Angelo Perera

Angelo Perera
Personal information
Full name Angelo Kanishka Perera
Born (1990-02-23) 23 February 1990
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Left-arm Othodox
Role batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 156) 26 July 2013 v South Africa
Last ODI 31 August 2016 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 50) 31 March 2013 v Bangladesh
Last T20I 14 February 2014 v Bangladesh
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 4 42 59 33
Runs scored 8 2,672 1,151 532
Batting average 4.00 44.53 34.87 25.33
100s/50s 0/0 6/14 3/4 0/1
Top score 7 178 113* 54
Balls bowled 24 600 569 108
Wickets 0 6 17 7
Bowling average - 64.50 23.17 18.85
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 4/78 5/20 3/15
Catches/stumpings 1/ 46/ 12/ 17/
Source: , 31 July 2013

Angelo Perera (born 23 February 1990) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and left-arm slow bowler who plays for Nondescripts Cricket Club. He was born in Moratuwa and attended to St Peter's College, Colombo.

Early career

Perera made his cricketing debut in a Bangladesh Under-19s tour of Sri Lanka in 2007, and later played in a series against Sri Lanka. He played in two warm-up matches and two competition matches in the 2007-08 Under-19s World Cup, scoring 9 runs in two innings.

He played for Sri Lanka Schools in an Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Tournament in 2007-08, and again the following season. Perera made two further Under-19 Test appearances and four One-Day International appearances in a return tour for Sri Lanka against Bangladesh in 2009. Perera made his debut List A appearance against Badureliya Sports Club in 2009-10, taking three wickets in a comfortable victory for the side.

Perera made his first-class debut against Badureliya Sports Club in 2009-10. Within Nondescripts Cricket Club, Perera scored brilliant 244 runs against Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club gave his side by an innings and 39 runs. The 405 partnership by him and Jehan Mubarak in the match was the highest partnership for the fourth wicket in a first-class match on Sri Lankan soil. Perera blasted 30 fours and six sixes in his knock that required only 204 balls and it was also his highest first-class score[1]

International career

Perera made his T20I debut against Bangladesh in 2013. In the same year, he made his ODI debut against South Africa at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. After ups and downs, Perera called for the ODI squad against Australia, where he played in the fourth ODI at Dambulla.[2]

References

  1. "Perera, Mubarak's record stand powers NCC win". ESPNcricinfo. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  2. "Angelo Perera called up in place of injured Pradeep". ESPNcricinfo. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

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