Nuwanidu Fernando

Muthuthanthirige Nuwanidu Keshawa Fernando (born 13 October 1999) is a Sri Lankan cricketer.[1] He made his first-class debut for Panadura Sports Club in the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament on 28 December 2016.[2]

Nuwanidu Fernando
Personal information
Full nameMuthuthanthirige Nuwanidu Keshawa Fernando
Born (1999-10-13) 13 October 1999
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 9 12 11
Runs scored 441 213 256
Batting average 29.40 21.30 28.44
100s/50s 1/0 0/1 0/1
Top score 109 68 61*
Balls bowled 252 – 12
Wickets 1 – –
Bowling average 141.00 – –
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/71 – –
Catches/stumpings 4/– 9/– 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 July 2021

In December 2017, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[3] In August 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[4]

In October 2018, he was the leading run-scorer for Sri Lanka in the 2018 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup, with 195 runs in five matches.[5] He made his Twenty20 debut for Badureliya Sports Club in the 2018–19 SLC Twenty20 Tournament on 18 February 2019.[6] He made his List A debut on 14 December 2019, for Sinhalese Sports Club in the 2019–20 Invitation Limited Over Tournament.[7] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Jaffna Stallions for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[8] In March 2021, he was part of the Sinhalese Sports Club team that won the 2020–21 SLC Twenty20 Tournament, the first time they had won the tournament since 2005.[9] In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Greys team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[10] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Colombo Stars following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[11]

In April 2022, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) named him in the Sri Lanka Emerging Team's squad for their tour to England.[12]

References
  1. "Nuwanidu Fernando". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. "Premier League Tournament Tier B at Panadura, Dec 28-30 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. "U-19 Cricket: Kamindu to lead Sri Lanka U19s at ICC Youth WC". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  4. "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  5. "Asian Cricket Council Under-19s Asia Cup, 2018/19 - Sri Lanka Under-19s: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  6. "Group D, SLC Twenty-20 Tournament at Kaluthara, Feb 18 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  7. "Group A, SLC Invitation Limited Over Tournament at Colombo (SSC), Dec 14 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  8. "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  9. "SSC blow up Army to regain title after 16 years". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  10. "Sri Lanka Cricket announce Invitational T20 squads and schedule". The Papare. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  11. "Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews miss out on LPL drafts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  12. "18-member Sri Lanka Emerging Team for England tour finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
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