5 active cricketers who excel on home soil

#1 Rangana Herath

Herath is Sri Lanka's leading spinner

An economical, smart spinner from the small island of Sri Lanka, Herath is a tricky customer in all formats of the game, especially at home. With a stunning bowling average of 23.69 to go with 263 wickets in home Test matches, Herath also has 25 five-wicket hauls, with career-best figures of 9/127 against Pakistan.

Herath is a specialist Test spinner from the sub continent, with a number of tricks up his sleeve coupled with acute speed changes every ball, deceiving batsmen on many fronts.

He's also picked up 39 ODI wickets at home in 50 odd games, helping Sri Lanka win many a series on home soil.

The 39-year-old has been the country's leading spinner since Murali's retirement and has done a reasonable job. He has guided Sri Lanka to numerous victories with his accurate and subtle variations in flight and pace.