Dilhara Fernando
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Dilhara Fernando

Personal information
Full nameCongenige Randhi Dilhara Fernando
Birth Date (Y-M-D)1979-7-19
Place of birthColombo
Country of birthSri Lanka
Batting styleRight-handed
Bowling styleRight arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
CountrySri Lanka
Test Debut14 June 2000 v Pakistan
Last Test1 March 2009 v Pakistan
ODI debut9 January 2001 v South Africa
Last ODI3 August 2009 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Sinhalese Sports Club1997/98 - present
Worcestershire2008
Mumbai Indians2008 - present

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Congenige Randhi Dilhara Fernando (born 19 July 1979, Colombo) is a cricketer who plays for Sri Lanka. He is a right-handed pace bowler.

Dilhara studied at De mazenod college kandana. He started off his school career as a basketball player but was spotted by the college cricket coach because of his build and height and has never looked back since.

Fernando Is best known for his rare technique when bowling the slower ball by splitting the fingers on the ball as it is released from the hand.

Fernando first debuted for Sri Lanka in a Test Match against Pakistan at Colombo in June 2000. Six months later in a game at Durban he clocked 91.9 mph. He bowled at 93.40 mph vs Bangladesh at India. His international career however has been limited due to injury. In the period of a year he suffered two stress fracture of the back and as a result missed the their home series against Australia in 2004.

In 2008 he appeared briefly in English county cricket, playing one County Championship and two Pro40 matches at the end of the season for Worcestershire.

He is a Christian (Catholic) and sometimes attends church with Chaminda Vaas.

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Sehwag powers India to victory - Ceylon Daily News Tweet this news
Ceylon Daily News--Capitalizing in the late seam and swing, paceman -Dilhara Fernando- and right arm spinner Suraj Randiv were brought in. Both changes worked for them as Randiv ... - Date : Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:34:22 GMT+00:00
Kiwis are serious contenders - The Hindu Tweet this news
The Hindu--Sri Lanka may have to choose between -Dilhara Fernando- and Nuwan Kulasekara for the second paceman's slot. Fernando is faster and can extract greater lift. ... - Date : Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:39:21 GMT+00:00
Bowled off a free-hit - CricInfo.com Tweet this news
CricInfo.com--Kulasekara dropped it, but it was again off a free-hit, following an eagerly awaited event - a -Dilhara Fernando- no-ball. The scorer even announced, ... - Date : Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:56:06 GMT+00:00
Dola & Co. enter final in the US - Calcutta Telegraph Tweet this news
Calcutta Telegraph--Calcutta: Sri Lanka included pacer -Dilhara Fernando- and middle-order batsman Chamara Silva in a 15-man squad for the ODI tri-series beginning next week in ... - Date : Sat, 07 Aug 2010 21:36:46 GMT+00:00
Sangakkara reposes faith in depleted attack - Yahoo! Eurosport UK Tweet this news
Yahoo! Eurosport UK--Sri Lanka will bank on the services of Ajantha Mendis, who replaces Murali, and could bring in -Dilhara Fernando- for Malinga. "Malinga is a big loss to be ... - Date : Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:47:17 GMT+00:00
Sri Lanka recall Fernando, Malinga for India Tests - AFP Tweet this news
AFP--COLOMBO � Sri Lanka's cricket selectors on Friday recalled fast bowlers -Dilhara Fernando- and Lasith Malinga for the first of three Tests against India ... - Date : Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:31:08 GMT+00:00
Malinga rested for second test against India - Playing11 Tweet this news
Playing11---Dilhara Fernando- will replace Malinga, while spinner Ajantha Mendis also returned to the squad. Aravinda de Silva, the chairman of selectors, said Malinga ... - Date : Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:59:10 GMT+00:00
STOP SANGAKKARA BASHING ! - Lankaweb Tweet this news
Lankaweb---Dilhara Fernando- had a good IPL ( better than even Malinga in the same team) after his selection towards the end of IPL. Australian team is a very good ... - Date : Wed, 12 May 2010 21:13:44 GMT+00:00

Career statistics
CompetitionTestsODIsFCList A
Matches3313398187
Runs198231505314
Batting average7.3310.047.218.26
100s/50s0/00/00/00/0
Top score36*204221*
Balls bowled5,1265,79013,1808,294
Wickets88167268254
Bowling average34.9030.0229.1327.17
5 wickets in innings3162
10 wickets in match0n/a0n/a
Best bowling5/426/276/296/27
Catches/stumpings10/ -25/ -38/ -38/ -

Bowling Match Against City/Country Venue Year
[1] 6/27 123 England Colombo, Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium 2007

Sri Lanka squad 2003 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists

Jayasuriya (c), Atapattu, Jayawardene, Sangakkara (wk), De Silva, Arnold, Mubarak, Tillakaratne, Muralitharan, Vaas, Fernando, Gunaratne, Gunawardene, Nissanka, Buddhika
Coach : Whatmore

Sri Lanka squad 2007 Cricket World Cup Runners-Up

Jayawardene (c), Atapattu, Jayasuriya, Tharanga, Sangakkara, Dilshan, Arnold, Silva, Maharoof, Vaas, Fernando, Malinga, Kulasekara, Muralitharan, Bandara
Coach : Moody

Mumbai Indians

1 . Jayasuriya 3 . Harbhajan 7 . Tare 8 . McLaren 10 . Tendulkar (c) 15 . Tiwary 16 . Dhawan 17 . Napier 23 . Sathish 25 . Nayar 26 . Fernando 30 . Kulkarni 39 . Murtaza 47 . Bravo 55 . Pollard 77 . Khan 89 . Duminy 90 . Rayudu 99 . Malinga — . Madan — . Malhotra — . Sahabuddin — . Shukla
. Robin Singh



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