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Nilantha Cooray      

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Full name Muthuthantrige Nilantha Rohana Cooray

Born January 20, 1978, Moratuwa

Current age 35 years 122 days

Major teams Burgher Recreation Club, Moors Sports Club, Panadura Sports Club, Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club, Sri Lanka Under-19s, 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 100 156 13 2904 139 20.30 1 15 57 0
List A 72 64 12 1323 107* 25.44 1 6 26 0
Twenty20 11 9 0 123 37 13.66 117 105.12 0 0 9 5 3 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
First-class 100 9660 4728 216 6/34 21.88 2.93 44.7 7 0
List A 72 1852 1317 68 5/31 5/31 19.36 4.26 27.2 3 2 0
Twenty20 11 10 180 217 11 4/14 4/14 19.72 7.23 16.3 1 0 0
Career statistics
First-class debut 1998/99
Last First-class Panadura Sports Club v Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club at Panadura, Mar 16-18, 2012 scorecard
List A debut 1999/00
Last List A Panadura Sports Club v Sri Lanka Army at Panadura, Dec 12, 2011 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (CCC), Oct 16, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Nondescripts Cricket Club v Panadura Sports Club at Colombo (SSC), Apr 2, 2012 scorecard
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
0/42, 7 Panadura v Nondescripts Colombo (SSC) 2 Apr 2012 T20
3/27, 31 Panadura v Burgher Colombo (SSC) 1 Apr 2012 T20
1, 0/17 Panadura v Ragama Colombo (Moors) 30 Mar 2012 T20
0/29, 5 Panadura v Bloomfield Colombo (Colts) 28 Mar 2012 T20
2/9, 13 Panadura v SL Army Colombo (Colts) 27 Mar 2012 T20
4/14, 9 Panadura v Chilaw Colombo (Colts) 26 Mar 2012 T20
3/34, 29, 0/45, 8 Panadura v Kurunegala Y Panadura 16 Mar 2012 FC
60, 2/57, 7 Panadura v Col CC Colombo (CCC) 8 Mar 2012 FC
4/61, 6, 1/94 Panadura v SL Air SC Colombo (Thurstan) 2 Mar 2012 FC
10, 5/106, 59 Panadura v SLPACC Colombo (Moors) 24 Feb 2012 FC
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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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