Nishan Peiris

Nishan Peiris

Personal information
Full name	Kurukulasooriya Nishan Peiris
Born	(1997-08-11) 11 August 1997 (age 27) Negombo, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (2024–present)
Test debut (cap 167)	26 September 2024 v New Zealand
Last Test	29 January 2025 v Australia
Domestic team information
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
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20 Matches 1 42 61 39 Runs scored – 333 369 88 Batting average – 9.79 12.30 6.76 100s/50s –/– 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score – 46 34* 17 Balls bowled 309 7,644 2,821 664 Wickets 9 181 86 43 Bowling average 22.55 24.28 22.52 16.65 5 wickets in innings 1 13 2 0 10 wickets in match 0 1 0 0 Best bowling 6/170 8/94 5/16 4/3 Catches/stumpings 0/– 19/– 14/– 14/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 September 2024

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]

Domestic career

He 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

In 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

1. "Nishan Peiris". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
2. "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.
3. "Group C, SLC Twenty-20 Tournament at Colombo, Feb 24 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
4. "Group D, Premier Limited Over Tournament at Colombo, Mar 11 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
5. "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
6. "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.
7. "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
8. "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
9. "2018–19 Premier Limited Overs Tournament: Most Wickets". Retrieved 19 March 2019.
10. "Squads, Fixtures announced for SLC Provincial 50 Overs Tournament". The Papare. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
11. "No Malinga in SL preliminary squad for Asia Cup". Daily Sports. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
12. "Uncapped Nishan Peiris replaces Akila Dananjaya in Sri Lanka squad for third Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
13. "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.
14. "Sri Lanka call up uncapped offspinner Nishan Peiris for second New Zealand Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
15. "Peiris, Jayasuriya ravage New Zealand on 13-wicket day". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
16. "'I didn't feel he was on debut' - Jayasuriya lauds Peiris for 'showing Test potential'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
17. "Peiris, Jayasuriya crush New Zealand to hand Sri Lanka series sweep". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

External links

• Nishan Peiris at ESPNcricinfo