Nilantha Cooray

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

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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]

He was a member of 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]

References

^ ^a ^b "Nilantha Cooray". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ "Coaches:Maldives Cricket". MaldivesCricket.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
^ "Maldives (MCA T20i Tri-Series 2019)". CricClubs. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ "2nd Match, Malaysia Tri-Nation T20I Series at Kuala Lumpur, Jun 25 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
^ "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.
^ "Malaysia Tri-Nation T20I Series, 2019 - Maldives: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2019.

External links

Nilantha Cooray at ESPNcricinfo

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[Bio-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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