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B.C. Cooray
Sri Lanka
Player profile
Full name Bulathsinghalage Cyril Cooray
Born May 15, 1941, Colombo
Current age 67 years 149 days
Major teams Nationalised Services Cricket Association, Saracens
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Other Umpire
Umpiring statistics
| Test debut |
Sri Lanka v Australia at Moratuwa, Sep 8-13, 1992 scorecard |
| Last Test |
Sri Lanka v England at Kandy, Mar 7-11, 2001 scorecard |
| Test matches |
21 |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Sep 21, 1985 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (RPS), Mar 25, 2001 scorecard |
| ODI matches |
48 |
| ODI statistics |
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A senior executive with Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation, BC Cooray was one of Sri Lanka's leading umpires throughout the 1990s but his career came to a sad end when he retired after making a string of shocking decisions in the Test against England at Kandy in 2000-01, leading to public demonstrations against him. He was, until then, considered to be a good official, albeit one who was stubborn and who was reluctant to admit to ever being wrong.
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Mar 25, 2001 |
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Umpire BC Cooray adds his skills to sorting out the stump camera problems
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Mar 10, 2001 |
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Sri Lankan supporters protest against BC Cooray's umpiring
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Mar 8, 2001 |
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Nasser Hussain exchanges views with BC Cooray
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