Blogs Vass Retires In His Typical Style
July 24th, 2009 by kapoorMost of the cricket world wouldn’t even know that Chaminda Vaas, one of Sri Lanka’s most prolific cricketers, has retired from the game. In a way, this retirement too justifies the way he played the game. He never hogged the limelight like some of his contemporaries like Jayasuriya or Muralitharan. In a way, that makes sense too, since he never got to do what makes players grab all the attention these days — staged emotions on the field, unmatched talent like that of Murali or playing outrageous cricket shots. He is perhaps a rare kind of a cricketer who never courted any controversy in such a long career. And considering the fact that he carried the burden of Lanka’s bowling with Muralitharan for more than a decade, this seems a bit unbelievable now. Vaas kept on bowling until his right shoulder started wearing-away. He did try to re-invent himself as a slower, off-breakish bowler but I guess that type of bowling just isn’t suited to test match cricket.
