Kosala Kulasekara

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Chamith Kosala Bandara Kulasekara (born 15 July 1985) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. He is an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm fast medium.

Kosala Kulasekara
Personal information
Full name
Chamith Kosala Bandara Kulasekara
Born (1985-07-15) 15 July 1985 (age 38)
Mawanalle, Sri Lanka
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 121)3 November 2011 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 149)11 November 2011 v Pakistan
Last ODI17 January 2012 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Nondescripts Cricket Club
Kandurata Warriors
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 1 4 73 84
Runs scored 22 22 2,773 1,493
Batting average 11.00 11.00 25.91 26.19
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 2/14 0/5
Top score 15 15 129 74
Balls bowled 168 78 6,796 2,837
Wickets 1 0 149 71
Bowling average 80.00 26.79 30.42
5 wickets in innings 0 3 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/65 6/13 4/27
Catches/stumpings 0/0 1/– 35/0 26/0
Source: Cricinfo, 23 January 2017
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Sri Lanka
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Team

Domestic career edit

He played domestic cricket for the Nondescripts Cricket Club and the Ruhuna Rhinos. He is also a member of Western Troopers in SLC Super 4's T20 tournament.[1] In April 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[2]

He was a part of 2004 Sri Lanka's ICC Youth World Cup squad. He played his u19 cricket alongside Upul Tharanga, Farveez Maharoof, Kaushal Silva and Suraj Randiv.

He performed commendably during the u19 World Cup in Bangladesh and won Man of the Match awards for his 5/27 vs Canada and 37 runs vs Zimbabwe.

Later in his career, he moved to Baduraliya SC.

International career edit

He has played in one Test, where he made his debut against Pakistan in 2011 at Sharjah. He made ODI debut in the same tour against Pakistan on 11 November 2011 at Dubai.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Kosala Kulasekara powers Troopers to big win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ^ "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.