Legend Herath pays glowing tribute to spin bowling colleague Dilruwan

“In the Tests we played together we had an understanding and a partnership with each other that when he built up pressure from one end it became easy for me to bowl and take wickets, both of us had that advantage,” said Herath.

“As a finger spinner, he had accuracy of almost 100%, he hardly bowled any loose balls or freebies. He was a bowler who could maintain accuracy. When you look at the overall picture it is good for the team as well because as a bowling unit we talk about partnerships…