Chaminda Vaas retired today from the Test cricket. He would be perhaps only cricketer to end up as Triple Nelson (111 Tests).. So the Lankan media was correct that this test was being a farewell for this first world class fast bowler from Lanka....
He would be best remembered for being the first Lankan to take 10-for abroad and getting their first victory abroad in NZ in 1995.
Not sure he would be around to play ODIs and T20 till 2011 as he says.
He was the only world class Test bowler in the SL side along side Murali. But he has laid the foundation where the budding SL bowlers can emulate him.
In a way he was Kapil Dev for Sri Lanka.
His success mostly came against West Indies, New Zealand and Zimbabwe. Against top Test teams he wasnt that successful, but then subcontinent wickets have hardly assisted fast bowlers. His contribution to SL test cricket is no less than Murali, just that later got more wickets. Murali and Vaas were like Twilight vampires who hunted in pairs :).
He would be best remembered for being the first Lankan to take 10-for abroad and getting their first victory abroad in NZ in 1995.
Not sure he would be around to play ODIs and T20 till 2011 as he says.
He was the only world class Test bowler in the SL side along side Murali. But he has laid the foundation where the budding SL bowlers can emulate him.
In a way he was Kapil Dev for Sri Lanka.
His success mostly came against West Indies, New Zealand and Zimbabwe. Against top Test teams he wasnt that successful, but then subcontinent wickets have hardly assisted fast bowlers. His contribution to SL test cricket is no less than Murali, just that later got more wickets. Murali and Vaas were like Twilight vampires who hunted in pairs :).
