Rangana Herath

Herath replaces Saqlain in New Zealand coaching staff

Working with Herath would benefit Ajaz Patel, Mitchell Santner and Rachin Ravindra, said Stead.

‘We are all inspired by pacers’

The batters showed intent in the middle overs which led to their highest score of 338 for eight in ODIs so far before the bowlers dismantled Ireland for 155

Herath ‘happy’ with Mustafizur

Bangladesh’s spin bowling coach Rangana Herath came out in support of Tigers’ pacer Mustafizur Rahman after the left-arm pacer received criticisms for his underwhelming display in the first two ODIs against England at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.

Herath ‘discussed England series plans with Chandika, not selection’

The Tigers spin coach reminded that he preferred Taijul in ODIs too

Former stars’ interest the ‘most positive’ sign

With the intention to enhance and improve the skills of the local coaches, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) conducted a six-day Level 2 coaching course at the home of cricket in Mirpur last week.

‘Shakib can go a long way if he keeps fitness levels up’

Spin coach Rangana Herath is conducting a four-day spin camp with 32 spinners in order to strengthen the spin-bowling pipeline. It became apparent that there was a lack of spinners around the periphery of the national team when Bangladesh played the recent Dhaka Test against Sri Lanka with four front-line bowlers despite Shakib Al Hasan being there. Mosaddek Hossain came in as a batter who can bowl and the burden of majority of the overs fell on Taijul Islam and Shakib.

Herath to groom spinners in BCB's four-day camp

With the intention to strengthen the spin-bowling pipeline, the Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB) cricket operations committee has initiated to hold a four-day training camp, under the guidance of Bangladesh spin-bowling coach Rangana Herath, starting from tomorrow.

Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2nd Test / Crowning win for centenary Test: Tigers beat Sri Lanka by 4 wickets

History is made at Colombo’s P Sara Oval today when Bangladesh win their centenary Test by four wickets and level the 2-match series at 1-1.

Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2nd Test / Tigers trail hosts by 124 runs after Day-2

Bangladesh trailed Sri Lanka by 124 runs with five wickets remaining in their first innings when the umpire called stumps on day-2 of the second Test of the series at Colombo’s P Sara Oval today.

March 11, 2017
March 11, 2017

Cricket: Herath leads Lanka's crushing win over Bangladesh

Rangana Herath grabbed six wickets in the second innings to become Test cricket's most successful left-arm spinner as Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by 259 runs in their first Test at Galle on Saturday.

March 11, 2017
March 11, 2017

Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 259 runs

Sri Lanka showed their supremacy in the longest format of cricket when they defeated Bangladesh by a massive margin of 259 runs in the first Test to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series at Galle today.

March 9, 2017
March 9, 2017

Play called off for Day-3, BD trail hosts by 182 runs

Bangladesh trailed Sri Lanka by 182 runs with one wicket remaining in their first innings when the players left the field for tea on day-3 of the first Test at the Galle International Stadium today.

March 1, 2017
March 1, 2017

Herath pays tribute to mentor Hathurusingha

Sri Lanka’s interim Test captain Rangana Herath paid a tribute to his mentor Chandika Hathurusingha, who invited him for Moors Sports Club when he was a 19-year-old.

March 1, 2017
March 1, 2017

'Best chance to beat Lanka'

The rain in Colombo yesterday prevented the Bangladesh team from doing any sort of outdoor training. A number of the players instead decided to spend their time sweating it out in the gym.

November 10, 2016
November 10, 2016

Cricket: Herath 13-wicket haul as Sri Lanka sweep Zimbabwe series

Rangana Herath finished with 13 wickets as Sri Lanka completed a convincing 257-run victory over Zimbabwe in the second Test to sweep the series 2-0 at Harare Sports Club on Thursday.

October 15, 2015
October 15, 2015

Herath restores Sri Lanka dominance

At the end of an action-packed second day of the first Test, West Indies are 66 for 2, trailing Sri Lanka by 418 runs.

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