Nilantha Cooray (born 20 January 1978) is a Sri Lankan
cricket
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er who now plays for the
Maldives national cricket team
The Maldives national cricket team represents the country of the Maldives in international cricket. Although they did not become an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) until 2001, they have taken part in the ACC Trophy on ...
.
He played in 100
first-class matches and 72
List A
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matches in Sri Lanka between 1998 and 2012.
He is also the national Level-3 coach of the Maldives.
In June 2019, he was named in the Maldives' squad for the
2019 Malaysia Tri-Nation Series tournament. He made his
Twenty20 International
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(T20I) debut for the Maldives, against
Malaysia
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, 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.
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1978 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Moratuwa
Cricketers from Western Province, Sri Lanka
Maldivian cricketers
Maldives Twenty20 International cricketers
Sri Lankan cricketers
Burgher Recreation Club cricketers
Moors Sports Club cricketers
Panadura Sports Club cricketers
Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club cricketers
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club cricketers
Maldivian people of Sri Lankan descent
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