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Nuwan was educated at Isipathana College, Colombo.
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Nuwan Zoysa
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He was a lanky left-arm seam bowler, who played 30 Tests and 95 ODI"s for Sri Lanka. 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. 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 was also bought by the Deccan Chargers Franchise in the IPL but he was removed from the team for his poor performances. Nuwan Zoysa was appointed to the National Fast Bowling 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 Salt Lake City.
Achievements
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He achieved this against Zimbabwe at Harare in November 1999, dismissing Trevor Gripper, Murray Goodwin and Neil Johnson. 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.
