Nuwan Kulasekara

Nuwan Kulasekara
Personal information
Full name
Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara
Born (1982-07-22) 22 July 1982 (age 42)
Nittambuwa, Sri Lanka
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 100)4 April 2005 v New Zealand
Last Test16 March 2013 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 118)18 November 2003 v England
Last ODI10 July 2017 v Zimbabwe
T20I debut11 October 2008 v Pakistan
Last T20I6 April 2017 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2002–2004Galle Cricket Club
2004–2011Colts Cricket Club
2011–2012Chennai Super Kings
2015–2016Comilla Victorians
2018Lahore Qalandars
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I
Matches 21 184 58
Runs scored 391 1,327 215
Batting average 15.54 15.43 10.23
100s/50s 0/2 0/4 0/0
Top score 64 73 31
Balls bowled 3,567 8,263 1,231
Wickets 48 199 66
Bowling average 37.37 33.92 23.18
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/21 5/22 4/31
Catches/stumpings 8/– 46/– 17/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Sri Lanka
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 2007 West-Indies
Runner-up 2011 India–Bangladesh–Sri Lanka
ICC T20 World Cup
Winner 2014 Bangladesh
Runner-up 2009 England
Runner-up 2012 Sri Lanka
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 July 2019

Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara (Sinhala: නුවන් කුලසේකර; born 22 July 1982) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played all formats of the game.[1][2] He was educated at Bandaranayake College Gampaha

He was also a key member of the team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 and was part of the team that made the finals of 2007 Cricket World Cup, 2011 Cricket World Cup, 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and 2012 ICC World Twenty20. In June 2016, Kulasekara retired from test cricket to play limited overs cricket.[3] In July 2019, he announced his retirement from international cricket.[4] The third ODI between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh on 31 July 2019 was dedicated to Kulasekara.[5][6][7]

Since retirement, he has moved to Colombo where he now resides.

  1. ^ "Kulasekara in search of key rhythm". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Sri Lanka Cricket Dedicate Final Bangladesh ODI to Retired Kulasekara". News 18. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Nuwan Kulasekara retires from Test cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Former Sri Lanka seamer Nuwan Kulasekara retires from international cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Final ODI dedicated to Nuwan Kulasekara". Daily News. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  6. ^ "3rd ODI dedicated to Nuwan Kulasekara". The Papare. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Sri Lanka to dedicate 3rd ODI vs Bangladesh to retired quick Nuwan Kulasekara". India Today. Retrieved 30 July 2019.