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Nuwan Kulasekara stats

Data through 10 July 2017Last updated 10 July 2017

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 18 November 2003 to 10 July 2017. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Nuwan Kulasekara played 20 Tests, 179 ODIs, 56 T20Is for Sri Lanka in the data, between 2003 and 2017. Nuwan Kulasekara took 192 ODI wickets in the data (average 34.45, economy 4.94, best 5/22).

International matches

255

Tests 20 · ODIs 179 · T20Is 56

International runs

1,910

0 hundreds

International wickets

303

1 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

5 runs

Best bowling

5/22

ODI

Teams played for

Sri Lanka 2003–2017 · 255Comilla Victorians 2015 · 7Chennai Super Kings 2011–2012 · 5Sussex 2016 · 3

BattingBowling

Nuwan Kulasekara batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Test	20	27	1	391	64	15.04	925	42.3	1	3	47	8
ODI	179	121	36	1,323	73	15.56	1,611	82.1	4	12	95	39
T20I	56	29	8	196	31	9.33	178	110.1	0	4	14	5
T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	3	2	5	5*	5.00	6	83.3	0	1	1	0

Runs per year

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Nuwan Kulasekara: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2003	0
2004	1
2006	129
2007	15
2008	163
2009	353
2010	105
2011	174
2012	370
2013	216
2014	122
2015	135
2016	72
2017	60

Year-by-year batting (33 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
2004	ODI	2	1	1.00	20.0	1	0
2006	ODI	5	14	4.67	24.6	11	0
2006	Test	6	115	19.17	50.4	64	1
2007	ODI	4	15	15.00	78.9	9	0
2008	ODI	13	156	19.50	62.7	37	0
2008	T20I	1	1	1.00	33.3	1	0
2008	Test	2	6	6.00	12.5	5	0
2009	ODI	18	203	25.38	87.1	57	1
2009	T20I	6	26	5.20	83.9	12	0
2009	Test	7	124	17.71	47.7	38	0
2010	ODI	7	82	13.67	89.1	22	0
2010	T20I	1	6	6.00	85.7	6	0
2010	Test	1	17	17.00	32.1	17	0
2011	ODI	12	170	15.45	82.5	34	0
2011	T20I	1	4	4.00	66.7	4	0
2012	ODI	18	235	15.67	92.9	73	1
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	5	–	166.7	5	0
2012	T20I	4	33	16.50	126.9	26	0
2012	Test	8	97	12.12	42.7	33	0
2013	ODI	13	184	16.73	110.2	58	1
2013	T20I	1	10	10.00	111.1	10	0
2013	Test	1	22	22.00	29.3	22	0
2014	ODI	12	63	7.00	67.7	42	0
2014	T20I	5	49	16.33	144.1	31	0
2014	Test	2	10	5.00	29.4	9	0
2015	ODI	9	131	21.83	79.9	58	1
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	0	–	0.0	0	0
2015	T20I	1	4	4.00	66.7	4	0
2016	ODI	2	31	15.50	114.8	16	0
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	0	0.00	0.0	0	0
2016	T20I	5	41	8.20	117.1	14	0
2017	ODI	6	38	9.50	82.6	17	0
2017	T20I	4	22	22.00	104.8	12	0

Nuwan Kulasekara bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	36	3,351	1,705	47	4/21	8/58	36.28	3.05	71.3	3	0	111
ODI	176	8,029	6,615	192	5/22	–	34.45	4.94	41.8	5	1	100
T20I	56	1,183	1,464	64	4/31	–	22.88	7.43	18.5	2	0	6
T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	304	328	22	4/12	–	14.91	6.47	13.8	2	0	2

Wickets per year

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Nuwan Kulasekara: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2003	2
2004	1
2006	9
2007	3
2008	33
2009	53
2010	24
2011	15
2012	58
2013	38
2014	24
2015	22
2016	28
2017	15

Year-by-year bowling (35 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2003	ODI	1	2	9.50	2.11	2/19
2004	ODI	3	1	74.00	5.69	1/30
2006	ODI	9	6	50.50	4.67	2/32
2006	Test	4	3	71.00	3.23	2/45
2007	ODI	5	3	47.00	3.86	2/17
2008	ODI	20	32	20.25	4.23	4/40
2008	T20I	1	0	–	9.39	0/36
2008	Test	4	1	138.00	4.18	1/42
2009	ODI	21	28	32.21	5.27	3/17
2009	T20I	7	5	52.20	9.67	1/21
2009	Test	9	20	21.10	3.16	4/21
2010	ODI	16	18	33.56	4.57	4/48
2010	T20I	3	5	10.60	5.30	3/4
2010	Test	1	1	17.00	1.55	1/17
2011	ODI	17	11	55.45	4.72	3/16
2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	1	26.00	8.67	1/26
2011	T20I	3	3	26.67	8.00	2/39
2012	ODI	28	28	40.32	4.85	3/40
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	4	23.50	6.71	2/10
2012	T20I	10	11	16.73	5.75	2/13
2012	Test	12	15	38.47	2.66	3/48
2013	ODI	19	25	28.12	4.85	5/22
2013	T20I	7	8	22.75	7.14	2/22
2013	Test	4	5	38.00	3.11	3/54
2014	ODI	13	9	58.89	6.10	3/15
2014	T20I	9	13	17.00	7.17	4/32
2014	Test	2	2	74.00	4.00	1/65
2015	ODI	12	12	40.25	6.19	3/20
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	10	12.80	5.57	4/12
2015	T20I	2	0	–	7.38	0/22
2016	ODI	7	12	19.75	4.65	3/53
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	7	11.43	7.50	4/28
2016	T20I	6	9	15.33	6.57	3/10
2017	ODI	5	5	46.40	6.54	4/37
2017	T20I	8	10	25.00	8.62	4/31

Nuwan Kulasekara against each team

vs India vs Pakistan vs Australia vs New Zealand vs England vs South Africa vs Bangladesh vs West Indies

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
Pakistan	Test	9	127	14.11	51.0	38	0
England	Test	6	106	17.67	46.5	64	1
New Zealand	Test	4	50	12.50	43.9	18	0
India	Test	4	37	12.33	28.2	19	0
India	ODI	28	305	19.06	78.6	39	0
Australia	ODI	20	235	14.69	92.5	73	1
New Zealand	ODI	14	224	22.40	87.8	58	2
Pakistan	ODI	17	167	13.92	59.0	32	0
England	ODI	10	107	13.38	87.7	58	1
South Africa	ODI	12	102	8.50	87.2	40	0
Bangladesh	ODI	9	40	8.00	83.3	18	0
West Indies	ODI	4	33	11.00	113.8	16	0
Zimbabwe	ODI	3	6	3.00	60.0	5	0
West Indies	T20I	3	37	12.33	137.0	26	0
Bangladesh	T20I	4	35	11.67	116.7	31	0
New Zealand	T20I	5	34	6.80	103.0	14	0
Australia	T20I	3	24	12.00	114.3	12	0
South Africa	T20I	3	17	17.00	121.4	10	0
Pakistan	T20I	5	8	2.00	47.1	6	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Pakistan	Test	14	28	22.36	2.66	4/21
New Zealand	Test	6	9	27.00	3.08	2/28
Bangladesh	Test	4	5	38.00	3.11	3/54
England	Test	4	2	141.00	3.76	1/65
India	Test	5	2	121.50	4.58	1/42
India	ODI	36	41	39.56	5.26	4/40
Australia	ODI	28	34	31.91	4.74	5/22
New Zealand	ODI	22	27	29.63	5.63	4/34
Pakistan	ODI	22	24	34.29	4.63	3/17
Bangladesh	ODI	12	15	30.33	5.38	4/37
West Indies	ODI	9	14	24.14	4.77	3/28
Zimbabwe	ODI	13	12	24.50	3.63	3/14
England	ODI	13	11	44.73	5.08	3/15
South Africa	ODI	15	5	117.40	5.53	1/24
New Zealand	T20I	9	12	17.08	6.41	3/4
South Africa	T20I	7	10	15.80	7.52	2/10
Pakistan	T20I	9	9	24.11	6.71	2/13
Australia	T20I	7	8	26.62	8.19	4/31
England	T20I	4	7	15.43	7.20	4/32
Bangladesh	T20I	5	6	29.83	8.95	2/29
India	T20I	4	4	34.00	9.71	2/21
West Indies	T20I	7	3	58.33	7.34	1/22
Pune Warriors	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	3	24.67	8.22	2/10

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
R Premadasa Stadium	25	237	13.94	39
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	11	121	15.12	25
Lord's	7	104	14.86	64
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	7	101	16.83	34
Galle International Stadium	7	95	15.83	38
Hagley Oval	4	93	31.00	58
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium	11	87	14.50	34
Kennington Oval	5	78	26.00	58
National Stadium, Karachi	6	78	78.00	29
The Wanderers Stadium	4	74	74.00	57

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
R Premadasa Stadium	31	35	31.20	4.73
Shere Bangla National Stadium	19	27	20.89	5.54
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium	17	21	21.86	5.48
Galle International Stadium	12	17	27.18	3.00
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	18	17	36.29	4.73
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	16	16	31.44	4.22
Harare Sports Club	9	13	18.08	3.36
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	9	13	30.00	3.38
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	8	12	15.42	6.61
P Sara Oval	4	11	16.45	2.80

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	0	4	0.0	1	918	43	6.18
T20	Middle	9	13	69.2	2	95	8	8.08
T20	Death	192	167	115.0	19	474	35	9.09
ODI	Powerplay	6	8	75.0	0	4283	89	4.31
ODI	Middle	589	906	65.0	36	2702	62	4.95
ODI	Death	728	697	104.4	49	1044	41	7.52

How Nuwan Kulasekara was dismissed

Caught85 (64%)
Bowled20 (15%)
Lbw13 (10%)
Run out10 (8%)
Stumped3 (2%)
Caught and bowled2 (2%)

How Nuwan Kulasekara took wickets

Caught183
Bowled72
Lbw66
Caught and bowled4

Last 20 innings

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Nuwan Kulasekara: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
26 Dec 2015	58
28 Dec 2015	19
5 Jan 2016	15
7 Jan 2016	14
25 Feb 2016	7
28 Feb 2016	0
1 Mar 2016	13
20 Mar 2016	7
7 Jul 2016	0
16 Nov 2016	16
22 Jan 2017	0
28 Jan 2017	17
1 Feb 2017	12
7 Feb 2017	1
19 Feb 2017	12
22 Feb 2017	8
28 Mar 2017	2
1 Apr 2017	1
6 Apr 2017	2
10 Jul 2017	5

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
10 Jul 2017	ODI	Zimbabwe	5	5	bowled	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
6 Apr 2017	T20I	Bangladesh	2*	5	not out	R Premadasa Stadium
1 Apr 2017	ODI	Bangladesh	1*	1	not out	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
28 Mar 2017	ODI	Bangladesh	2*	2	not out	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
22 Feb 2017	T20I	Australia	8*	7	not out	Adelaide Oval
19 Feb 2017	T20I	Australia	12	8	caught	Kardinia Park
7 Feb 2017	ODI	South Africa	1	2	lbw	Newlands
1 Feb 2017	ODI	South Africa	12	20	caught	Kingsmead
28 Jan 2017	ODI	South Africa	17	16	caught	St George's Park
22 Jan 2017	T20I	South Africa	0*	1	not out	The Wanderers Stadium
16 Nov 2016	ODI	West Indies	16	13	caught	Harare Sports Club
7 Jul 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Glamorgan	0	2	bowled	Sophia Gardens
20 Mar 2016	T20I	West Indies	7	8	bowled	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
1 Mar 2016	T20I	India	13	9	run out	Shere Bangla National Stadium
28 Feb 2016	T20I	Bangladesh	0	1	caught	Shere Bangla National Stadium
25 Feb 2016	T20I	United Arab Emirates	7	7	caught	Shere Bangla National Stadium
7 Jan 2016	T20I	New Zealand	14	10	caught	Bay Oval
5 Jan 2016	ODI	New Zealand	15	14	caught	Bay Oval
28 Dec 2015	ODI	New Zealand	19	24	caught	Hagley Oval
26 Dec 2015	ODI	New Zealand	58	73	caught	Hagley Oval

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
10 Jul 2017	ODI	Zimbabwe	0/25	3	0	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
6 Apr 2017	T20I	Bangladesh	1/30	4	0	R Premadasa Stadium
4 Apr 2017	T20I	Bangladesh	0/44	4	0	R Premadasa Stadium
1 Apr 2017	ODI	Bangladesh	4/37	7.3	0	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
22 Feb 2017	T20I	Australia	0/40	4	0	Adelaide Oval
19 Feb 2017	T20I	Australia	4/31	4	0	Kardinia Park
17 Feb 2017	T20I	Australia	0/38	4	0	Melbourne Cricket Ground
7 Feb 2017	ODI	South Africa	0/74	10	0	Newlands
1 Feb 2017	ODI	South Africa	1/76	10	0	Kingsmead
28 Jan 2017	ODI	South Africa	0/20	5	0	St George's Park
25 Jan 2017	T20I	South Africa	1/30	4	0	Newlands
22 Jan 2017	T20I	South Africa	2/10	3	0	The Wanderers Stadium
20 Jan 2017	T20I	South Africa	2/27	2	0	SuperSport Park
27 Nov 2016	ODI	Zimbabwe	1/30	7	0	Queens Sports Club
23 Nov 2016	ODI	West Indies	2/73	10	0	Queens Sports Club
21 Nov 2016	ODI	Zimbabwe	1/17	5	0	Queens Sports Club
16 Nov 2016	ODI	West Indies	2/37	10	1	Harare Sports Club
14 Nov 2016	ODI	Zimbabwe	2/23	8	2	Harare Sports Club
7 Jul 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Glamorgan	4/28	4	0	Sophia Gardens
1 Jul 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Middlesex	2/24	2.4	0	County Ground, Bristol

Batter vs bowler matchups

Batters Nuwan Kulasekara bowled to most

Mohammad Hafeez vs Nuwan Kulasekara338 balls
Gautam Gambhir vs Nuwan Kulasekara331 balls
Younis Khan vs Nuwan Kulasekara307 balls
Virender Sehwag vs Nuwan Kulasekara291 balls
Virat Kohli vs Nuwan Kulasekara291 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Nuwan Kulasekara taken in Tests?

47 wickets in 36 innings at an average of 36.28, economy 3.05, best figures 4/21.

How many wickets has Nuwan Kulasekara taken in ODIs?

192 wickets in 176 innings at an average of 34.45, economy 4.94, best figures 5/22.

How many runs has Nuwan Kulasekara scored in Tests?

391 runs in 27 innings (20 matches) at an average of 15.04 and a strike rate of 42.3, in the data from 2006 to 2014.

How many runs has Nuwan Kulasekara scored in ODIs?

1,323 runs in 121 innings (179 matches) at an average of 15.56 and a strike rate of 82.1, in the data from 2003 to 2017.

How many runs has Nuwan Kulasekara scored in T20Is?

196 runs in 29 innings (56 matches) at an average of 9.33 and a strike rate of 110.1, in the data from 2008 to 2017.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.