Nilantha Tillakaratne (born March 16, 1977) was a Sri Lankan

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er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He was born in

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. Tillakaratne began his career with

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, making twelve appearances for the team during the 1996-97 Saravanamuttu Trophy campaign, Kalutara's only season in first-class cricket. Featuring in the upper-middle order, Tillakaratne played twelve of the team's thirteen matches in the competition, none of which ended in victory. Tillakaratne's first-class best score, an innings of 78 against Panadura, was one of the four half-centuries that Tillakaratne made during his career. After two seasons out of the first-class game, Tillakaratne returned to play for

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in the 1999–2000 season, for whom he played four matches in the Premier Championship campaign, though once again he struggled to bat from the opening order.

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at Cricket Archive 1977 births Living people Kalutara Town Club cricketers Antonians Sports Club cricketers {{SriLanka-cricket-bio-1970s-stub