Charitha Buddhika

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 Buddhika
Personal information
Full name
Thudellage Charitha Buddhika Fernando
Born22 August 1980 (1980-08-22) (age 43)
Panadura, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
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 0/0 0/0
Top score 45 14*
Balls bowled 1,270 700
Wickets 18 15
Bowling average 44.00 39.06
5 wickets in innings 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/27 5/67
Catches/stumpings 4/– 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 February 2017

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]

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. "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.
  5. Austin, Charlie. "Profile". Wisden overview. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
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