Nuwan Kulasekara Profile, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka -
Bowler
Full Name: Nuwan Kulasekara
Birth Date: July 22, 1982 (43 Years)
Birth Place: Nittambuwa
Nationality: Sri Lanka
Role: Bowler
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Teams: Sri Lanka, Chennai Super Kings, Comilla Victorians, Sussex, Asia Lions, Sri Lanka Cricket XI, Sri Lankan XI, Sri Lanka Legends
Batting Statistics
| Format | M | Inns | Runs | BF | NO | HS | AVG | S/R | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEST | 21 | 28 | 391 | 930 | 1 | 64 | 14.48 | 42.04 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 8 |
| ODI | 184 | 123 | 1327 | 1629 | 37 | 73 | 15.43 | 81.46 | 0 | 4 | 95 | 39 |
| T20I | 58 | 30 | 215 | 184 | 9 | 31 | 10.23 | 116.84 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 |
| T20 (Domestic) | 112 | 56 | 395 | 329 | 19 | 31 | 10.67 | 120.06 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 16 |
| List A | 286 | 187 | 2042 | 2629 | 64 | 84 | 16.6 | 77.67 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| First Class | 87 | 114 | 1684 | 0 | 22 | 95 | 18.3 | - | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling Performance
| Format | M | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEST | 21 | 38 | - | 1794 | 48 | 8/58 | 37.37 | 3.01 | - | 0 |
| ODI | 184 | 181 | - | 6751 | 199 | 5/22 | 33.92 | 4.9 | - | 1 |
| T20I | 58 | 58 | - | 1530 | 66 | 4/31 | 23.18 | 7.45 | - | 0 |
| T20 (Domestic) | 112 | 111 | - | 2868 | 125 | 4/12 | 22.94 | 7.3 | - | 0 |
| List A | 286 | 0 | - | 9856 | 354 | 5/22 | 27.84 | 4.64 | - | 2 |
| First Class | 87 | 0 | - | 6585 | 272 | - | 24.2 | 3.17 | - | 9 |
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Nuwan Kulasekara Profile, Sri Lanka: Age, Career Stats, Records & ICC Rankings
Nuwan Kulasekara plays for the Sri Lanka cricket team. Nuwan Kulasekara’s date of birth is July 22, 1982. He is 43. N Kulasekara is a Right Arm Fast Medium from Nittambuwa.
Nuwan Kulasekara has played 21 matches in his Test Career in the red-ball format, and he has achieved 48 wickets with an average of 37.37, with a best performance of taking 4/21. He played his recent Test match against Bangladesh in March 2013.
Talking about the ODI career of Nuwan Kulasekara, he has played 184 games and earned 199 wickets with his individual best bowling spell of 5/22. He played his recent ODI matches in July 2017 against Zimbabwe.
Nuwan Kulasekara has participated in 58 International T20 matches, and he has taken 66 wickets in his name, with the best bowling T20 figure in this format being 4/31. He played his recent T20 match in April 2017 against Bangladesh.