He first announced his talent by making Mike Atherton his bunny during the warm-up matches that led up to the 2001 Test series. Made his debut in November 2003 where he made an instant impression, claiming 2/13 against England at Dambulla. He played in two Tests too, the same year1984 – The Famous Mary Decker-Zola Budd collision during women’s 3,000 m at the Los Angeles Olympics. Over two decades, he was captain in 56 Tests and scored 5,105 runs in allTony Greig said on that day, “He added steel to the back of Sri Lanka’s cricket.” How true. Pakistan went into the day needing to bat it out, but Herath picked up six wickets to dismiss them for 180.

Source: The Nation August 09, 2021 19:30 UTC