Chaminda Vaas to retire from ODI and T20 cricket
Sri Lanka's most successful fast bowler to call it a day. AFP PHOTO/Adrian DENNIS.
January 09, 2011 (Island Cricket): Chaminda Vaas has announced that he will be retiring from One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 cricket at the end of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.
Vaas, 36, was a member of Sri Lanka's 1996 World Cup winning side. He is Sri Lanka's most successful fast bowler.
After announcing his retirement from Test cricket in 2009, he had hoped to be selected for the upcoming World Cup before retiring from all forms of cricket. However, Vaas' non-selection in the final 15-man squad has prompted the veteran to bring an end to his career.
"This was going to be my last World Cup, and I was preparing well for it. I knew that I was bowling well in the present context and I thought that the Premier League performance was good enough a platform. Yet, they now have selected the best fifteen, and I will go by that," Vaas told the Sunday Times newspaper in Sri Lanka recently.
"I wish them all the luck they need and also hope that they would bring home the World Cup as we did in 1996."
Vaas remained unsold in the recent IPL auction. He will, however, represent the Northamptonshire Steelbacks in the upcoming English county cricket season, after completing a highly successful campaign with both bat and ball for them last year.
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