Cardiff, Dec 20 (IANS) Glamorgan County Cricket Club have signed Sri Lanka pacer Asitha Fernando for the first seven County Championship games of the 2025 season subject to a No-Objection Certificate from Sri Lanka Cricket. Fernando, who made his Test debut against South Africa in January 2021, has played 21 Tests and has scalped 72 wickets while in 15 ODIs, the pacer has bagged 13 dismissals.
Most recently in August 2024, Fernando took his second five-wicket haul (5-102) in the second Test against England at the Lord’s becoming only the second Sri Lankan bowler following Rumesh Ratnayake to have his name etched onto the Lord’s Honours Board. He then went on to take 17 wickets in three matches with a 24.64 average.
Commenting on his move to Glamorgan, Fernando said: “I would like to thank Glamorgan Cricket so much for this opportunity. I am extremely thrilled to be a part of Glamorgan and to return to the County Cricket scene this year. My last stint helped me to improve my game a lot. I am looking forward to playing with Mason, Colin, and all of the Glamorgan team, and am hoping to do my very best during the upcoming season.”
Glamorgan’s Director of Cricket, Mark Wallace said: “We’re delighted to be able to welcome a bowler of Asitha’s quality to Sophia Gardens for the start of the 2025 season. Asitha has good experience of conditions in the UK having played County Cricket previously and also while performing very well in Sri Lanka’s series with England here last summer.
“We look forward to Asitha taking the field for Glamorgan as the first Sri Lankan player to represent the club,” he added.
–IANS
ab/bsk/
Disclaimer
The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by TodayIndia.news and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.
Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of TodayIndia.news We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.
Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, TodayIndia.news takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.
For any legal details or query please visit original source link given with news or click on Go to Source.
Our translation service aims to offer the most accurate translation possible and we rarely experience any issues with news post. However, as the translation is carried out by third part tool there is a possibility for error to cause the occasional inaccuracy. We therefore require you to accept this disclaimer before confirming any translation news with us.
If you are not willing to accept this disclaimer then we recommend reading news post in its original language.
