Vaas eyes 2011 cricket World Cup

Sri Lanka fast bowler Chaminda Vaas wants to quit international cricket after playing in the 2011 World Cup.

"It will be my last World Cup and I am confident to get back (into the one-day team)," Vaas said Tuesday at the Defence Stadium.

The 34-year-old left-arm fast bowler has lost his place in the Sri Lanka ODI squad for the last six months since playing against India at home in August.

"I am playing three-day and one-day matches in domestic cricket and want to comeback in the ODIs, too," Vaas said.

In the absence of Vaas, fast bowlers Thilan Thushara and Nuwan Kulasekara have been regularly performing well in the limited-overs game.

"We have a good fast bowler’s academy and we have some good fast bowlers coming up," Vaas said.

Vaas has taken 354 wickets in 109 Test matches, while in 322 one-dayers he has grabbed 400 wickets - only the fourth bowler after Muttiah Muralidaran (505), Wasim Akram (502), Waqar Younis (416) to have taken 400 wickets in ODIs.