Vishwa Fernando

Vishwa Fernando
විශ්ව ප්‍රනාන්දු
Personal information
Full name Muthuthanthrige Vishwa Thilina Fernando
Born (1991-09-18) 18 September 1991
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting Right handed
Bowling Left handed medium-fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 137) 4 August 2016 v Australia
Last Test 12 August 2017 v India
ODI debut (cap 182) 20 August 2017 v India
Last ODI 23 October 2017 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no. 68
Only T20I (cap 74) 20 December 2017 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012–2016 Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I T20
Matches 2 6 1 8
Runs scored 4 27 2 2
Batting average 2.00 13.50 2.00 2.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 4* 7* 2 2
Balls bowled 168 237 12 126
Wickets 3 3 0 8
Bowling average 34.33 82.33 - 23.87
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/87 1/35 - 2/17
Catches/stumpings 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0
Source: Cricinfo, 22 December 2017

Muthuthanthrige Vishwa Thilina Fernando (born 18 September 1991), commonly as Vishwa Fernando, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who represents the national side.[1]

Early and domestic career

He played in the tour match between Sri Lanka Board President's XI vs Indian national cricket team in August 2015 and was called up for the 15-man squad for the three-match series.[2] In July 2016 he was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against Australia.[3]

In March 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[4][5] The following month, he was also named in Colombo's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[6]

In August 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[7]

International career

Despite he has been a regular contender for the international cricket in many times, he could not play any match due to heavy fast bowling attack Sri Lanka had. But, when all four major fast bowlers were injured; Dhammika Prasad, Nuwan Pradeep, Dushmantha Chameera and Suranga Lakmal, Fernando played his debut Test match in the second Test against Australia on 4 August 2016 as the main pacer. In his first over, he took the wicket of Joe Burns. In rest of the match, he did not ball at all, where Sri Lankan spinners dominated the whole match by taking 19 wickets in two Australian innings.[8] However, Sri Lanka won the match by 229 runs, to secure the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy for the first time.[9]

In August 2017, he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against India.[10] He made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka against India on 20 August 2017.[11] He took his first ODI wicket in third match, when he dismissed Virat Kohli. In October 2017, he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan.[12] He made his T20I debut for Sri Lanka against India on 20 December 2017. However, he bowled only two overs and did not take a wicket.[13]

In May 2018, he was one of 33 cricketers to be awarded a national contract by Sri Lanka Cricket ahead of the 2018–19 season.[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "Vishwa Fernando". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "India tour of Sri Lanka, Tour Match: Sri Lanka Board President's XI v Indians at Colombo (RPS), Aug 6–8, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Siriwardana left out of Sri Lanka squad for first Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament". Daily Sports. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Perera bowls Sri Lanka to series triumph". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, 2016 – 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Thisara, Siriwardana return to ODI squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "1st ODI (D/N), India tour of Sri Lanka at Dambulla, Aug 20 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Thisara Perera to captain Sri Lanka in Lahore". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  13. ↑ "1st T20I (N), Sri Lanka tour of India at Cuttack, Dec 20 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  14. ↑ "Sri Lanka assign 33 national contracts with pay hike". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  15. ↑ "Sri Lankan players to receive pay hike". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
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