Tony Fernandes (cricketer)

Anthony Longinus Fernandes was an Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Baroda and West Zone from 1962 to 1973.

Biography

Fernandes was a tall all-rounder: a right-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm medium-fast swing bowler who usually opened the bowling. His best bowling figures were 6 for 41 for Baroda against Maharashtra in the 1968–69 Ranji Trophy. The highest of his 10 first-class fifties was 65 not out, also against Maharashtra, in 1971–72, when he also took 5 for 65 in Maharashtra's first innings.
Fernandes was a member of the West Zone teams that won the Duleep Trophy in 1968–69 and 1969–70. He and his brother Leslie, a wicketkeeper, combined to dismiss Sunil Gavaskar caught behind in a Ranji Trophy match in 1972–73.
After his first-class playing career ended, Fernandes spent some time coaching in Tasmania. He died in Mumbai in 2015.