Rangana Herath

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Rangana Herath
Personal information
Full name	Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath
Born	19 March 1978 (1978-03-19) (age 30)
	Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Slow left arm orthodox
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
Test debut (cap 78)	22 September 1999: v Australia
Last Test	22 March 2008: v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 120)	25 April 2004: v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	31 August 2004:v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1996/97–97/98	Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club
1998/99–present	Moors Sports Club
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs	FC	List A
Matches	13	6	154	92
Runs scored	136	0	2,690	680
Batting average	9.71	–	16.40	21.93
100s/50s	0/0	0/0	0/8	0/1
Top score	33*	0*	71*	88*
Balls bowled	2,677	234	29,415	3,835
Wickets	35	5	554	124
Bowling average	37.22	29.80	23.31	20.29
5 wickets in innings	0	0	29	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	5	n/a
Best bowling	4/38	3/28	8/43	4/19
Catches/stumpings	2/–	3/–	72/–	24/–
Source: CricketArchive, 04 October 2008

Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath, also known as H. M. R. K. B. Herath or Rangana Herath (born 19 March 1978, Kurunegala) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He has done his higher education at Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala. He has also played cricket for Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club and Moors Sports Club. His bowling style is slow left arm orthodox. He made his Test match debut at Galle, Sri Lanka against the Australian cricket team in 1999, and his One Day International debut against the Zimbabwean cricket team at Harare Sports Ground in 2004.

Herath has joined the Sri Lankan squad in 2008 to face West Indies, for two tests and three ODIs, which is a huge opportunity to join the team for a long period of time. In one of his warm up matches he got a five wicket haul too, which really amazed the Sri Lankan squad.