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Sussex sign Sri Lanka fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara for T20 Blast

By Paul Vinnell

Friday 1 July 2016 10:03, UK

Sri Lanka's Nuwan Kulasekara celebrates New Zealand's Martin Guptill being caught out during the fifth one day International cricket match
Image: Sri Lanka's Nuwan Kulasekara is joining Sussex on a short-term deal

Sussex have signed Sri Lanka fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara on a short-term deal for the NatWest T20 Blast.

Kulasekara will be available for three matches, against Kent, Middlesex and Glamorgan. He will then be replaced by Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman for the last four group games.

Kulasekara has played 50 T20 internationals and 173 one-day internationals.

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He has taken 242 wickets across the two formats.

He played 22 Tests for Sri Lanka but retired from the five-day game on 1 June. 

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