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Ranjit Fernando
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Edward Ranjit Fernando (born February 22, 1944, Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played three ODIs, all of which were during the 1975 Cricket World Cup during which he was the wicket-keeper and opening batsman. He later worked as the team manager for the Sri Lankan cricket team, and as a cricket commentator.

Urban Legend

A common urban legend is that Ranjit Fernando has a bad case of what is popularly known as 'commentators curse', especially againts Sri Lankan batsmen. Statistically, Sri Lankan batsmen are immeadiately dismissed within moments of him starting the commentatory, and at times immeadiately upon him uttering the first words. This is more true when the Sri Lankan batsmen are performing particularly well, and have a good batting partnership going. Ranjith Fernando's curse againts Sri Lankan batsmen is a better weapon for breaking a partnership than a bowling change by the opposing captain. Sri Lankan cricket fans watching their team play on television are regularly known to mute the sound as they believe his commentary will spur the team to fail.

Suspected Motives

Some believe that Ranjit Fernando has been offered Permanent Residency Status by the Aussies & the English because his comments are so anti Sri Lankan specially when the Sri Lankan boys are at play. Allegedly he is not only the worst commentator that is in the business, he is so supportive towards the Opposition. He is considered to be very supportive towards the other side when they are of the so called "Master Race" ( when the opposition is White) when Sri Lanka play Bangladesh he is not so bad. So it ts clear that he is either dreaming of getting the citizenship of one these white playing nations or he's already bagged the PR status.

Overley Used Phrases

  • "One One One everything..."
  • "One must not be complacent"
  • "Juciy full toss"
  • "Indescretion"
  • "Audacious"
  • "Sort of" (answer to many questions posed to him about Sri lankan cricket)
  • "Repeating the same thing his colleague just said"
  • "Stating the obvious"


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