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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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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]
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]
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]
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