Suresh Fernando is a Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who plays for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club

Sri Lanka Army Sports Club

Sri Lanka Army Sports Club is a first class cricket team in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan national cricket team member, Ajantha Mendis played for the Sri Lanka Army Sports Club while he was enlisted in the army....

. He was born in Kalutara

Kalutara

Kalutara is a resort town located approximately 40 km south of Colombo in Sri Lanka.- Overview :Once an important spice-trading center, the city's name is derived from the Kalu Ganga River . In the 11th Century, the town was temporarily made a capital on the orders of a South Indian Prince...

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Fernando made his cricketing debut for Kalutara Town Club Under-23s during the 2007 season, before playing for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club's Under-23 team in the following season.

Fernando made his List A debut during the 2009-10 season, against Saracens Sports Club

Saracens Sports Club

-Current squad :* G.N. Abeyratne* W.G.R.K. Alwis* D.H. Dahanayake* S. Dushantha * K.N.C. Fernando* Y.S. Fernando* W.M.M.W.E.V. Gangoda* S.S. Kahingala* K.R.M.D. Kaluarachchi* S.P. Palihakkara* M.P. Ranasinghe* M.D. Randika* R. Rathika...

, scoring 34 runs.

Fernando's first-class debut came in the same week, against Chilaw Marians Sports Club, against whom he scored 10 runs in the only innings in which he batted.

External links

• Suresh Fernando at Cricket Archive