Nuwan Kulasekara

Nuwan Kulasekara Biography

Brisk and accurate, Nuwan Kulasekara has been around since 2003 (after he won the Best Bowler Award in Sri Lankan domestic cricket in 2002-03), but has been perpetually overshadowed by Chaminda Vaas, and later on, Lasith Malinga.

While his Test career never quite took off, his accuracy made him a regular fixture in the shorter formats, thanks to his excellent economy rate (which, surprisingly, is significantly better than Malinga’s) in the Twenty20 era.

Though Kulasekara reached No. 1 in ICC ODI bowling rankings in March 2009, he is somewhat unfairly remembered as the man who bowled the last ball of the ICC World Cup 2011. He played a crucial role in the final of the ICC World T20 2014, when he and Malinga bowled beautifully in the death overs to contain India, as Sri Lanka clinched the title. His finest hour probably came at The Gabba in 2013, when his five for 22 helped Sri Lanka bowl out Australia for 74 in 26.4 overs.

With the advent of the likes of Shaminda Eranga, Dhammika Prasad, Nuwan Pradeep, and Suranga Lakmal, a return to Test cricket seems unlikely for Kulasekara, but along with (and in absence of) Malinga, he continues to remain one of the finest new-ball bowlers of Sri Lanka.

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Nuwan Kulasekara Batting & Fielding Averages

Career	M	In	R	NO	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Test	21	28	391	1	64	14.48	930	42.04	0	1	47	8	8	0
ODIs	185	123	1327	37	73	15.43	1629	81.46	0	4	95	39	46	0
T20s	58	30	215	9	31	10.23	184	116.8	0	0	14	7	17	0
World Cup	11	8	94	2	32	15.66	98	95.91	0	0	6	3	2	0

Nuwan Kulasekara Bowling Averages

Career	M	B	R	W	Avg	EC	SR	5WI	10WM	BBI	BBM
Test	21	3567	1794	48	37.37	3.017	74.	0	0	4/21	8/58
ODIs	185	8263	6751	199	33.92	4.902	41.52	1	0	5/22	5/22
T20s	58	1231	1530	66	23.18	7.457	18.65	0	0	3/4	3/4
World Cup	11	452	355	9	39.44	4.712	50.22	0	--	3/16	5/22

Nuwan Kulasekara Career statistics

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