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He announced his retirement in international cricket in July 2019. He ended up with 199 ODI wickets as the 5th highest all time ODI wicket taker for Sri Lanka at the time of the retirement.
He announced his retirement in international cricket in July 2019. He ended up with 199 ODI wickets and as the 5th highest all time ODI wicket taker for Sri Lanka at the time of the retirement.


He was able to build a formidable bowling partnership with Lasith Malinga and duo helped Sri Lanka to win famous T20 World Cup in 2014 by bowling difficult overs at the death against strong Indian batting line up.
He was able to build a formidable bowling partnership with Lasith Malinga and duo helped Sri Lanka to win famous T20 World Cup in 2014 by bowling difficult overs at the death against strong Indian batting line up.

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Nuwan Kulasekara
නුවන් කුලසේකර
Personal information
Full name
Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara
Born (1982-07-22) 22 July 1982 (age 42)
Nittambuwa, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
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
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 0/1 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/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 July 2019

Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara (Template:Lang-si; born 22 July 1982) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played for the Sri Lanka national cricket team. 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.

In June 2016, he retired from Test cricket, due to major concern to play limited over cricket.[1] In July 2019, he announced his retirement from all international cricket.[2]

Franchise cricket

IPL 2011

Kulasekara joined the Chennai Super Kings for a price of $100,000 to play for their team in the IPL 2011.[3]

Bowling style

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.[4]

International career

Debut years

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.

He is the 100th test cap for Sri Lanka.

Kulasekara has since retired from all forms of cricket, having had his place constantly questioned by the founder of Siri Sports Club.

Breakthrough

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.

He scored his first Test fifty against England in the 1st Test at Lord's in May 2006, batting out much of the fifth day to save the match. He was the No. 1 ranked ODI bowler for a few months in 2009, when he reached his highest ratings (727).[5]

He picked up his first five-wicket haul in 3rd ODI against Australia at Brisbane on 18 January 2013, which was recorded as his best bowling figures 5/22 in ODI career.[6]

Kulasekara has the unbelievable record for the most economical spell in a T20I by any bowler as well as in a T20 world cup match(0.00) and the only bowler to record an economy of 0.00 in a T20I as well as in T20 world cup match. But he managed to bowl only two overs without conceding even a single run where the opponents were bowled out for just 43.[7][8][9]

Nuwan Kulasekara has the world record for bowling the most number of maiden overs in his career in T20I history(6) and the only bowler to have bowled more than 5 maiden overs in his T20I career.[10]

He was named in the T20I XI of the year 2014 by Cricbuzz.[11]

He announced his retirement in international cricket in July 2019. He ended up with 199 ODI wickets and as the 5th highest all time ODI wicket taker for Sri Lanka at the time of the retirement.

He was able to build a formidable bowling partnership with Lasith Malinga and duo helped Sri Lanka to win famous T20 World Cup in 2014 by bowling difficult overs at the death against strong Indian batting line up.

Kulasekara also represented Chennai Super Kings in the IPL.

Batting

Kulasekara has often played some late order cameos in the shorter format of the game and employs a daring approach with the willow at the crease. A sturdy batsman, he has proved to be quite a tough man to dislodge in the Test format. In ODI's, he is occasionally sent in as a pinch hitter for Sri Lanka, notably with a score of 58* in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy to assist Kumar Sangakkara in beating England, in the second group game[12] and a thrilling score of 74 against Australia for a close defeat.[13]

He has the record for the highest ODI score for Sri Lanka when batting at number 8 position (73).[14]

Arrest

Kulasekara was detained by Kadawatha police on 19 September 2016, after being involved in a road accident.[15][16] However, Kulasekara was produced before the Mahara Magistrate and was released on bail of five lakhs due to the death of a 28-year-old motorcycle rider from the accident.[17][18] The accident occurred near the Kirillawella junction in Kadawatha in the afternoon, where the rider was coming from opposite side to the Kulasekara's vehicle and had overtaken a bus and then crashed onto its bund, where he was thrown onto the patch of Kulasekara's vehicle.[19] After the incident Kulasekara's father paid his condolences to the deceased's family, where his mother then told that her son went to the same school as Nuwan. His mother also told that her son was very fond of sports and was a fan of Nuwan Kulasekara.[20]

Before being arrested Kulasekara participated in the practice pitch opening ceremony of Colombo Hindu College on the same date in the morning.[21]

References

  1. ^ "Nuwan Kulasekara retires from Test cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Former Sri Lanka seamer Nuwan Kulasekara retires from international cricket". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Forty-seven uncapped Sri Lankans in preliminary IPL 2011 auction list". ESPNcricinfo. 22 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Kulasekara gets into the swing". ESPNcricinfo. 14 July 2009.
  5. ^ "Hand of Kulasekara". ESPNcricinfo. 2 September 2009.
  6. ^ "Kulasekara sets up low-scoring Sri Lanka win". ESPNcricinfo. 18 January 2013.
  7. ^ "Cricket Records | Records | World T20 | Best economy rates in an innings | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Records | Twenty20 Internationals | Bowling records | Best economy rate in an innings | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  9. ^ "19th Match, Group 1: Netherlands v Sri Lanka at Chittagong, Mar 24, 2014 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Records | Twenty20 Internationals | Bowling records | Most maidens in career | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  11. ^ "2014 review: T20I team of the year". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Sangakkara's stunning hundred keeps Sri Lanka alive". ESPNcricinfo. 13 June 2013.
  13. ^ "Warner sets up 15-run victory". ESPNcricinfo. 4 March 2012.
  14. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  15. ^ "Nuwan Kulasekara arrested over road accident". Cricket Country. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  16. ^ "Sri Lankan cricketer Nuwan Kulasekara arrested for fatal road accident". Colombo Page. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  17. ^ "Nuwan Kulasekara released on bail". ESPNcricinfo. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  18. ^ "Kulasekara released on bail after fatal accident". Daily Sports. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  19. ^ "Kulasekara 'shaken', says fatal accident 'unfortunate'". Daily News. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  20. ^ ""My son gone now you save yours" Aravinda's mother says to Nuwan Kulasekara's father". Hiru Gossip. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  21. ^ "(Photos) Malinga and Kulasekara at Hindu College cricket nets opening ceremony". Island Cricket. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
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