Nuwan Thushara

Ilandari Dewage Nuwan Thushara (born 6 August 1994) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer currently plays T20Is for national team. A fast bowler with a slinging action, Thushara made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in February 2022 against Australia.[1] He is a past pupil of Thalawa Kanitu Vidyalaya, Alpitiya.

Nuwan Thushara
Personal information
Full name
Ilandari Dewage Nuwan Thushara
Born (1994-08-06) 6 August 1994
Thalawa,elpitiya, Sri Lanka
BattingRight handed
BowlingRight arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 92)13 February 2022 v Australia
Last T20I8 June 2022 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 4 5 27 54
Runs scored 2 2 8 13
Batting average – 0.66 2.66 6.50
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 2* 1* 4* 5*
Balls bowled 55 312 787 944
Wickets 2 2 30 69
Bowling average 44.50 118.50 22.03 17.71
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/18 2/37 3/33 5/13
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 4/– 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 July 2022

Career

He made his first-class debut for Sinhalese Sports Club in the 2015–16 Premier League Tournament on 26 December 2015.[2] He made his List A debut for Colombo Cricket Club in the 2017–18 Premier Limited Overs Tournament on 10 March 2018.[3] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Galle Gladiators for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[4] In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Greens team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[5] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Galle Gladiators following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[6]

In January 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Zimbabwe.[7] Later the month, he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their away series against Australia.[8] He made his T20I debut on 13 February 2022, for Sri Lanka against Australia.[9] In June 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for their home series against Australia.[10]

In July 2022, he was signed by the Galle Gladiators for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[11]

References
  1. "Nuwan Thushara". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  2. "AIA Premier League Tournament, Group B: Sinhalese Sports Club v Sri Lanka Army Sports Club at Colombo (SSC), Dec 26-28, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  3. "Group C, Premier Limited Over Tournament at Colombo, Mar 10 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  4. "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  5. "Sri Lanka Cricket announce Invitational T20 squads and schedule". The Papare. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  6. "Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews miss out on LPL drafts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  7. "New-look Sri Lanka name eight changes for Zimbabwe ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  8. "Sri Lanka T20I squad for Australia tour 2022". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  9. "2nd T20I (N), Sydney, Feb 13 2022, Sri Lanka tour of Australia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  10. "Rajapaksa recalled to ODI squad for Australia series". CricBuzz. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  11. "LPL 2022 draft: Kandy Falcons sign Hasaranga; Rajapaksa to turn out for Dambulla Giants". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
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