| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aththachchi Nuwan Pradeep Roshan Fernando | |||
| Born | 19 October 1986 Negambo, Sri Lanka |
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| Batting style | Right-hand batsman | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| Role | Bowler | |||
| Only Test (cap 119) | 18 Oct 2011 v Pakistan | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2007–08 | Burgher Recreation Club | |||
| 2008–11 | Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club | |||
| 2009–10 | Basnahira North | |||
| 2011 | Ruhuna | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | T | FC | LA | T20 |
| Matches | 1 | 36 | 27 | 7 |
| Runs scored | 1 | 87 | 23 | 5 |
| Batting average | 0.50 | 3.22 | 3.83 | 2.50 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Top score | 1 | 16 | 6* | 5* |
| Balls bowled | 168 | 3304 | 991 | 144 |
| Wickets | 0 | 60 | 37 | 6 |
| Bowling average | – | 36.58 | 23.56 | 29.50 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a |
| Best bowling | 0/3 | 5/36 | 5/30 | 2/40 |
| Catches/stumpings | 0/- | 17/- | 6/0 | 0/0 |
| Source: CricketArchive, 23 October 2011 | ||||
Aththachchi Nuwan Pradeep Roshan Fernando (born 19 October 1986), commonly known as Nuwan Pradeep, is a Sri Lankan cricketer.
Pradeep didn't play with a cricket ball till he was 20 but less than three years later he was in Sri Lanka's Test squad. He won a pace contest in 2007, impressing the talent scouts in a soft-ball event, and was sent straight to Sri Lanka Cricket's academy. He follows in the Sri Lankan tradition of maverick bowlers with unconventional actions. Like Lasith Malinga, he has a slinging action and has troubled many batsmen in domestic cricket with his pace, generated from a long run-up. Pradeep toured Sri Lanka A to Australia in 2010, where he was among the quickest bowlers from both sides though he didn't bag many wickets. Less than a month later, he was rewarded with a call-up to the national squad for the second Test against India. In 2011 he was again selected to the national Test squad, in the tournament against Pakistan in the UAE.[1][2] He made his Test debut against Pakistan in October 2011, but did not take a wicket on debut.[3]