Charitha Buddhika

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]

Charitha Buddhika
චරිත බුද්ධික
Personal information
Full nameThudellage Charitha Buddhika Fernando
BornAugust 22, 1980 (1980-08-22) (age 40)
Panadura, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-hand bat
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
Matches 9 17
Runs scored 132 29
Batting average 26.39 7.25
100s/50s -/- -/-
Top score 45 14*
Balls bowled 1,270 700
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 2017

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

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 Archived 2013-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Austin, Charlie (6 November 2001). "Jayasuriya says no cause for alarm". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  4. Austin, Charlie. "Profile". Wisden overview. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2011.


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