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Nuwan Kulasekara

Batting style:
Right Hand Bat-hand bat
Bowling style:
Right Arm Fast Medium
Played for:
Sri Lanka
Roles played:
Bowler
ICC Rank:
Bowling:
54
Home country:
Sri Lanka
Born:
July 22, 1982, Nittambuwa

Profile

Nuwan Kulasekara is a lively fast-medium bowler from Sri Lanka. He started his career as a softball enthusiast before he altered his focus and moved to to cricket, joining Negegoda Cricket Club and then Galle Cricket Club. He made an impact in his debut match in 2003, with his genuine pace and the ability to reverse swing the ball.The youngster is also good at maintaining a good, accurate line and length. A maiden test fifty against England at Lord's in 2006 showed his natural batting abilities in the lower order. After some inconsistent performances in 2006, he was dropped from the team, but his hard-work witnessed him reclaiming his place in the national side in 2007. Although, he has worked hard on his action and added an extra yard of pace, he secured a place in Sri Lanka's World Cup squad. Predominantly viewed as a one-day specialist now.


Statistics

Show:
  Matches Innings Runs NO Avg. SR 100's 50's
Test 4 7 115 0 16.43 49.36 0 1
ODI 32 21 141 12 15.67 61.84 0 0
  Matches Innings Balls Runs Wickets BBI BBM Avg. Econ. 4w 5w 10w Extras
Test 6 6 612 302 4 2/45 / 75.5 2.96 0 0 0 8
ODI 32 32 1390 1049 28 3/28 / 37.46 4.53 0 0 0 27
  Catches Stumpings Runouts
Test 1 0 0
ODI 6 0 0

Career

Span:
Test:
2005-2006
 
ODI:
2003-2008
Test
Debut:
Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand at McLean Park, Napier - Apr 04, 2005
Last played:
Sri Lanka Vs England at Edgbaston, Birmingham - May 25, 2006
ODI
Debut:
Sri Lanka Vs England at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Rangiri - Nov 18, 2003
Last played:
Sri Lanka Vs India at National Stadium, Karachi - Jul 06, 2008
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