Sri Lankan international seamer Binura Fernando has agreed a deal to join Notts Outlaws for the remainder of the 2026 Vitality Blast.<\/p>\n
Fernando, 30, will replace fellow seamer Mohammad Ali, who has been called up for international duty with Pakistan.<\/p>\n
He will be eligible for selection for both remaining group-stage games, at home to Leicestershire Foxes and away to Yorkshire, as well as any possible knockout matches, including Finals Day.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be joining Nottinghamshire for the Vitality Blast. It\u2019s a fantastic opportunity to represent such a prestigious club,\u201d said Fernando.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t wait to get out at Trent Bridge, meet the players, supporters, and contribute to the team\u2019s success. I\u2019m looking forward to getting started!\u201d<\/p>\n
Standing at a height of almost two metres (6ft 6in), left-armer Fernando, who is capable of speeds up to 87mph, has 29 white-ball caps for his country, taking 26 wickets.<\/p>\n
Across his entire T20 career, which has seen him appear at two World Cups and multiple franchise leagues in Asia, Colombo-born Fernando has claimed 163 wickets at an average of just 19.79.<\/p>\n
He previously played in England when he toured for three ODIs and two IT20s in 2021, during which he twice claimed the wicket of Jonny Bairstow.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to be able to have Binura joining the squad at the business end of the competition,\u201d added Nottinghamshire Head Coach, Peter Moores.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has a proven record in white-ball cricket and real international pedigree, his skillset adds genuine variety to the team, and he will complement the rest of our bowling attack.<\/p>\n
“Of course we’ll miss Mohammad Ali, who has been great man to have in the team and has been a key performer on and off the field, but we wish him all the best with Pakistan and we’re excited to have Binura join in his place.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan international seamer Binura Fernando has agreed a deal to join Notts Outlaws for the remainder of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[18304,1721,18306,15257,18308,101,18303,18305,56,54,55,18307],"class_list":["post-676655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-bridge","tag-cricket","tag-nottingham","tag-nottinghamshire","tag-outlaws","tag-sports","tag-trent","tag-trentbridge","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-west-bridgford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}