Nuwan Zoysa
Demuni Nuwan Tharanga Zoysa (born 13 May 1978), or Nuwan Zoysa, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a tall left-arm seam bowler, who played 30 Tests and 95 ODIs for Sri Lanka. Nuwan was educated at Isipathana College, Colombo.[1]
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| Full name | Demuni Nuwan Tharanga Zoysa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 May 1978 Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Zippy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | 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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| 1996/97-2010/11 | Sinhalese Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007/08 | Deccan Chargers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008/09-2009/10 | Basnahira South | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[2]
International career
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. Zoysa's golden era in international cricket came during 2004 season, where he was the main strike bowler accompany with Chaminda Vaas. He performed well in bat and ball in numerous occasions, enable to win many bilateral, tri-series and ICC major tournaments. His highest ODI score came against Australia. He has single Test and ODI fifer each as well.
Domestic career
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 1 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.[3]
In October 2018, he was charged by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for three breaches of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.[4] In November 2020, he was found guilty of three offences.[5]
References
- Determined Isipathana Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
- "Sting in the tail". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Sri Lanka coach charged under ICC Anti-Corruption code". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- "Nuwan Zoysa found guilty of three offences under ICC anti-corruption code". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
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