External links
- Nimali Perera at ESPNcricinfo
- Nimali Perera at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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| Full name | Thuse Perera Liyanaralalage Nimali Dinushani Perera | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 December 1990 Kaluthara, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm slow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Umpire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Sri Lanka Army Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| WODIs umpired | 14 (2023–2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WT20Is umpired | 47 (2022–2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA umpired | 3 (2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,25 April 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nimali Perera (born 13 December 1990) is a Sri Lankan cricket umpire. [1] She is currently a member of Development Panel of ICC Umpires. [2] [3] She was one of the female umpires named by the ICC to stand in matches in the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. [4] [5] Perera played for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club in domestic cricket. [6]
In July 2022,she was added to the ICC's Development panel for the first time. [7] She was the first female umpire from Sri Lanka to feature in a T20 World Cup. [8] She officiated in List A matches in the Major Clubs Limited Over Tournament in 2022 and she stood in her first List A match on 19 July 2022,between Panadura and Kandy. [9] [10]
She stood as an umpire in her first Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup,in the game between Malaysia and Pakistan on 2 October 2022. [11] She also officiate in the semi-final match between India and Australia of 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup,along with New Zealand's Kim Cotton. [12] She stood in her first Women's One Day International (WODI) between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh on 29 April 2023,when Bangladesh tour to Sri Lanka. [13]
In September 2024 she was named as part of an all-female officiating group for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. [14]
