Rangana Herath

Rangana Herath

Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath (Tamil: ஹேரத் முதியான்சலாகே ரங்கன கீர்த்தி பண்டார ஹேரத்), also known as H. M. R. K. B. Herath or Rangana Herath or Jack (born 19 March 1978, Kurunegala) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was educated at Mayurapada Central College, Narammala and 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 (ODI) debut against the Zimbabwean cricket team at Harare Sports Ground in 2004.

Herath joined the Sri Lankan squad in 2008 to face West Indies, for two Tests and three ODIs. In one of his warm up matches he got a five wicket haul.

He played a few matches for Surrey during the latter part of the 2009 English cricket season.

In April 2010, Herath joined Hampshire, where he played in the first half of the 2010 County Championship before fellow Sri Lankan Ajantha Mendis replaced him for the second half of the season.

Read more about Rangana Herath:  ODI Series Against Pakistan( 2012)