Nilantha Cooray

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Nilantha Cooray
Personal information
Born (1978-01-20) 20 January 1978 (age 43)
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. [1] He played in 100 first-class matches and 72 List A matches in Sri Lanka between 1998 and 2012. [1] He is also the national Level-3 coach of the Maldives. [2]

In June 2019, he was named in the Maldives' squad for the 2019 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series tournament. [3] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for the Maldives, against Malaysia, on 25 June 2019. [4] He was named the Player of the Series, after scoring 101 runs and taking six wickets in the four matches he played. [5] [6]

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References

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