Sri Lankan cricketer
Charitha Buddhika
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| Full name | Thudellage Charitha Buddhika Fernando |
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| Born | 22 August 1980 (1980-08-22) (age 43)
Panadura, Sri Lanka |
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| Batting | Right-handed |
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| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium |
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| Test debut (cap 88) | 13 November 2001 v West Indies |
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| Last Test | 28 July 2002 v Bangladesh |
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| ODI debut (cap 108) | 26 October 2001 v Zimbabwe |
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| Last ODI | 7 April 2003 v Zimbabwe |
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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]
