PLAYER CAREER

Nuwan Kulasekara

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Sri Lanka2003–2017

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	21	28	28	28	2005-04-04	2014-06-12
ODI	178	120	120	120	2003-11-18	2017-07-10
T20I	55	28	28	28	2008-10-11	2017-04-06

263Internationals

1,933Career runs

0Centuries

313Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 21
Innings: 28
Runs: 391
Average: 14.48
Strike rate: 42.04
Highest score: 64
Not outs: 1
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 4
4s: 47
6s: 8
Balls faced: 930

Bowling

Matches: 21
Innings: 38
Balls: 3,567
Maidens: 120
Runs conceded: 1,794
Wickets: 48
Average: 37.37
Economy: 3.01
Strike rate: 74.31
Best innings: 4/21
Best match: 8/58
4 wickets: 3
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: 0

Fielding

Matches: 21
Innings: 40
Catches: 8
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 8
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 8
Dismissals / inns: 0.200
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 184
Innings: 123
Runs: 1,327
Average: 15.43
Strike rate: 81.46
Highest score: 73
Not outs: 37
100s: 0
50s: 4
Ducks: 13
4s: 95
6s: 39
Balls faced: 1,629

Bowling

Matches: 184
Innings: 181
Balls: 8,263
Maidens: 106
Runs conceded: 6,751
Wickets: 199
Average: 33.92
Economy: 4.90
Strike rate: 41.52
Best innings: 5/22
Best match: 5/22
4 wickets: 4
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 184
Innings: 181
Catches: 46
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 46
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 46
Dismissals / inns: 0.254
Best innings: 3 (3ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 58
Innings: 30
Runs: 215
Average: 10.23
Strike rate: 116.84
Highest score: 31
Not outs: 9
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 4
4s: 14
6s: 7
Balls faced: 184

Bowling

Matches: 58
Innings: 58
Balls: 1,231
Maidens: 6
Runs conceded: 1,530
Wickets: 66
Average: 23.18
Economy: 7.45
Strike rate: 18.65
Best innings: 4/31
Best match: 4/31
4 wickets: 2
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 58
Innings: 58
Catches: 17
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 17
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 17
Dismissals / inns: 0.293
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

265 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2017-07-10	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	ODI	Zimbabwe won by 3 wickets
2017-04-06	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh	T20I	Bangladesh won by 45 runs
2017-04-04	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh	T20I	Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
2017-04-01	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 70 runs
2017-03-28	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh	ODI	No result
2017-02-22	Australia v Sri Lanka	T20I	Australia won by 41 runs
2017-02-19	Australia v Sri Lanka	T20I	Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets
2017-02-17	Australia v Sri Lanka	T20I	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
2017-02-07	South Africa v Sri Lanka	ODI	South Africa won by 40 runs
2017-02-01	South Africa v Sri Lanka	ODI	South Africa won by 121 runs
2017-01-28	South Africa v Sri Lanka	ODI	South Africa won by 8 wickets
2017-01-25	South Africa v Sri Lanka	T20I	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets

Sri Lanka

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

20050 runs
2006115 runs
20086 runs
2009124 runs
201017 runs
201297 runs
201322 runs
201410 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20051 wickets
20063 wickets
20081 wickets
200920 wickets
20101 wickets
201215 wickets
20135 wickets
20142 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2014	1	2	10	9	5.00	29.41	0	2	0	34	2	2	74.00	4.00	111.00
2013	2	1	22	22	22.00	29.33	0	1	0	75	4	5	38.00	3.11	73.20
2012	6	8	97	33	12.12	42.73	0	9	4	227	12	15	38.46	2.66	86.73
2010	1	1	17	17	17.00	32.07	0	1	0	53	1	1	17.00	1.54	66.00
2009	5	7	124	38	17.71	47.69	0	20	2	260	9	20	21.10	3.15	40.10
2008	2	2	6	5	6.00	12.50	0	0	0	48	4	1	138.00	4.18	198.00
2006	3	6	115	64	19.16	50.43	1	14	2	228	4	3	71.00	3.22	132.00
2005	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	5	2	1	89.00	2.47	216.00

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

20045 runs
200614 runs
200715 runs
2008119 runs
2009203 runs
201082 runs
2011163 runs
2012235 runs
2013184 runs
201463 runs
2015113 runs
201631 runs
201738 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20032 wickets
20041 wickets
20066 wickets
20073 wickets
200833 wickets
200934 wickets
201018 wickets
20117 wickets
201228 wickets
201325 wickets
20149 wickets
20159 wickets
201612 wickets
20175 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 14 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2017	6	6	38	17	9.50	82.60	0	4	1	46	5	5	46.40	6.53	42.60
2016	7	2	31	16	15.50	114.81	0	4	1	27	7	12	19.75	4.64	25.50
2015	11	8	113	58	18.83	76.87	1	6	6	147	11	9	51.44	6.52	47.33
2014	13	12	63	42	7.00	67.74	0	3	2	93	13	9	58.88	6.10	57.88
2013	19	13	184	58	16.72	110.17	1	17	7	167	19	25	28.12	4.85	34.76
2012	28	18	235	73	15.66	92.88	1	18	6	253	28	28	40.32	4.84	49.92
2011	15	11	163	34	14.81	80.29	0	11	5	203	15	7	82.28	5.04	97.85
2010	16	7	82	22	13.66	89.13	0	8	2	92	16	18	33.55	4.56	44.05
2009	23	19	203	57	22.55	86.38	1	14	7	235	23	34	27.47	5.02	32.82
2008	20	12	119	29	17.00	60.10	0	7	1	198	20	33	20.12	4.30	28.06
2007	5	4	15	9	15.00	78.94	0	1	0	19	5	3	47.00	3.86	73.00
2006	9	5	14	11	4.66	24.56	0	0	0	57	9	6	50.50	4.67	64.83
2004	5	3	5	4	5.00	23.80	0	0	0	21	5	1	137.00	4.41	186.00
2003	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	1	2	9.50	2.11	27.00

T20I

T20I · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

20081 runs
200926 runs
20106 runs
20114 runs
201233 runs
201310 runs
201449 runs
20154 runs
201634 runs
201722 runs

T20I · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20080 wickets
20095 wickets
20105 wickets
20113 wickets
201211 wickets
20138 wickets
201412 wickets
20150 wickets
20167 wickets
201710 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 10 seasons

T20I archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2017	8	4	22	12	22.00	104.76	3	0	21	8	10	25.00	8.62	17.40
2016	6	4	34	14	8.50	121.42	2	1	28	6	7	24.42	8.14	18.00
2015	2	1	4	4	4.00	66.66	0	0	6	2	0	N/A	7.37	N/A
2014	8	5	49	31	16.33	144.11	3	2	34	8	12	18.41	7.66	14.41
2013	7	1	10	10	10.00	111.11	0	1	9	7	8	22.75	7.13	19.12
2012	10	4	33	26	16.50	126.92	4	1	26	10	11	16.72	5.75	17.45
2011	3	1	4	4	4.00	66.66	0	0	6	3	3	26.66	8.00	20.00
2010	3	1	6	6	6.00	85.71	1	0	7	3	5	10.60	5.30	12.00
2009	7	6	26	12	5.20	83.87	0	0	31	7	5	52.20	9.66	32.40
2008	1	1	1	1	1.00	33.33	0	0	3	1	0	N/A	9.39	N/A

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

2003-11-18
First available scorecard
ODI v England · Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
2012-03-04
Highest recorded innings · 73 runs
ODI v Australia · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
2013-01-18
Best recorded bowling · 5/22
ODI v Australia · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
2017-07-10
Latest available scorecard
ODI v Zimbabwe · Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa