Playing Style
He is a left arm swing bowler. Vaas used to open the bowling for Sri Lanka and was noted for his in-swinger. He also had a well disguised off cutter and later in his career he added reverse-swing to his armoury, which made him a consistent wicket-taker even on bland subcontinental pitches. Although his pace has dropped over the years, he has masterful control of line and length. Vaas is also a useful batsman down the order, and has reached 3,000 Test runs, including 13 Test half-centuries and a century. Only 11 bowlers in Test history with 200 wickets have scored more runs than Vaas. As a fielder, he is noted for his strong arm. At the start of a new bowling spell, he would tell the umpire: "Left arm without pace".
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