- Chaminda Vaas
If you consider the history of fast bowling, Vaas will not look like the archetypical fast bowler. He wasn’t one of the extremely tall bowlers who used to tower over everyone. Yet, if one goes through his record, it is quite exceptional. He has over 355 wickets, at an average of only under 30 and an even 400 wickets with an average of 27.53.
In his days, Vaas opened the bowling for Sri Lanka. With the new bowl, he had an exceptionally wonderful inswinger with great control and accuracy. His accurate yorkers, variations in pace and his off-cutters made him a handy bowler in the death overs also. Later in his career, he added reverse swing to his repertoire. Perhaps, his most memorable spell would be the 8/19 against Zimbabwe where he destroyed Zimbabwe who are all out for just 38 runs