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Nuwan Kulasekara

Nuwan Kulasekara
නුවන් කුලසේකර
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Personal information
Full name Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara
Born (1982-07-22) 22 July 1982 (age 34)
Nittambuwa, Sri Lanka
Nickname Kule
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm fast-medium
Role bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 100) 4 April 2005 v New Zealand
Last Test 16 March 2013 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 118) 18 November 2003 v England
Last ODI 7 February 2017 v South Africa
ODI shirt no. 92
T20I debut (cap 25) 11 October 2008 v Pakistan
Last T20I 22 February 2017 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years Team
2002–2004 Galle Cricket Club
2004–2011 Colts Cricket Club
2011–2012 Chennai Super Kings
2015-present Comilla Victorians
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I List A
Matches 21 181 56 262
Runs scored 391 1,319 213 1,821
Batting average 14.48 15.51 10.14 16.26
100s/50s 0/1 0/4 0/0 0/5
Top score 64 73 31 84
Balls bowled 3,567 8,200 1,183 11,817
Wickets 48 195 65 324
Bowling average 37.37 34.30 22.40 27.97
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 2
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 4/21 5/22 4/31 5/22
Catches/stumpings 8/– 44/– 17/– 65/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 February 2017

Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara (Sinhalese: කුලසේකර මුදියන්සේලාගේ නුවන් කුලසේකර ; born 22 July 1982 in Nittambuwa) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. He was educated at the Bandaranayake College, Gampaha. A useful and effective medium pace bowler, who can swing the ball in first few overs, and also can bat in late overs, Kulasekara is regarded as one of the best swing bowlers in the world, who once ranked number one in the ODI bowlers rankings as well.

In June 2016 he retired from Test cricket, due to major concern to play limited over cricket.

Kulasekara made his One Day International debut against England at Dambulla on 18 November 2003. He took 2–19 as England were bowled out for 88, and Sri Lanka took less than 14 overs to win by 10 wickets.

He made his Test cricket debut against New Zealand at Napier on 4 April 2005. He took only one wicket, and scored a duck, as the match was drawn.

Kulasekara joined the Chennai Super Kings for a price of $100,000 to play for their team in the IPL 2011.

Kulasekara, who hustles in from a long run–up, has a lovely smooth action which helps him to hurl the ball at a lively pace, getting enough seam movement both ways to trouble the batsman. His skills lie in his ability to produce inswing, and he is well known for his moderate nature to the batsmen, seldom being overly aggressive.

He gained attention to international scene in 2008, when he took 47 wickets, which propelled him to the top spot in the ICC ODI rankings for bowlers. The retirement of Chaminda Vaas and the inconsistency of Lasith Malinga proved to be a boon for Kulasekara, as he leapfrogged them, to emerge as the strike bowler of the Lankan side.


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