Charitha Buddhika

Charitha Buddhika
Personal information
Full name	Thudellage Charitha Buddhika Fernando
Born	22 August 1980 (age 44); Panadura, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (2001–2003);
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
Career statistics
	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]

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]

References

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

External links

Charitha Buddhika at ESPNcricinfo

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[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". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

[4] Austin, Charlie (6 November 2001). "Jayasuriya says no cause for alarm". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2011.

[wisden-5] Austin, Charlie. "Profile". Wisden overview. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2011.

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Charitha Buddhika

Early and domestic career

International career

See also

References

External links

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