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| Full name | Thudellage Charitha Buddhika Fernando | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 August 1980 (1980-08-22) (age 44) Panadura, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 88) | 13 November 2001 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 28 July 2002 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 108) | 26 October 2001 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 7 April 2003 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thudellage Charitha Buddhika Fernando (also known as Charitha Buddika; born 22 August 1980) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played Tests and One Day International matches for the national side. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.
Early and domestic career
Charitha is a past student of St. John's College Panadura. He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Colombo Cricket Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.
International career
Buddhika made a good One Day International debut, taking a wicket with his first legal delivery and finishing the match with figures of five wickets for 67 runs, the second-best bowling figures for a Sri Lankan player in their debut match, and the first Sri Lankan to do so in both the ODI format and in international cricket. He subsequently made his debut for the Sri Lankan Test team.
After nine Tests and some inconsistent performances he was dropped.
See also
References
- Austin, Charlie (5 October 2011). "Sri Lanka drop Suresh Perera for Sharjah". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- St. John's vs Royal Panadura clash will be interesting
- "1st Round, Colombo, Aug 17 2004, Twenty-20 Tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- Austin, Charlie (6 November 2001). "Jayasuriya says no cause for alarm". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ Austin, Charlie. "Profile". Wisden overview. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
External links
| Sri Lanka squad – 2002 ICC Champions Trophy – Champions (1st title – shared) | ||
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- Sri Lankan cricketers
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- Cricketers at the 2003 Cricket World Cup
- Panadura Sports Club cricketers
- Cricketers who have taken five wickets on One Day International debut
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