Full Name

Muthuthanthrige Vishwa Thilina Fernando

Born

September 18, 1991, Colombo

Age

32y 183d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Left arm Medium fast

Playing Role

Bowler

Height

5ft 11in

Education

St. Sebastians College, Moratuwa

RELATIONS

(brother)

A left-arm quick from Moratuwa, Vishwa Fernando has been earmarked for national duty, thanks largely to the skiddy pace he generates from a whippy action. Having made his first-class debut in 2012, Fernando showed early potential, claiming 26 wickets in his maiden season.

Fernando's bowling, though, was always thought to be better than his figures suggest. His first foray into the national squad was based on little more than a selector's hunch, and a desire to blood left-arm quicks, who are in short supply in Sri Lanka's domestic cricket. Fernando was named in in Sri Lanka's Test squad to the UAE in 2014, before also traveling to Bangladesh with the side soon after. He did not make an international debut, however, and returned home to play out a modest series against the visiting England A side.

He would get another break in 2015, when he was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for the series against India, in August. This time, his selection was backed by wickets. Fernando had been the most penetrative quick in the 2014-15 Premier League Tournament, having claimed 40 scalps at an average of 21.97.

Vishwa Fernando Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests213531981957545/1018/13336.243.6759.2410
ODIs8829733751/351/3567.406.8059.4000
T20Is1112160---8.00-000
FC1101781395486592875/149/14530.173.7248.613100
List A535121011944663/43/429.455.5531.8000
T20s2525381482243/223/2220.087.5915.8000

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests212815106388.1538527.530011140
ODIs886307*15.006149.18003000
T20Is110222.002100.00000000
FC11012656680419.71189435.90007912350
List A53322312418*13.7735335.120011080
T20s25401172.751764.70001020
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Recent Matches of Vishwa Fernando

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Dambulla vs Kandy--1/4410-Mar-2024Colombo (RPS)List A
Dambulla vs Jaffna10*1/2306-Mar-2024HambantotaList A
Dambulla vs Kandy--3/3603-Mar-2024HambantotaList A
Dambulla vs Galle5*2/4029-Feb-2024PallekeleList A
Dambulla vs Colombo--1/5126-Feb-2024PallekeleList A

Photos of Vishwa Fernando

Vishwa Fernando took Noor Ali Zadran's catch off his own bowling
Durham were crowned Division Two champions
Vishwa Fernando celebrates a wicket
Vishwa Fernando belts out an appeal
Vishwa Fernando celebrates after dismissing Andy Balbirnie
Vishwa Fernando shared a crucial stand with Angelo Mathews for the ninth wicket