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]
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Full name | Thudellage Charitha Buddhika Fernando | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | August 22, 1980 (1980-08-22) (age 41) 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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Source: Cricinfo, 9 February 2017 |
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]
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.[5] He subsequently made his debut for the Sri Lankan Test team.
After nine Tests and some inconsistent performances he was dropped.[5]
Sri Lanka squad – 2002 ICC Champions Trophy – Champions (1st title – shared) | ||
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Sri Lanka squad – 2003 Cricket World Cup semi-finalists | ||
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