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Bernard Perera

Bernard Perera

Sri Lankan cricketer

Jayalathge Bernard Nihal Perera (27 May 1956 – 9 November 2012) was a Sri Lankan cricketer.[1] He played eight first-class matches between 1980 and 1983.[2]

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Perera, a hard-hitting batsman, was twelfth man in Sri Lanka's first Test team,[3] and shortly afterwards took part in Sri Lanka's first Test tour, to Pakistan in 1981–82, but he played none of the first-class matches on the tour.[4]

Later in 1982 he toured South Africa with the Arosa Sri Lanka team. He was the team's highest scorer, with 450 runs in six first-class matches at an average of 40.90.[5] He scored the team's only century, 102 in the second match against South Africa.[6]

Along with the other members of the team he was banned from Sri Lankan cricket for making the unauthorized tour. After the ban was lifted several years later he coached the national women's team.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Former SL first-class batsman Bernard Perera dies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
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    "Bernard Perera". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  3. [3]
    Wisden 2013, p. 236.
  4. [4]
    "Sri Lanka to Pakistan 1981-82". Test Cricket Tours. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
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    "First-class Batting and Fielding for Arosa Sri Lanka". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  6. [6]
    "South Africa v Arosa Sri Lanka, Cape Town 1982-83". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
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