- Charitha Buddhika
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Charitha Buddhika Personal information Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium Career statistics Competition Tests ODIs Matches 9 17 Runs scored 132 29 Batting average 26.39 7.25 100s/50s -/- -/- Top score 45 14* Balls bowled 1270 700 Wickets 18 15 Bowling average 44.00 39.06 5 wickets in innings – 1 10 wickets in match – n/a Best bowling 4/27 5/67 Catches/stumpings 4/- 3/- Source: Cricinfo, 9 February 2006 Thudellage Charitha Buddhika Fernando (also known as Buddika Fernando; born August 22, 1980 in Panadura) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.[1] 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 47 runs,[2] the second-best bowling figures for a Sri Lankan player in their debut match.[3] He subsequently made his debut for the Sri Lankan Test team.
After nine Tests and some inconsistent performances he was dropped.[3]
References
- ^ Austin, Charlie (5 October 2011). "Sri Lanka drop Suresh Perera for Sharjah". ESPNcricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/108804.html. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ Austin, Charlie (6 November 2001). "Jayasuriya says no cause for alarm". ESPNcricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/107670.html. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ a b Austin, Charlie. "Profile". Wisden overview. ESPNcricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/48844.html. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
External links
- Player Profile: Charitha Buddhika from CricketArchive
- Player profile: Charitha Buddhika from ESPNcricinfo
Sri Lanka squad – 2003 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists 1 Jayasuriya (c) • 2 Atapattu • 3 Jayawardene • 4 Sangakkara (wk) • 5 De Silva • 6 Arnold • 7 Mubarak • 8 Tillakaratne • 9 Muralitharan • 10 Vaas • 11 Fernando • 12 Gunaratne • 13 Gunawardene • 14 Nissanka • 15 Buddhika • Coach: WhatmoreCategories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- Sri Lankan cricketers
- Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers
- Sri Lanka Test cricketers
- Panadura Sports Club cricketers
- Sri Lankan cricket biography stubs
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