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Nuwan Kulasekara

Sri Lanka

Full name Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara

Born July 22, 1982, Nittambuwa

Current age 32 years 4 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Bandaranayake College Gampha, Basnahira North, Chennai Super Kings, Colts Cricket Club, Combined Provinces, Galle Cricket Club, Kandurata Maroons

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	21	28	1	391	64	14.48	930	42.04	1	47	8	8
ODIs	155	102	30	1112	73	15.44	1369	81.22	3	80	30	36
T20Is	41	20	6	148	31	10.57	122	121.31	0	8	6	13
First-class	87	114	22	1684	95	18.30			5			35
List A	242	157	54	1714	84	16.64	2260	75.84	5			57
Twenty20	74	42	14	324	31	11.57	256	126.56	0	18	15	28

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	21	38	3567	1794	48	4/21	8/58	37.37	3.01	74.3	3	0	0
ODIs	155	153	7097	5594	168	5/22	5/22	33.29	4.72	42.2	3	1	0
T20Is	41	41	859	1040	46	4/32	4/32	22.60	7.26	18.6	1	0	0
First-class	87		12461	6585	272	7/27		24.20	3.17	45.8	11	9	1
List A	242		10918	8205	299	5/22	5/22	27.44	4.50	36.5	9	2	0
Twenty20	74	73	1561	1924	81	4/32	4/32	23.75	7.39	19.2	1	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Napier, Apr 4-8, 2005 scorecard
Last Test	England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, Jun 12-16, 2014 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Sri Lanka v England at Dambulla, Nov 18, 2003 scorecard
Last ODI	Sri Lanka v South Africa at Pallekele, Jul 9, 2014 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at King City (NW), Oct 11, 2008 scorecard
Last T20I	England v Sri Lanka at The Oval, May 20, 2014 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	2001/02
Last First-class	England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, Jun 12-16, 2014 scorecard
List A debut	2002/03
Last List A	Sri Lanka v South Africa at Pallekele, Jul 9, 2014 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Colts Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club at Colombo (Moors), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Udarata Rulers v Southern Express at Colombo (SSC), Jul 2, 2014 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
0, 0/39	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Pallekele	9 Jul 2014	ODI # 3501
0/26, 1	Sri Lanka	v South Africa	Colombo (RPS)	6 Jul 2014	ODI # 3500
1/41, 2	Rulers	v Express	Colombo (SSC)	2 Jul 2014	T20
1/83, 9, 1/65, 1	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	12 Jun 2014	Test # 2124
0/22	Sri Lanka	v England	Birmingham	3 Jun 2014	ODI # 3496
0, 0/81	Sri Lanka	v England	Lord's	31 May 2014	ODI # 3495
5, 0/14	Sri Lanka	v England	Manchester	28 May 2014	ODI # 3494
0, 3/15	Sri Lanka	v England	Chester-le-Street	25 May 2014	ODI # 3493
2/60, 0	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	22 May 2014	ODI # 3492
9*, 1/39	Sri Lanka	v England	The Oval	20 May 2014	T20I # 401

Profile

Kulasekara made an instant impression in his first ODI, against England at Dambulla in November 2003, after being selected from relative obscurity. From a bustling run-up and whippy open-chested action, he generates a lively pace, moves the ball off the seam and can reverse-swing the ball. Most importantly though, he can maintain a tight line and length. He started his career as a softball enthusiast before he shifted his focus to cricket, joining Nugegoda Cricket Club and then Galle Cricket Club. He also won the best bowler award in the 2002-03 domestic competition. A maiden test fifty against England at Lord's in 2006 showed his natural batting abilities in the lower order. But his bowling during the same tour lacked penetration and he dropped out of the squad for eight months. However, having worked hard on his action and gaining an extra yard of pace, he secured a place in Sri Lanka's World Cup squad. He rose to become one of Sri Lanka's strike bowlers, and in a 11-month period starting April 2008, he took 47 wickets. That helped him jump to the top of the ICC ODI rankings the following March.
Charlie Austin March 2009