# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/asitha-fernando
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:37:58.458Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/asitha-fernando"
name: "Asitha Fernando"
slug: "asitha-fernando"
description: "Asitha Madusanka Fernando is a Sri Lankan cricketer who has played for the national team since 2017 across all international formats. A right arm medium-fast bowler, he has taken 80 wickets in 24 Test matches. As of May 2026, Fernando has the best career strike rate and the second best average for a Sri Lankan Test bowler."
tagline: "Cricketer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1997-07-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.12
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.553673333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "اسیتھا فرنینڈو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "অসিত ফার্নান্দো"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asitha_Fernando"
    title: "Asitha Fernando"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%8B"
    title: "असिता फर्नांडो"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%8B"
    title: "असिथा फर्नांडो"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8B"
    title: "அசித்த பெர்னாண்டோ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A4_%E0%B0%AB%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%8B"
    title: "అసిత ఫెర్నాండో"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26132119"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump