Nuwan Kulasekara retires from international cricket

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Former Sri Lanka pacer Nuwan Kulasekara has retired from international cricket with immediate effect.

Known for his ability to swing the new ball both ways, the 37-year old exits as Sri Lanka’s third-highest ODI wicket-taker among seamers behind Chaminda Vaas and Lasith Malinga, with 199 scalps in 184 matches. Kulasekara, too, is the joint second-highest wicket-taker for Sri Lanka in T20Is, with 66 wickets in 58 matches.

Only Lasith Malinga has more T20I wickets than him among Sri Lankans.

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