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Nuwan Thushara

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Nuwan Thushara

Nuwan Thushara appears in 21 matches with a full FairPlay scorecard (20 Nov 2025 to 13 Oct 2026). 10 runs in 7 innings. 24 wickets from 77.5 overs. 126 matches in FairPlay's recorded career data.

Player profile

Country
Sri Lanka
Role
Bowler
Batting
Right-hand bat
Bowling
Right-arm fast-medium
Born
6 Aug 1994 Age 32
Recorded matches
12636 internationals

Nuwan Thushara is a bowler from Sri Lanka with 126 matches in FairPlay's recorded data, including 36 internationals (36 T20Is).

Batting: 32 runs across all recorded formats, with 0 hundreds and 0 fifties; the most runs came in T20 (league and domestic) cricket (26) and the highest recorded score is 7.

Bowling: 150 wickets in recorded matches, 90 of them in T20 (league and domestic) cricket, with 2 five-wicket hauls.

Career figures by format

Summed over the seasons in FairPlay's data provider's records, mostly recent ones. Older seasons can be missing, so these totals may be lower than the official career record.

Nuwan Thushara: batting and bowling figures by format in FairPlay's recorded data
FormatMatInnsRunsHSAvgSR100/50WktsBowl avgEcon5w
T20I3611626.0023.10/03826.058.401
T20 (league and domestic)71182674.3370.30/09023.108.621
T1019––––––2217.4110.350

Avg is runs per dismissal; SR is runs per 100 balls; Bowl avg is runs per wicket; Econ is runs per over; 5w is five or more wickets in an innings.

Nuwan Thushara at a glance

FairPlay holds 21 complete scorecards featuring Nuwan Thushara, most recently for Kandy Royals (T20 and shorter).

In those matches Nuwan Thushara batted 7 times for 10 runs at a strike rate of 41.67. The highest score was 6 off 9 balls against Colombo Kaps.

With the ball: 24 wickets from 77.5 overs, an economy rate of 9.33. Best figures: 4 for 29 against Dambulla Sixers.

How the 1 dismissal happened: caught 1.

These matches were played at 8 different grounds.

Figures in FairPlay's scorecards

Batting
7610610.0041.670/0
Bowling
2277.52726244/299.33

Match by match

Newest first. Dates in India Standard Time. * means not out.

DateMatch
13 Oct 2026Pakistan v Sri LankaBat – · Bowl 2/38 (4)
11 Oct 2026Pakistan v Sri LankaBat – · Bowl 0/32 (4)
9 Oct 2026Pakistan v Sri LankaBat – · Bowl 1/32 (3)
3 Oct 2026Bangladesh v Sri LankaBat 2* (1) · Bowl 2/18 (4)
19 Sept 2026England v Sri LankaBat 0* (1) · Bowl 0/29 (2)
5 Aug 2026Colombo Kaps v Kandy RoyalsBat 6 (9) · Bowl 2/31 (4)
30 Jul 2026Jaffna Kings v Kandy RoyalsBat 0* (0) · Bowl 0/43 (3)
29 Jul 2026Galle Gallants v Kandy RoyalsBat – · Bowl 1/39 (4)
26 Jul 2026Kandy Royals v Jaffna KingsBat – · Bowl 0/49 (4)
25 Jul 2026Galle Gallants v Kandy RoyalsBat – · Bowl 3/33 (4)
23 Jul 2026Kandy Royals v Colombo KapsBat – · Bowl 1/31 (4)
21 Jul 2026Dambulla Sixers v Kandy RoyalsBat – · Bowl 4/29 (4)
19 Jul 2026Colombo Kaps v Kandy RoyalsBat 1* (1) · Bowl 1/22 (4)
18 Jul 2026Kandy Royals v Dambulla SixersBat – · Bowl 2/34 (4)
7 Jan 2026Sri Lanka v PakistanBat 0* (3) · Bowl 0/31 (2)
12 Dec 2025Gulf Giants v Desert VipersBat – · Bowl 0/40 (3.5)
10 Dec 2025Gulf Giants v Sharjah WarriorzBat – · Bowl 0/44 (4)
8 Dec 2025Desert Vipers v Gulf GiantsBat – · Bowl 2/33 (4) & 1/13 (1)
6 Dec 2025Dubai Capitals v Gulf GiantsBat – · Bowl 0/34 (4)
4 Dec 2025Gulf Giants v MI EmiratesBat – · Bowl 2/41 (4)
20 Nov 2025Sri Lanka v ZimbabweBat 1* (9) · Bowl 0/30 (3)

Sri Lanka's next match

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, ICC World Test Championship, 9 Nov 2026 at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

The playing XI is named at the toss, so this does not mean Nuwan Thushara has been selected.

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