Nuwan Pradeep

Nuwan Pradeep
Personal information
Full name Aththachchi Nuwan Pradeep Roshan Fernando
Born 19 October 1986
Negambo, Sri Lanka
Nickname Sirasa
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting style Right-hand batsman
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
  • Sri Lanka
Test debut (cap 119) 18 Oct 2011 v Pakistan
Last Test 3 January 2013 v Australia
ODI debut 31 July 2012 v India
Last ODI 4 August 2012 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007–08 Burgher Recreation Club
2008–11 Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
2009–10 Basnahira North
2011 Ruhuna
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 5 2 48 41
Runs scored 31 0 141 48
Batting average 5.60 0 4.28 5.33
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 17* 0 17* 6*
Balls bowled 858 108 4,807 1,635
Wickets 8 3 88 62
Bowling average 73.12 38.33 37.46 22.90
5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/112 2/63 5/36 5/30
Catches/stumpings 0/0 0/0 17/0 8/0
Source: CricketArchive, 20 January 2014

Aththachchi Nuwan Pradeep Roshan Fernando (born 19 October 1986), commonly known as Nuwan Pradeep, is a Sri Lankan cricketer. Despite being a national cricketer, he had never actually played the game until he was 20. He shot into prominence after winning a bowling speed contest, earning a national test call up less than 3 years later.

Career

In 2010, Pradeep was called up to the Sri Lankan 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]

References

  1. "Sri Lankan test squad". Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  2. "Samaraweera dropped for Pakistan Tests". Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  3. First Test: Pakistan v Sri Lanka – espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 23 October 2011.

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