Derek Pringle pays tribute to a left-arm spinner who has belied his looks to become the best ever in his discipline

Cricket might lend itself more to producing worldbeaters of unusual mien than other sports but Rangana Herath stretches even that particular envelope.
Short, distinctly tubby, with grey tints now frosting his hair, Sri Lanka’s recordbreaking spinner looks like he was modelled on nothing more predatory than a cuddly teddy bear.
Looks can deceive in cricket, as in life, and Herath has, at the age of 39, just become the greatest wicket-taker among left-a...