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Nilantha Cooray      

Full name Muthuthantrige Nilantha Rohana Cooray

Born January 20, 1978, Moratuwa

Current age 31 years 310 days

Major teams Burgher Recreation Club, Moors Sports Club, Panadura Sports Club, Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

Muthuthantrige Nilantha Rohana Cooray
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
First-class 83 129 12 2455 139 20.98 1 13 50 0
List A 64 56 11 1149 107* 25.53 1 5 25 0
Twenty20 5 3 0 57 37 19.00 46 123.91 0 0 3 2 1 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
First-class 83 6872 3328 160 6/34 20.80 2.90 42.9 4 0
List A 64 1426 1038 55 5/31 5/31 18.87 4.36 25.9 2 2 0
Twenty20 5 4 54 79 2 1/14 1/14 39.50 8.77 27.0 0 0 0
Career statistics
First-class debut 1998/99
Last First-class Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club v Panadura Sports Club at Welisara, Nov 13-15, 2009 scorecard
List A debut 1999/00
Last List A Panadura Sports Club v Seeduwa Raddoluwa Cricket Club at Colombo (SSC), Nov 25, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (CCC), Oct 16, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Saracens Sports Club at Colombo (Colts), Mar 2, 2007 scorecard
Latest Photos

Oct 21, 2004

Nilantha Cooray

Nilantha Cooray

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May 14, 2001

Muthuthantrige Nilantha Roshan Cooray

Nilantha Cooray

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Nilantha Cooray

Nilantha Cooray

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Country Fixtures Country Results
2nd Test: India v Sri Lanka at Kanpur - Nov 24-28
India 642 Sri Lanka 229 & 57/4 (f/o)
Burgher v Moratuwa at Colombo (Burgher)
Nov 27-29 (10:00 local, 04:30 GMT)
Col CC v Badureliya at Colombo (CCC)
Nov 27-29 (10:00 local, 04:30 GMT)
Colts v Saracens at Colombo (Colts)
Nov 27-29 (10:00 local, 04:30 GMT)
Lankan CC v SL Navy at Welisara
Nov 27-29 (10:00 local, 04:30 GMT)
Moors v Nondescripts at Colombo (Moors)
Nov 27-29 (10:00 local, 04:30 GMT)
Panadura v Singha SC at Panadura
Nov 27-29 (10:00 local, 04:30 GMT)
Police SC v SL Air SC at Colombo (Police)
Nov 27-29 (10:00 local, 04:30 GMT)
Sebast CAC v Seeduwa RCC at Moratuwa
Nov 27-29 (10:00 local, 04:30 GMT)
Sinhalese v Bloomfield at Colombo (SSC)
Nov 27-29 (10:00 local, 04:30 GMT)
SL Army v Ragama at Panagoda
Nov 27-29 (10:00 local, 04:30 GMT)
Tamil Union v Chilaw at Colombo (PSS)
Nov 27-29 (10:00 local, 04:30 GMT)
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