Sri Lankan pacer, Nuwan Kulasekara has announced his retirement from Test cricket.In a Sri Lankan Cricket press release Kulasekara said, “I would like to retire from playing Test cricket with immediate effect. After much thought I believe it is the right time to retire and I hope it will allow me to better prepare for ODI and T20 cricket, which I would like to continue playing for Sri Lanka subject to good performance and selection.”
Kulasekara had made his debut in test cricket in April 2005 and since then he has taken 48 wickets in the 21 Tests he had played. In Spite of the fact that he wasn’t a genuine pacer, he had the capability to swing the new ball with complete accuracy. Considering one of his best performances in which he took 2 four-wicket hauls he took against Pakistan in Colombo in 2009 and ended the match with a match-winning figures of 8-58 in 28.4 overs.
The last test match Kulasekara played a nail-biting match in June 2014 at Lord’s, which ended up in a draw. Unfortunately, he was not in the playing XI at Headingley, however, Sri Lanka beat England to seal a series win.
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