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Nishan Peiris
Personal information
Full name
Kurukulasooriya Nishan Peiris
Born (1997-08-11) 11 August 1997 (age 27)
Negombo, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-break
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 167)26 September 2024 v New Zealand
Last Test29 January 2025 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016–2018Badureliya Sports Club
2017–presentColombo Cricket Club
2018–2020Ragama Cricket Club
2021–2023Negombo Cricket Club
2019–presentGalle 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

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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] Peiris continued to make strides at domestic circuit and he had a stellar 2024 National Super League 4-Day Tournament, where he capped off the tournament on a high note by emerging as the leading wicket-taker of the tournament with 35 scalps averaging 14.68 in across 6 matches representing Galle.[11][12]

International career

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In August 2018, Sri Lanka Cricket named him in a preliminary squad of 31 players for the 2018 Asia Cup.[13] In November 2018, he was added to Sri Lanka's squad as a replacement for Akila Dananjaya ahead of the third Test against England.[14][15][16] In December 2018, he was named in Sri Lanka team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[17] In March 2024, he was named in Sri Lankan test squad for their test series against Bangladesh as the selection think-tank decided to add an extra spinner for the series and as a result, Peiris made the cut replacing seamer Milan Rathnayake.[18][19][20]

In September 2024, Peiris was drafted as a replacement for Vishwa Fernando, as the latter had confronted a leg injury prior to the start of the second test match against New Zealand.[21][22] Peiris made test debut against New Zealand in the second test, replacing Ramesh Mendis.[23][11][24] In the first innings, he got 3 wickets and helped Prabath Jayasuriya to dismantle New Zealand for 88 runs.[25][26] 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.[27][28][29] He became only the fourth Sri Lankan to take a six-wicket haul in an innings on test debut and with a match bag of nine wickets, he was only behind Prabath Jayasuriya and Praveen Jayawickrama for having taken most number of wickets by a Sri Lankan bowler on test debut.[30][31]

In January 2025, he was named in Sri Lanka's test squad for their two-match test series against Australia.[32] During Australia' first innings, under scorching sun, he alongside his spin compatriots Prabath Jayasuriya and Jeffrey Vandersay bowled a marathon spell of overs combining a record total of 139 overs and out of which Peiris bowled a total of 41 overs.[33] He conceded 189 runs during the marathon spell of 41 overs with a slightly expensive economy rate of 4.61 and during the process he also set the record for having registered the worst bowling figures by a Sri Lankan bowler in an innings of a test match as he ended up wicketless throughout his quota of overs despite having leaked 189 runs.[34]

References

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  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. ^ a b "Explained: Why Sri Lanka Dropped Ramesh Mendis For Debutant Nishan Peiris, Despite Galle Wicket Glut | SL v NZ | Cricket News Today". Wisden. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  12. ^ "Spinner Nishan puts Galle back in contention - Sports | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  13. ^ "No Malinga in SL preliminary squad for Asia Cup". Daily Sports. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  14. ^ "Uncapped Nishan Peiris replaces Akila Dananjaya in Sri Lanka squad for third Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  15. ^ "Who is Sri Lanka's new spinner Nishan Peiris?". Wisden. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  16. ^ Siddhique, Aadhil (19 November 2018). "Nishan Peiris added to Sri Lanka squad for SSC Test". ThePapare. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ icc (18 March 2024). "Sri Lankan spinner comes out of retirement for Bangladesh Tests". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  19. ^ "Uncapped Nishan Peiris called up for Tests". Print Edition - The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  20. ^ "Sri Lanka names Test squad for Bangladesh Test series - Breaking News | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  21. ^ Mitra, Adreej Kumar (24 September 2024). "SL vs NZ 2024: Uncapped Nishan Peiris replaces injured Vishwa Fernando in Sri Lanka's squad ahead of second Test". CricTracker. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  22. ^ "Sri Lanka add uncapped spinner for second Test - Sports | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  23. ^ "Sri Lanka call up uncapped offspinner Nishan Peiris for second New Zealand Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  24. ^ "Ramesh Mendis could lose Test place to uncapped Peiris | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  25. ^ "Peiris, Jayasuriya ravage New Zealand on 13-wicket day". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  26. ^ "'I didn't feel he was on debut' - Jayasuriya lauds Peiris for 'showing Test potential'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  27. ^ "Peiris, Jayasuriya crush New Zealand to hand Sri Lanka series sweep". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  28. ^ "SL vs NZ, 2nd Test: Debutant Nishan takes 9 as Sri Lanka complete 2-0 whitewash". India Today. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  29. ^ "Sri Lanka sniff innings victory after spinners wreck NZ | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  30. ^ "Stats - SL's best year in Tests since 2006". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  31. ^ "'I didn't feel he was on debut' - Jayasuriya lauds Peiris for 'showing Test potential'". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  32. ^ Cricket, Sri Lanka (24 January 2025). "Sri Lanka Squad for Warne-Murali Test Series 2025". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  33. ^ "SL vs AUS Cricket Scorecard, 1st Test at Galle, January 29 - February 01, 2025". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  34. ^ "Five quick hits: Records tumble for Australia on Sri Lankan's day to forget". ABC News. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
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