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Nuwan Zoysa

Sri Lanka

Full name Demuni Nuwan Tharanga Zoysa

Born May 13, 1978, Colombo

Current age 31 years 57 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Basnahira South, Deccan Chargers, Sinhalese Sports Club

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	30	40	6	288	28*	8.47	695	41.43	0	0	31	5	4
ODIs	95	47	21	343	47*	13.19	358	95.81	0	0	29	7	13
First-class	113	137	25	1971	114	17.59			1	8			19
List A	170	93	27	1060	50	16.06			0	2			22
Twenty20	7	6	2	78	36*	19.50	81	96.29	0	0	10	0	1

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	30	51	4422	2157	64	5/20	8/73	33.70	2.92	69.0	2	1
ODIs	95	93	4259	3213	108	5/26	5/26	29.75	4.52	39.4	2	1
First-class	113		14523	6917	294	7/58		23.52	2.85	49.3		7
List A	170		7655	5535	223	6/14	6/14	24.82	4.33	34.3	1	2
Twenty20	7	7	156	162	11	4/10	4/10	14.72	6.23	14.1	1	0

Career statistics

Test debut	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Dunedin, Mar 7-10, 1997 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v Sri Lanka at Cairns, Jul 9-13, 2004 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Mar 25, 1997 scorecard
Last ODI	India v Sri Lanka at Kolkata, Feb 8, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1996/97
Last First-class	Basnahira South v Basnahira North at Colombo (RPS), Feb 26-Mar 1, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1996/97
Last List A	Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (PSS), Jan 28, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Burgher Recreation Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (NCC), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians at Hyderabad (Decc), May 18, 2008 scorecard

Profile

A left-arm seam bowler with a loping, rhythmical run-up and action, Zoysa has shown plenty of promise, but his career has so far been plagued by injuries. He was discarded after a disappointing tour to England in 2002, but he trained hard and regained pace, nip and bounce off the pitch. Most importantly, though, he returned with the delivery that moves back into the right-hander, a weapon that makes him a far more potent force.

A natural striker of the ball, he's also emerged as a useful lower-order strokeplayer. During the A tour to Kenya in 2003, he was even employed as a pinch-hitter to good effect, and, making his comeback to international cricket in the one-day series against Australia in 2003-04, Zoysa further underscored his batting potential with a matchwinning unbeaten 47 in the final match.

His bowling continued on its upward curve, culminating in a damaging five-wicket haul against South Africa in the one-day series in 2004-05. First spotted by Arjuna Ranatunga, who encouraged him to join the SSC in Colombo, he made his debut during the 1996-97 tour of New Zealand. In only his eighth Test, Zoysa achieved the rare feat of claiming a hat-trick off his first over of the match, against Zimbabwe at Harare in 1999-2000. His victims were accomplished top-order batsmen too - Trevor Gripper, Murray Goodwin and Neil Johnson.
Charlie Austin (September 2004)