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| Full name | Congenige Randhi Dilhara Fernando | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1979-07-19)19 July 1979 (age 45) Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right armfast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 82) | 14 June 2000 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 8 July 2012 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 106) | 9 January 2001 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 11 January 2012 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 3) | 15 June 2006 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 14 February 2016 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997/98–2015/16 | Sinhalese Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Mumbai Indians | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Congenige Randhi Dilhara Fernando (Sinhala:දිල්හාර ප්රනාන්දු; born 19 July 1979) is a former professionalSri Lankan internationalcricketer. He played as a right-handedpace bowler and was a key member of the Sri Lankan teams which finished as runners-up in the2007 and2011 Cricket World Cups.
Fernando is best known for his rare technique when bowling the slower ball by splitting the fingers on the ball as it is released.
He made hisTwenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, forSinhalese Sports Club in the2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[1] In 2008 he appeared briefly in Englishcounty cricket, playing oneCounty Championship and twoPro40 matches at the end of the season forWorcestershire.
Fernando 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 their home series against Australia in 2004.
In the 2010 tour of Australia, in the 3rd and final ODI atthe Gabba, he clocked speeds reaching 150 kilometres per hour (93 mph).[citation needed]
On 13 October 2007, in the 5th game of an ODI series with England, atColombo, Fernando took career-best bowling figures of 6 for 27, asSri Lanka thrashed England by 107 runs. This was the first time Fernando had taken more than 4 wickets in an ODI innings, and his feat placed him 5th in the list of best ODI bowling by a Sri Lankan.[2]
During2007 Cricket World Cup against England, he guided the team into winning margin by just 2 runs. England required just 2 runs in the last ball of the match, whereRavi Bopara in batting. Fernando delivers a good ball and Bopara was bowled by 2 runs short.[3][4][5]
Fernando completed the series with 158 career ODI wickets. As of 17 June 2011, onlyChaminda Vaas,Sanath Jayasuriya andMuttiah Muralitharan have taken more ODI wickets for Sri Lanka (and all three have taken over 300 ODI wickets).[6]
After three years, Fernando was recalled for the T20I seriesagainst India. He played his first international games after 4 years, on 14 February 2016 against India. Due to few runs posted by Sri Lanka, he was not able to get wickets and Sri Lanka lost the match by 9 wickets as well.[7]
Dilhara was educated atDe Mazenod College inKandana, a suburb ofColombo.[8] He started his school career as a basketball player but was recruited to play cricket because of his build and height.[9]
Dilhara is a Christian.[10]
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