Players / Nuwan Kulasekara

New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 2nd Twenty20, Florida

Seamers set up comprehensive win for Sri Lanka

May 23, 2010: Nuwan Kulasekara found the perfect lines and lengths for the slow and low track that the USA has dished out, and ripped the heart out of New Zealand's batting

India v Sri Lanka, Tri-series final, Dhaka

India's batting fails when it really matters

Jan 13, 2010: The rare failure of the Indian batting line-up in the finals of the tri-series is acceptable, but that it happened in batsman-friendly conditions is not

India v Sri Lanka, Tri-series final, Dhaka

Calm Jayawardene takes Sri Lanka home

Jan 13, 2010: Despite India's spinners causing a few concerns, Mahela Jayawardene's calm 71 steered Sri Lanka to victory in the final of the tri-series in Bangladesh

ICC awards 2009

Dhoni leads World ODI Team of the Year

Oct 1, 2009: MS Dhoni was named captain of the World ODI Team of the Year for the second year running at the ICC Awards in Johannesburg

Sri Lanka v New Zealand, 1st Twenty20, Colombo

Hand of Kulasekara

Sep 2, 2009: Plays of the day for the first Twenty20 between Sri Lanka and New Zealand

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 5th ODI, Colombo

Aamer and Naved earn Pakistan easy consolation win

Aug 9, 2009: A hostile Mohammad Aamer and an inconsistent-but-smart Naved-ul-Hasan meant Sri Lanka just about avoided their worst-ever defeat in a home ODI

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 1st ODI, Dambulla

Sri Lanka win despite late drama

Jul 30, 2009: After Angelo Mathews and Muttiah Muralitharan had combined to devastating effect with the bat, Sri Lanka's pace bowlers scythed through Pakistan's top order to lead them to a 36-run victory on a blustery day in Dambulla

Pakistan in Sri Lanka 2009

Sri Lanka get used to life without legends

Jul 25, 2009: The series was decided in three sessions but the collapses, twists and sharp turns ensured it was an entertaining one

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Colombo, 3rd day

Herath and Kulasekara were marvellous - Sangakkara

Jul 14, 2009: Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara has said his team had expected Pakistan to crack as long as they remained focused on staying in the game

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Colombo, 3rd day

Kulasekara and Herath set up series win

Jul 14, 2009: A match in which fortunes swung wildly finally ended in an emphatic seven-wicket win for Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Colombo, 1st day

Patience and hard work pays off for Kulasekara

Jul 12, 2009: Nuwan Kulasekara remains the highest-ranked bowler in one-day internationals, but is fast proving to be a force to be reckoned with in Test cricket

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Colombo, 1st day

Sangakkara leads Sri Lanka's dominance

Jul 12, 2009: Sri Lanka have never won a home series against Pakistan, but they took huge strides towards rectifying that statistic with an utterly dominant performance with ball and bat on the first day at the P Sara Oval

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 1st Test, Galle, 4th day

Persistence and some gambling work wonders

Jul 7, 2009: That this win came through three largely uncelebrated players has to be the most pleasing aspect for Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 1st Test, Galle, 2nd day

I added outswinger to my bowling - Kulasekara

Jul 5, 2009: Maintaining a superb line and length Kulasekara ensured Pakistan did not get away to a big lead by returning Test career-best figures of 4 for 71 off 24 overs

Indian Premier League 2009

Kulasekara called up by Kings XI Punjab

Apr 29, 2009: Kings XI Punjab have called up Sri Lankan fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara as an emergency replacement for the injured Australian batsman Shaun Marsh

ICC rankings

Kulasekara climbs to No. 1 in ODI bowler rankings

Mar 16, 2009: Nuwan Kulasekara, the Sri Lanka medium-pacer, has moved to the top of the ICC ODI bowler rankings, ahead of Australia's Nathan Bracken and New Zealand's Kyle Mills

India in Sri Lanka 2008-09

'I don't want to compare myself with anyone' - Kulasekara

Feb 7, 2009: Nuwan Kulasekara has attributed his rise to the elite of international cricket's one-day bowlers as down to to his perseverance and hard work over the past year

ICC rankings

Kulasekara leaps to No. 2 in ODI rankings

Jan 25, 2009: Nuwan Kulasekara, the Sri Lanka medium-pacer, has climbed to No.2 in the ICC rankings for ODI bowlers after an impressive run of performances

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI, Lahore

Seamers shine in spinners' shadow

Jan 24, 2009: The only thing better than defeating opponents is crushing them. And the only thing better than that is to do so at their own game

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI, Karachi

Dilshan and Muralitharan lead 129-run rout

Jan 21, 2009: Sri Lanka levelled the series 1-1 with a crushing win, thanks to a convincing all-round performance in Karachi. Tillakaratne Dilshan hit a sparkling half-century to take Sri Lanka to a strong total before Nuwan Kulasekara and Muttiah Muralitharan shot out