Rose Fernando
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Full name | Warnakolasooriya Rose Priyanka Fernando | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Wennappuwa, Sri Lanka | 28 July 1979|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Hiruka Fernando (sister) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test (cap 3) | 17 April 1998 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 14) | 30 November 1997 v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 14 March 2009 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 4) | 12 June 2009 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 15 June 2009 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2003 | Slimline Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008/09 | Slimline Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009/10 | Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012/13 | Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2019 | Hertfordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 9 December 2021 |
Warnakolasooriya Rose Priyanka Dovey (née Fernando; born 28 July 1979) is a Sri Lankan former cricketer and current cricket umpire. Her main claim to fame was her bowling and she played primarily as a right-arm off break bowler. She appeared in one Test match, 37 One Day Internationals and three Twenty20 Internationals for Sri Lanka women's cricket team between 1997 and 2010.[1][2] Her sister Hiruka also played cricket for Sri Lanka.[3]
Career
[edit]Fernando made her only Women's Test cricket appearance in a 1998 match against Pakistan. She scored 44 runs in the first innings, and took three wickets in the second innings.[4] Fernando played for Sri Lanka at the 2002 Indoor Cricket World Cup.[5] In 2009, she was given a contract by Sri Lanka Cricket.[6] In the same year, Fernando represented Sri Lanka at the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup.[3] In a World Cup match against England, Fernando was reported for an illegal bowling action, as well as England bowler Jenny Gunn.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Player Profile: Rose Fernando". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "Player Profile: Rose Fernando". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Former champion England ready to take on Asia alone". International Cricket Council. 28 February 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ "Pakistan Women tour of Sri Lanka, Only Test: Sri Lanka Women v Pakistan Women at Colombo (Colts), Apr 17-20, 1998". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ Dhambarage, Chris (27 August 2002). "Sri Lanka confirm participation". Daily News. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ "SLC contract women Cricketers". Sri Lanka Cricket. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ "Gunn's action gets ICC clearance". BBC Sport. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
External links
[edit]- Rose Fernando at ESPNcricinfo
- Rose Fernando at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- 1979 births
- Living people
- People from Puttalam District
- Sri Lanka women Test cricketers
- Sri Lanka women One Day International cricketers
- Sri Lanka women Twenty20 International cricketers
- Slimline Sport Club women cricketers
- Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club women cricketers
- Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club women cricketers
- Hertfordshire women cricketers