| Lionel Fernando | |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| Birth Date: | 21 October 1939 |
| Birth Place: | Negombo, Ceylon |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm slow-medium |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 12 |
| Runs1: | 488 |
| Bat Avg1: | 27.11 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/3 |
| Top Score1: | 72 not out |
| Deliveries1: | 0 |
| Wickets1: | – |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 9/0 |
| Date: | 20 February 2017 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26249/26249.html Cricket Archive |
Lionel Fernando (born 21 October 1939) is a former cricketer who played for Ceylon from 1964 to 1971.
Fernando received his early education at St Anne's College in Kurunegala, where his father was the Municipal Commissioner.[1] Later he attended St. Benedict's College, Colombo, where he captained the cricket team in 1959.[2] In a match against the team from St Anne's College, he dismissed the opposition for 50, taking all 10 wickets for 24, including a hat-trick, then scored a double-century in 157 minutes, all in one day's play. The feat of taking all 10 wickets and scoring a double-century in the same match is believed to be unique in world cricket.[1]
His bowling fell away, but he represented Ceylon in the 1960s as a batsman and slip fielder.[1] He made his first-class debut for a Ceylon Board President's XI when they defeated a Pakistan team in 1964–65.[3] In 1965-66 he top-scored with 40 in a one-day match for Ceylon against the touring MCC.[4] In 1966-67 he toured Pakistan with the Ceylon team, playing in one of the unofficial Tests, and a few weeks later, against the touring West Indians, scored 48 and 72 not out.[5]
In the 1970s Fernando played league cricket in England: two seasons with Fieldhouse in the South Lancashire League and one season for Walsden in the Central Lancashire League.[1]
Fernando migrated to Australia in 1984[1] and played several seasons of club cricket for Jacana in Melbourne.[6] He and his wife Stella live in Melbourne. They have two sons, Tyrone and Dilshan, and a daughter, Marina.[2] In September 2018, he was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers felicitated by Sri Lanka Cricket, to honour them for their services before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).[7] [8]