Mevan Pieris

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Mevan Pieris
මෙවන් පීරිස්
Personal information
Full name
Henry Sri Mevan Pieris
Born (1946-02-16) 16 February 1946 (age 76)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  7)7 June 1975 v  West Indies
Last ODI14 June 1975 v  Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches3156
Runs scored1935537
Batting average 9.5019.729.25
100s/50s0/00/20/0
Top score1650*16
Balls bowled1322,698312
Wickets 2615
Bowling average 67.5017.4248.20
5 wickets in innings 020
10 wickets in match000
Best bowling2/686/252/31
Catches/stumpings 0/–8/–0/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 December 2014

Henry Sri Mevan Pieris (born 16 February 1946) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played first-class and one-day cricket for Sri Lanka from 1970 to 1975. [1]

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Life and career

Mevan Pieris was born in Colombo and attended S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, and The University of Colombo, where he studied Science. [2] A right-arm fast-medium bowler and useful left-handed lower-order batsman, he was an expert swing bowler who took wickets consistently for Sri Lankan teams. [2] In the 1969-70 Gopalan Trophy match he made 50 and 50 not out and took 5 for 55 and 1 for 8, bowling all six of his victims. [3] He took 6 for 25 when the Sri Lanka Board President's XI dismissed Pakistan Under-25s for 85 in 1973–74. [4]

Pieris played three One Day International matches at the inaugural World Cup in 1975. [5] An injury to the cartilage in his left knee forced him to quit cricket after the World Cup at the age of 29. [2]

He has worked in industry and academia, teaching Chemistry and specialising in polymers. He served as President of the Plastics and Rubber Institute and President of the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon. [2] In September 2018, he was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers felicitated by Sri Lanka Cricket, to honour them for their services before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). [6] [7] He and his wife have a son and a daughter. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mevan Pieris". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Thawfeeq, Sa'adi (10 October 2010). "Mevan the king of swing". The Nation. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "Ceylon Board President's XI v Madras 1969-70". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Sri Lanka Board President's XI v Pakistan Under-25s 1973-74". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Mevan Pieris" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Sri Lanka Cricket to felicitate 49 past cricketers". Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "SLC launched the program to felicitate ex-cricketers". Sri Lanka Cricket. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.


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