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Dilhara Fernando

Sri Lanka

Full name Congenige Randhi Dilhara Fernando

Born July 19, 1979, Colombo

Current age 30 years 126 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Asia XI, Mumbai Indians, Sinhalese Sports Club, Worcestershire

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	33	40	13	198	36*	7.33	625	31.68	22	1	10
ODIs	133	53	30	231	20	10.04	369	62.60	19	2	25
T20Is	13	5	2	24	21	8.00	20	120.00	4	0	2
First-class	98	98	28	505	42	7.21					38
List A	187	78	40	314	21*	8.26					38
Twenty20	26	10	5	31	21	6.20	26	119.23	5	0	8

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	33	58	5126	3072	88	5/42	7/95	34.90	3.59	58.2	3	3
ODIs	133	127	5790	5014	167	6/27	6/27	30.02	5.19	34.6	3	1
T20Is	13	13	276	337	15	3/19	3/19	22.46	7.32	18.4	0	0
First-class	98		13183	7809	268	6/29		29.13	3.55	49.1		6
List A	187		8294	6902	254	6/27	6/27	27.17	4.99	32.6	4	2
Twenty20	26	26	582	689	34	4/14	4/14	20.26	7.10	17.1	2	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (SSC), Jun 14-17, 2000 scorecard
Last Test	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Mar 1-5, 2009 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	South Africa v Sri Lanka at Paarl, Jan 9, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI	Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Dambulla, Aug 3, 2009 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, Jun 15, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Feb 10, 2009 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1997/98
Last First-class	Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (PSS), Nov 13-15, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1998/99
Last List A	Sinhalese Sports Club v Badureliya Sports Club at Colombo (SSC), Nov 11, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Burgher Recreation Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (NCC), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Basnahira South v Kandurata at Colombo (SSC), Apr 4, 2009 scorecard

Profile

When Fernando burst onto the international scene, young and raw, he soon inspired hope that he would be the long-term replacement for Chaminda Vaas as the cutting edge of the pace attack. He has natural pace - six months after his debut he was timed at 91.9 mph in Durban - hits the pitch hard and moves the ball off the seam. During the early years he paid for his inconsistent line and length, but then worked hard with Rumesh Ratnayake in the Fast Bowling Unit and became more reliable. He also learnt the art of reverse swing and developed a well-disguised slower ball. His career, though, has been plagued with injury. He suffered his second stress fracture of the back in 12 months in January 2004 and missed the entire home series against Australia. However, he has now been slowly nursed back to full fitness and after playing for Sri Lanka A in New Zealand, he has won his place back in the squad. He struggled to hold down a regular spot, especially in the Test team, and was again struck by injury in 2005. However, he fought his way back for the one-day leg of the tour of England and, although he is having to look over his shoulder at the young seamers, has forced off the attention of Nuwan Zoysa for a place in the 2007 World Cup squad. But he remains a wild card that can either win or lose a match in one spell. Worcestershire thought of him as a winner, however, when they signed him for the final few weeks of their Championship campaign in 2008.
Charlie Austin September 2008