Kurukulasooriya Nishan Peiris (born 11 August 1997) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer currently plays Test cricket for the national team. He is a right-arm off-break bowler and plays for the Colombo Cricket Club in domestic cricket.[1]
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| Full name | Kurukulasooriya Nishan Peiris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 August 1997 Negombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 167) | 26 September 2024 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Badureliya Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–present | Colombo Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Ragama Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Negombo Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–present | Galle Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Domestic career
editHe made his first-class debut for Badureliya Sports Club in the 2015–16 Premier League Tournament on 19 February 2016.[2] He made his Twenty20 debut for Ragama Cricket Club in the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament on 24 February 2018.[3] He made his List A debut for Ragama Cricket Club in the 2017–18 Premier Limited Overs Tournament on 11 March 2018.[4]
In March 2018, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[5][6] The following month, he was also named in Galle's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[7] In August 2018, he was named in Galle's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[8] He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2018–19 Premier Limited Overs Tournament, with 20 dismissals in six matches.[9]
In March 2019, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[10]
International career
editIn August 2018, Sri Lanka Cricket named him in a preliminary squad of 31 players for the 2018 Asia Cup.[11] In November 2018, he was added to Sri Lanka's squad for the third Test against England.[12] In December 2018, he was named in Sri Lanka team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[13]
Peiris made test debut against New Zealand in the second test, replacing Ramesh Mendis.[14] In the first innings, he got 3 wickets and helped Prabath Jayasuriya to dismantle New Zealand for 88 runs.[15][16] In the second innings, he took his maiden five wicket haul and ended with 6 for 170 runs, where Sri Lanka won the match by an innings and 154 runs and series 2–0.[17]
References
edit- ^ "Nishan Peiris". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "AIA Premier League Tournament, Plate Championship: Badureliya Sports Club v Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club at Panagoda, Feb 19-21, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Group C, SLC Twenty-20 Tournament at Colombo, Feb 24 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ "Group D, Premier Limited Over Tournament at Colombo, Mar 11 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "2018–19 Premier Limited Overs Tournament: Most Wickets". Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Squads, Fixtures announced for SLC Provincial 50 Overs Tournament". The Papare. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "No Malinga in SL preliminary squad for Asia Cup". Daily Sports. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ "Uncapped Nishan Peiris replaces Akila Dananjaya in Sri Lanka squad for third Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Squad for the ACC Emerging Teams Cup 2018". Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "Sri Lanka call up uncapped offspinner Nishan Peiris for second New Zealand Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "Peiris, Jayasuriya ravage New Zealand on 13-wicket day". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "'I didn't feel he was on debut' - Jayasuriya lauds Peiris for 'showing Test potential'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "Peiris, Jayasuriya crush New Zealand to hand Sri Lanka series sweep". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2018.