Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Nuwan Kulasekara

Nuwan Kulasekara
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Personal information
Full name Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara
Born 22 July 1982 (age 30)
Nittambuwa, Sri Lanka
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Batting 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 22 January 2012 v South Africa
ODI shirt no. 55
Domestic team information
Years Team
2002-2004 Galle Cricket Club
2004-2011 Colts Cricket Club
2011-present Chennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODIs FC List A
Matches 12 103 74 183
Runs scored 262 713 1,434 1,219
Batting average 16.37 16.58 18.62 17.16
100s/50s 0/1 0/1 0/4 0/2
Top score 64 73 95 84
Balls bowled 1,678 4,740 10,194 8,243
Wickets 26 110 243 228
Bowling average 33.80 33.19 22.64 26.39
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/– 24/– 26/– 44/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 January 2012

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

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