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Full name | Thudellage Charitha Buddhika Fernando | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 22 August 1980 Panadura, Sri Lanka | (age 43)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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]
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, 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]