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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Sri Lankan cricketer}}<br />
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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Dilhara Fernando<br />
| image = Dilhara Fernando.jpg<br />
| caption = Fernando in 2010<br />
| country = Sri Lanka<br />
| full_name = Congenige Randhi Dilhara Fernando<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|7|19|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Colombo]], Sri Lanka<br />
| heightft = 6<br />
| heightinch = 3<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right arm [[fast bowling|fast]]<br />
| role = [[Bowling (cricket)|Bowler]]<br />
| family =<br />
| international = true<br />
| internationalspan = 2000–2016<br />
| testdebutdate = 14 June<br />
| testdebutyear = 2000<br />
| testdebutagainst = Pakistan<br />
| testcap = 82<br />
| lasttestdate = 8 July<br />
| lasttestyear = 2012<br />
| lasttestagainst = Pakistan<br />
| odidebutdate = 9 January<br />
| odidebutyear = 2001<br />
| odidebutagainst = South Africa<br />
| odicap = 106<br />
| lastodidate = 11 January<br />
| lastodiyear = 2012<br />
| lastodiagainst = Pakistan<br />
| T20Idebutdate = 15 June<br />
| T20Idebutyear = 2006<br />
| T20Idebutagainst = England<br />
| T20Icap = 3<br />
| lastT20Idate = 14 February<br />
| lastT20Iyear = 2016<br />
| lastT20Iagainst = India<br />
| club1 = [[Sinhalese Sports Club]]<br />
| year1 = {{nowrap|1997/98–2015/16}}<br />
| club2 = [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]<br />
| year2 = 2008<br />
| club3 = [[Mumbai Indians]]<br />
| year3 = 2008–2011<br />
| columns = 4<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]<br />
| matches1 = 40<br />
| runs1 = 249<br />
| bat avg1 = 8.30<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
| top score1 = 39[[not out|*]]<br />
| deliveries1 = 6,181<br />
| wickets1 = 100<br />
| bowl avg1 = 37.84<br />
| fivefor1 = 3<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 5/42<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 10/–<br />
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]<br />
| matches2 = 147<br />
| runs2 = 239<br />
| bat avg2 = 9.19<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0<br />
| top score2 = 20<br />
| deliveries2 = 6,507<br />
| wickets2 = 187<br />
| bowl avg2 = 30.20<br />
| fivefor2 = 1<br />
| tenfor2 = 0<br />
| best bowling2 = 6/27<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 27/–<br />
| column3 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]<br />
| matches3 = 18<br />
| runs3 = 25<br />
| bat avg3 = 5.00<br />
| 100s/50s3 = 0/0<br />
| top score3 = 21<br />
| deliveries3 = 378<br />
| wickets3 = 18<br />
| bowl avg3 = 25.77<br />
| fivefor3 = 0<br />
| tenfor3 = 0<br />
| best bowling3 = 3/19<br />
| catches/stumpings3 = 3/-<br />
| column4 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches4 = 121<br />
| runs4 = 590<br />
| bat avg4 = 7.46<br />
| 100s/50s4 = 0/0<br />
| top score4 = 42<br />
| deliveries4 = 15,764<br />
| wickets4 = 315<br />
| bowl avg4 = 30.46<br />
| fivefor4 = 6<br />
| tenfor4 = 0<br />
| best bowling4 = 6/29<br />
| catches/stumpings4 = 40/–<br />
| medaltemplates = <!--MENTION HOST NATIONS FOR TEAM SPORTS--><br />
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Cricket]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry|{{SRI}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[ICC Cricket World Cup]]}}<br />
{{Medal|RU|[[2007 Cricket World Cup|2007 West-Indies]]|}}<br />
{{Medal|RU|[[2011 Cricket World Cup|2011 India–Bangladesh–Sri Lanka]]|}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[ICC Champions Trophy]]}}<br />
{{Medal|W|[[2002 ICC Champions Trophy|2002 Sri Lanka]]|}}<br />
| date = 11 March<br />
| year = 2023<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/48835.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Congenige Randhi Dilhara Fernando''' ({{langx|si|දිල්හාර ප්රනාන්දු}}; born 19 July 1979) is a former professional [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]]n international [[cricket]]er. He played as a right-handed [[pace bowling|pace bowler]] and was a key member of the Sri Lankan teams which finished as runners-up in the [[2007 ICC Cricket World Cup|2007]] and [[2011 Cricket World Cup]]s. Fernando won the [[2002 ICC Champions Trophy]] with his country.<br />
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Fernando is best known for his rare technique when bowling the slower ball by splitting the fingers on the ball as it is released.<br />
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==Domestic career==<br />
He made his [[Twenty20]] debut on 17 August 2004, for [[Sinhalese Sports Club]] in the [[2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/twenty-20-tournament-2004-304926/burgher-recreation-club-vs-sinhalese-sports-club-1st-round-304928/full-scorecard |title=1st Round, Colombo, Aug 17 2004, Twenty-20 Tournament |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref> 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 County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]].<br />
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==International career==<br />
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&nbsp;mph. He bowled at 93.40&nbsp;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.<br />
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In the 2010 tour of Australia, in the 3rd and final ODI at [[the Gabba]], he clocked speeds reaching {{convert|150|km/h}}.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}<br />
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On 13 October 2007, in the 5th game of an ODI series with England, at [[Colombo]], Fernando took career-best bowling figures of 6 for 27, as [[Sri 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.<ref>[http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/best_figures_innings.html?class=2;id=8;type=team Best bowling figures in an innings – Sri Lanka] from ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 13 October 2007</ref><br />
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During [[2007 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, where [[Ravi Bopara]] in batting. Fernando delivers a good ball and Bopara was bowled by 2 runs short.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/ravi-bopara-of-england-walks-back-after-being-bowled-by-news-photo/73809993|title=Ravi Bopara of England walks back after being bowled by Dilhara |date=4 April 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/mar/03/ravi-bopara-england-west-indies-odi|title = Ravi Bopara finally banishes memory of defeat to Sri Lanka in 2007. Mike Selvey|website = [[The Guardian]]|date = 3 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/2310353/Bopara-heroics-in-vain-as-England-fall-short.html|title=Bopara heroics in vain as England fall short |date=5 April 2007 }}</ref><br />
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Fernando completed the series with 158 career ODI wickets. As of 17 June 2011, only [[Chaminda Vaas]], [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] and [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] have taken more ODI wickets for Sri Lanka (and all three have taken over 300 ODI wickets).<ref>[http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=2;id=8;type=team Most ODI wickets – Sri Lanka] from ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 17 June 2011</ref><br />
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After three years, Fernando was recalled for the T20I series [[Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2015-16|against 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/966253.html | title=Dilhara Fernando gets surprise Sri Lanka recall | publisher=ESPNcricinfo| date=28 January 2016 | access-date=1 February 2016 | author=Fernando, Andrew Fidel}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Dilhara was educated at [[De Mazenod College]] in [[Kandana]], a suburb of [[Colombo]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Three grounds help De Mazenod to keep their profile in sports|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/110612/Education/ed40.html|work=[[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|The Sunday Times]]|date=12 June 2011}}</ref> He started his school career as a basketball player but was recruited to play cricket because of his build and height.<ref>{{cite news|title=A Cricketer and a Family Man|url=http://www.uslanka.net/celebrity/a-cricketer-and-a-family-man/|work=US Lanka|date=14 March 2015}}</ref><br />
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Dilhara is a Christian.<ref>{{cite news|title=Now listen here ...|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wcm/content/story/136621.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=February 2004}}</ref><br />
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After retirement, he migrated to the United States<ref>{{cite web | title=ගහපු ගැහිල්ලට plan කරන්න ටිකක් අමාරු වුණා &#124; දිල්හාර ප්රනාන්දු Dilhara Fernando & Farveez Maharoof | website=[[YouTube]] | date=16 May 2025 | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA9KJbim7Is }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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