Nuwan Zoysa
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| Full name | Demuni Nuwan Tharanga Zoysa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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13 May 1978 Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Left-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Left-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 66) | 7–10 March 1997 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 9–13 July 2004 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 88) | 25 March 1997 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 8 February 2007 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996/97-2010/11 | Sinhalese Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007/08 | Deccan Chargers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008/09-2009/10 | Basnahira South | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 September 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Demuni Nuwan Tharanga Zoysa is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a lanky left-arm seam bowler, who played 30 Tests and 95 ODI's for Sri Lanka. Nuwan was educated at Isipathana College, Colombo.[1] In his eighth Test, Zoysa became the first player in the history to take a hat-trick off his first three balls of a Test match. He achieved this against Zimbabwe at Harare in November 1999, dismissing Trevor Gripper, Murray Goodwin and Neil Johnson.
Zoysa made his first class debut in 1996/97 and during his first season he took his career best figures of 7 for 58, playing for Sinhalese Sports Club. He made his Test debut soon after in Dunedin against New Zealand. He has gone on to take over 100 ODI wickets for Sri Lanka, the ninth to have achieved the milestone.
An aggressive lower order batsman, Zoysa once won an ODI game against Australia with an unbeaten 47. He was also bought by the Deccan Chargers Franchise in the IPL but he was removed from the team for his poor performances.
Coaching
Nuwan Zoysa was appointed to the National Fast Bowling Coaching Department of Sri Lanka Cricket on the 1st of October 2015 prior to which he has worked in India with Goa Cricket Association and with Royal College & Nondiscripts as Fast Bowling Coach before joining SLC.[2]
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