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| Full name | Thudellage Charitha Buddhika Fernando | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 22, 1980 (age 40) Panadura, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 August 22, 1980 in Panadura) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played Tests and ODIs. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.[1]
School times
Charitha is a past student of St. John's College Panadura.[2]
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,[3] the second-best bowling figures for a Sri Lankan player in their debut match.[4] He subsequently made his debut for the Sri Lankan Test team.
After nine Tests and some inconsistent performances he was dropped.[4]
See also
- List of bowlers who have taken a wicket with their first ball in a format of international cricket
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 Archived 2013-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Austin, Charlie (6 November 2001). "Jayasuriya says no cause for alarm". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ a b Austin, Charlie. "Profile". Wisden overview. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
External links
- Charitha Buddhika at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Charitha Buddhika at ESPNcricinfo