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Congenige Randhi Dilhara Fernando (; born 19 July 1979) is a former professional Sri Lankan international . He played as a right-handed pace bowling and was a key member of the Sri Lankan teams which finished as runners-up in the 2007 and 2011 Cricket World Cups. Fernando won the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy with his country.
Fernando is best known for his rare technique when bowling the slower ball by splitting the fingers on the ball as it is released.
In the 2010 tour of Australia, in the 3rd and final ODI at the Gabba, he clocked speeds reaching .
On 13 October 2007, in the 5th game of an ODI series with England, at Colombo, Fernando took career-best bowling figures of 6 for 27, as Sri Lanka thrashed England by 107 runs. This was the first time Fernando had taken more than 4 wickets in an ODI innings, and his feat placed him 5th in the list of best ODI bowling by a Sri Lankan. Best bowling figures in an innings – Sri Lanka from ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 13 October 2007
During 2007 Cricket World Cup against England, he guided the team into winning margin by just 2 runs. England required just 2 runs in the last ball of the match, where Ravi Bopara in batting. Fernando delivers a good ball and Bopara was bowled by 2 runs short.
Fernando completed the series with 158 career ODI wickets. As of 17 June 2011, only Chaminda Vaas, Sanath Jayasuriya and Muttiah Muralitharan have taken more ODI wickets for Sri Lanka (and all three have taken over 300 ODI wickets). Most ODI wickets – Sri Lanka from ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 17 June 2011
After three years, Fernando was recalled for the T20I series against India. He played his first international games after 4 years, on 14 February 2016 against India. Due to few runs posted by Sri Lanka, he was not able to get wickets and Sri Lanka lost the match by 9 wickets as well.
After retirement, he migrated to the USA.
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