Sri Lanka\u2019s Rangana Herath, the most successful left-arm spinner in test history, will retire after the series opener against England in Galle next month, local media reported on Monday.<\/p>\n
The 40-year-old, who has been managing knee injuries for several years, will bring down the curtain on his glorious career at the same venue where he made his debut 19 years ago.<\/p>\n
Sri Lanka\u2019s The Island newspaper reported that Herath had made a request to the country\u2019s cricket board to allow him to quit in Galle.<\/p>\n
\u201cHerath had made a request to retire after the first test in Galle. It is entirely up to him and we will respect his decision,\u201d the daily quoted an unnamed board official as saying.<\/p>\n
Ahead of Sri Lanka\u2019s two-match test series against South Africa at home in July, Herath had said he was contemplating retirement in November. He retired from one-day and twenty20 internationals in 2016.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe my final series will be the England series later in the year,\u201d he told the BBC. \u201cThere comes a time for every cricketer, when they have to stop playing. I think that time has come for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Herath has taken 430 wickets in 92 tests and is 10th on the list of most successful bowlers in the five-day format. He has 34 five-wicket hauls and has taken 10 wickets or more on nine occasions.<\/p>\n
For most of his career he was overshadowed by Sri Lankan spin great Muttiah Muralitharan, who took 800 tests wickets before retiring from the format in 2010 – also at Galle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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