Priyamal Perera (born 2 May 1995) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. He was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup and made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in March 2019.[1]

Priyamal Perera
Personal information
Born (1995-05-02) 2 May 1995 (age 29)
Ragama, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 191)13 March 2019 v South Africa
Last ODI16 March 2019 v South Africa
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 2 42 29 28
Runs scored 33 2,768 552 407
Batting average 16.50 45.37 30.66 22.61
100s/50s 0/0 4/17 1/2 0/1
Top score 33 206* 102* 63
Balls bowled 426 114 6
Wickets 10 1 1
Bowling average 23.70 94.00 9.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/14 1/10 1/9
Catches/stumpings 1/– 34/– 10/– 10/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 March 2019

Domestic career edit

In March 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[2][3] The following month, he was also named in Kandy's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[4] In August 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[5] He was the leading run-scorer for Colts Cricket Club in the 2018–19 Premier League Tournament, with 1,001 runs in ten matches.[6]

In March 2019, he was named in Kandy's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[7] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Kandy Tuskers for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[8]

International career edit

In February 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against South Africa.[9] He made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka against South Africa on 13 March 2019.[10]

References edit

  1. ^ "Priyamal Perera". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  3. ^ "All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament". Daily Sports. 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. ^ "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. ^ "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Premier League Tournament Tier A, 2018/19 - Colts Cricket Club: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Squads, Fixtures announced for SLC Provincial 50 Overs Tournament". The Papare. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Akila Dananjaya returns for South Africa ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  10. ^ "4th ODI (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Port Elizabeth, Mar 13 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

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