- Nuwan Kulasekara
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Nuwan Kulasekara 
Personal information Full name Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara Born 22 July 1982
Nittambuwa, Sri LankaBatting style Right-handed Bowling style Right arm fast-medium Role Bowler International information National side Sri Lanka Test debut (cap 100) 4 April 2005 v New Zealand Last Test 27 November 2010 v West Indies ODI debut (cap 118) November 18 2003 v England Last ODI 3 February 2011 v West Indies ODI shirt no. 55 Domestic team information Years Team 2002/03-2004 Galle Cricket Club 2004/05-2011 Colts Cricket Club 2011-present Chennai Super Kings Career statistics Competition Test ODIs FC List A Matches 12 83 74 161 Runs scored 262 475 1,434 966 Batting average 16.37 16.96 18.62 17.25 100s/50s 0/1 0/1 0/4 0/2 Top score 64 57* 95 84 Balls bowled 1,678 3,833 10,194 7,246 Wickets 26 100 243 215 Bowling average 33.80 29.04 22.64 24.09 5 wickets in innings 0 0 9 1 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1 n/a Best bowling 4/21 4/40 7/27 5/29 Catches/stumpings 4/– 20/– 26/– 40/– Source: CricketArchive, 8 February 2011 Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara (born 22 July 1982 in Nittambuwa) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was educated at the Bandaranayake College-Gampaha. He is principally a fast-medium bowler.
Kululasekera 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 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 is currently ranked in fourth place of bowling in the world ODI format due to his ability to swing the ball both in and out.
He went unsold in the February 2009 IPL Season 2 auctions even though he was up for sale at a fairly low base price of USD 100,000.
IPL 2011
Kulasekara was bought by Chennai Super Kings for a price of $100,000 to play for their team in the IPL 2011.
Man of the Match Awards outside his country: 1
External links
- Player Profile: Nuwan Kulasekara from ESPNcricinfo
- Player Profile: Nuwan Kulasekara from CricketArchive
Sri Lanka squad – 2007 Cricket World Cup Runners-Up 1 Jayawardene (c) • 2 Atapattu • 3 Jayasuriya • 4 Tharanga • 5 Sangakkara • 6 Dilshan • 7 Arnold • 8 Silva • 9 Maharoof • 10 Vaas • 11 Fernando • 12 Malinga • 13 Kulasekara • 14 Muralitharan • 15 Bandara • Coach: Moody
Sri Lanka squad – 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Runners-Up 1 Sangakkara (c) • 2 de Saram • 3 Dilshan • 4 Jayasuriya • 5 Jayawardene • 6 Kulasekara • 7 Maharoof • 8 Malinga • 9 Mathews • 10 Mendis • 11 Mubarak • 12 Muralitharan • 13 Silva • 14 Thushara • 15 Udana • Coach: BaylissSri Lanka squad – 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Semi-Finalists 1 Sangakkara (c) • 2 Chandimal • 3 Dilshan • 4 Jayasinghe • 5 Jayasuriya • 6 Jayawardene • 7 Kapugedera • 8 Kulasekara • 9 Malinga • 10 Mathews • 11 Mendis • 12 Muralitharan • 13 Perera • 14 Randiv • 15 Welegedara • Coach: BaylissSri Lanka squad – 2011 Cricket World Cup Runners-Up 1 Sangakkara (c & wk) • 2 Jayawardene • 3 Dilshan • 4 Tharanga • 5 Samaraweera • 6 Silva • 7 Kapugedera • 8 Randiv • 9 Perera • 10 Kulasekara • 11 Fernando • 12 Malinga • 13 Mendis • 14 Muralitharan • 15 Herath • Coach: Bayliss
Suraj Randiv replaced Angelo Mathews due to injuryChennai Super Kings – current squad Suresh Raina · Albie Morkel · Doug Bollinger · Ganapathi Vignesh · George Bailey · MS Dhoni (c) · Murali Vijay · Scott Styris · Joginder Sharma · K Vasudevadas · Nuwan Kulasekara · Abhinav Mukund · Sudeep Tyagi · Suraj Randiv · Anirudha Srikkanth · Faf du Plessis · Wriddhiman Saha · Subramaniam Badrinath · Tim Southee · Dwayne Bravo · Michael Hussey · Ravichandran Ashwin · Shadab Jakati · Yo Mahesh ·
Coach: Stephen Fleming
Categories:- 1982 births
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