Charitha Buddhika

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Charitha Buddhika
Personal information
Full name
Thudellage Charitha Buddhika Fernando
Born22 August 1980 (1980-08-22) (age 44)
Panadura, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Test debut(cap  88)13 November 2001 v  West Indies
Last Test28 July 2002 v  Bangladesh
ODI debut(cap  108)26 October 2001 v  Zimbabwe
Last ODI7 April 2003 v  Zimbabwe
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI
Matches917
Runs scored13229
Batting average 26.397.25
100s/50s0/00/0
Top score4514*
Balls bowled1,270700
Wickets 1815
Bowling average 44.0039.06
5 wickets in innings 01
10 wickets in match00
Best bowling4/275/67
Catches/stumpings 4/–3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 February 2017

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. [1]

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Early and domestic career

Charitha is a past student of St. John's College Panadura. [2] He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Colombo Cricket Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament. [3]

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, [4] 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. [5] He subsequently made his debut for the Sri Lankan Test team.

After nine Tests and some inconsistent performances he was dropped. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Austin, Charlie (5 October 2011). "Sri Lanka drop Suresh Perera for Sharjah". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  2. ↑ St. John's vs Royal Panadura clash will be interesting
  3. ↑ "1st Round, Colombo, Aug 17 2004, Twenty-20 Tournament". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Austin, Charlie (6 November 2001). "Jayasuriya says no cause for alarm". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  5. 1 2 Austin, Charlie. "Profile". Wisden overview. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2011.


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