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Sri Lankan cricketer

Nilantha Cooray
Personal information
Born (1978-01-20) 20 January 1978 (age 46)
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 14)25 June 2019 v Malaysia
Last T20I25 February 2020 v Oman
Source: Cricinfo, 25 February 2020

Nilantha Cooray (born 20 January 1978) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who now plays for the Maldives national cricket team. He played in 100 first-class matches and 72 List A matches in Sri Lanka between 1998 and 2012. He is also the national Level-3 coach of the Maldives.

He was a member of the Maldives' squad for the 2019 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series tournament. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for the Maldives, against Malaysia, on 25 June 2019. He was named the Player of the Series, after scoring 101 runs and taking six wickets in the four matches he played.

References

  1. ^ "Nilantha Cooray". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  2. "Coaches:Maldives Cricket". MaldivesCricket.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  3. "Maldives (MCA T20i Tri-Series 2019)". CricClubs. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  4. "2nd Match, Malaysia Tri-Nation T20I Series at Kuala Lumpur, Jun 25 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  5. "Maldives Men's Celebrate taking home the Silver Medal – Malaysia T20i Tri-Series". Maldives Cricket. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  6. "Malaysia Tri-Nation T20I Series, 2019 - Maldives: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

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