pakistan have a deep-rooted legacy of making mediocre cricketers look like world beaters. Doing well against Pakistan is not a proof of your greatness as a cricketer.

Herath of course is a great cricketer who has not just lived off bullying Pakistan, but performing against Pakistan has little to no worth.
 
Congrats to him on a wonderful career. After the legendary Bishen Singh Bedi i rate him the second best left arm spinner of all time.
 
A legend of the modern era.

He is the last test player from the 90's. A fine bowler. Operated under Murali's shadow but once Murali retired he came into his own.

Sri Lanka wont be able to replace him for quite a while.
 
A great servant to SL cricket. He wasn’t the most naturally gifted guy when it came to fitness yet still played test cricket for over 19 years.
 
Soon-to-retire Rangana Herath has been hailed as a ‘genius’ in subcontinent conditions by England assistant coach Paul Farbrace.

A former Sri Lanka coach – he was assistant coach 2007 to 2010 and head coach in 2014 – Farbrace has seen first hand what the left-arm spinner is capable of on a turning pitch.

"In subcontinental conditions, Rangana's up there with Murali, Kumble and the greats," said Farbrace. "In these conditions, he knows how to get the most out of them. Where others might have up-and-down days, he stays on exactly the same path the whole time. He deserves the wickets he has got, because he's absolutely fantastic.”

You look at him and you say he's like a club cricketer, but the bloke's mental strength is unbelievable
One of Herath’s primary attributes is his level-headedness, said Farbrace, who has been preparing his England charges for facing the 40-year-old in his final Test.

"He's such a phlegmatic, calm, relaxed guy: there's nothing excitable about him. He's Mr Dependable. Even with the bat he's got Sri Lanka out of trouble plenty of times. You look at him and you say he's like a club cricketer, but the bloke's mental strength is unbelievable. As mentally strong as any player I've come across.


"His weapon is his mental strength, coupled with the fact that he's so accurate. There's no mystery to him. What you see is what you get. But don't underestimate him – he'll be all over you. Even if you think you're playing him nicely, he is relentless with his lines and lengths. In Sri Lanka, he is a master of exploiting his own conditions."

“He can turn a game. He looks innocuous, and the people who treat him as innocuous have done so at their own peril. In the subcontinent he's a genius."

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/900820
 
I don't get this trend of retiring between series. Why not just complete the series and try to lead your team to victory?
 
The last of the big three spinners who dominated the game in the early half of this decade. Quality player. With all three retired, this is how I would rank them:

Tests:

1) Rangana
2) Ajmal
3) Swann

ODIs:

1) Ajmal
2) Swann
3) Rangana

T20s:

1) Ajmal
2) Swann
3) Rangana

Overall:

1) Ajmal
2) Rangana
3) Swann
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
I don't get this trend of retiring between series. Why not just complete the series and try to lead your team to victory?
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Me neither. You're already preparing for playing a test match, why not just play two more and not leave a hole when you retire mid-series? Started with Sangakkara, I believe and I think Tendulker did the same.
 
Bilal7 said:
Me neither. You're already preparing for playing a test match, why not just play two more and not leave a hole when you retire mid-series? Started with Sangakkara, I believe and I think Tendulker did the same.
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No.
 
Bilal7 said:
The last of the big three spinners who dominated the game in the early half of this decade. Quality player. With all three retired, this is how I would rank them:

Tests:

1) Rangana
2) Ajmal
3) Swann

ODIs:

1) Ajmal
2) Swann
3) Rangana

T20s:

1) Ajmal
2) Swann
3) Rangana

Overall:

1) Ajmal
2) Rangana
3) Swann
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Ajmal didn't retire. He was bowling illegally and ICC banned him. After remodelling his action, i.e started to bowl legally, he was less effective than a club bowler. Lets not include him with Swann or Herath.
 
'In the subcontinent he's a genius' - Farbrace on Herath

Soon-to-retire Rangana Herath has been hailed as a ‘genius’ in subcontinent conditions by England assistant coach Paul Farbrace.

A former Sri Lanka coach – he was assistant coach 2007 to 2010 and head coach in 2014 – Farbrace has seen first hand what the left-arm spinner is capable of on a turning pitch.

"In subcontinental conditions, Rangana's up there with Murali, Kumble and the greats," said Farbrace. "In these conditions, he knows how to get the most out of them. Where others might have up-and-down days, he stays on exactly the same path the whole time. He deserves the wickets he has got, because he's absolutely fantastic.”

One of Herath’s primary attributes is his level-headedness, said Farbrace, who has been preparing his England charges for facing the 40-year-old in his final Test.

"He's such a phlegmatic, calm, relaxed guy: there's nothing excitable about him. He's Mr Dependable. Even with the bat he's got Sri Lanka out of trouble plenty of times. You look at him and you say he's like a club cricketer, but the bloke's mental strength is unbelievable. As mentally strong as any player I've come across.

"His weapon is his mental strength, coupled with the fact that he's so accurate. There's no mystery to him. What you see is what you get. But don't underestimate him – he'll be all over you. Even if you think you're playing him nicely, he is relentless with his lines and lengths. In Sri Lanka, he is a master of exploiting his own conditions."

“He can turn a game. He looks innocuous, and the people who treat him as innocuous have done so at their own peril. In the subcontinent he's a genius."

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/900820
 
Rangana Herath picks 100 wickets at Galle; joins Muttiah Muralitharan and James Anderson in record books

Rangana Herath, the 40-year-old Sri Lanka left-arm spinner, etched his name in the record books after claiming his 100th Test wicket at Galle during day one of the first Test against England on Tuesday. Herath, playing his swansong Test has now equalled former Sri Lanka spin great Muttiah Muralitharan and England fast bowler James Anderson, who have claimed 100 or more wickets at a single venue.

Herath, who also picked his 431st Test wicket that took him level with former New Zealand legend Richard Hadlee in the all-time, achieved the feat with the prized wicket of England captain Joe Root, who was castled for 35.

Root was involved in a 62-run partnership for the third wicket with Keaton Jennings (46) as the duo steadied the innings which was in a spot of both of bother at 102/2.

Debutant opener RoryBurns, who has replaced the retired former England skipper Alastair Cook, failed to capitalise on the opportunity and was caught behind off Suranga Lakmal for nine. Moeen Ali was cleaned up in the next delivery for a duck off Lakmal.

After the dismissal of Root in the 17th over, Jennings was clean bowled by Dilruwan Perera for 46 as England ended their first session at 113/5 with rain expected to interrupt the match going ahead.

The next of the three-Test series begins on November 14 at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.

https://www.cricketcountry.com/news...ran-and-james-anderson-in-record-books-762621
 
Bilal7 said:
The last of the big three spinners who dominated the game in the early half of this decade. Quality player. With all three retired, this is how I would rank them:

Tests:

1) Rangana
2) Ajmal
3) Swann

ODIs:

1) Ajmal
2) Swann
3) Rangana

T20s:

1) Ajmal
2) Swann
3) Rangana

Overall:

1) Ajmal
2) Rangana
3) Swann
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Why can you not walk past a Herath retirement / tribute thread without trying to spoil it and make it about Ajmal? The guy was a proven thrower and cheat. He should not be mentioned in a list alongside Herath and Swann, who were two quality spinners and LEGIT bowlers to boot.
 
Herath is / was a great player, watching him in the field today though one can see why he has elected to retire. Class is permanent, but he looks almost out of juice.
 
James said:
Herath is / was a great player, watching him in the field today though one can see why he has elected to retire. Class is permanent, but he looks almost out of juice.
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His knees gave up an year ago. Kudos to him for still going on as Sri Lanka needed him. Now Dilruwan
Per era can lead the attack.

Best ever left arm spinner in Test history. To come back at 31 and pick nearly 200 wickets after 35, amazing fortitude and an inspiration for many FC cricketers.

Wonder why he could not shine alongside Murali though. Could have ended with 600-650 Test wickets.
 
Bilal7 said:
Me neither. You're already preparing for playing a test match, why not just play two more and not leave a hole when you retire mid-series? Started with Sangakkara, I believe and I think Tendulker did the same.
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Dhoni as well
 
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