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Savin Perera

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Savin Perera
Personal information
Born (1999-05-03) 3 May 1999 (age 25)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016-18Middlesex
2019-22Berkshire
2022Glamorgan
Source: [1], 25 August 2022

Savin Perera (born 3 May 1999) is an English cricketer who plays primarily as an opening batsman. He is a left handed batsman and a right arm off break bowler.

Personal life

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Perera was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka before moving to the UK aged 13 where he joined the cricket academy at Middlesex County Cricket Club. His brother Dinesh is also a keen cricketer.[1][2]

Career

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Perera scored half centuries against Namibia and South Africa in his first 2 matches for England under-19s.[3] Perera opened the batting for England at the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup alongside Tom Banton in the side captained by Harry Brook.[4][5][6]

Perera marked his debut in the National Counties Cricket Championship for Berkshire County Cricket Club in 2019 with a century, scoring exactly 100 against Herefordshire.[7] He also scored 82 against Hertfordshire on his limited overs debut for Berkshire.[8]

Unfortunately, no competitive cricket was played in 2020 but in 2021 Perera scored 121 not out against Wiltshire,[9] and 72 not out from 68 balls against Buckinghamshire,[10] and then in September 2021 Perera top scored with 84 as Berkshire secured a 151-run victory over Cumbria to win the final of the National Counties Trophy.[11][12] Perera also played league cricket for Attenborough CC in the Nottinghamshire Premier League and was named NPL player of the season in 2021.[13]

Perera opened the 2022 season for Berkshire with a century against Dorset,[14] and also scored 84 in 85 balls against Devon County Cricket Club.[15] In July 2022 Perera joined the South Asian Cricket Academy and scored two half centuries against Northants second XI and a century against Surrey second XI in his first two matches for them.[16][17] Perera then scored a century playing for Glamorgan second XI against Gloucestershire second XI on 4 July 2022.[18]

Style of play

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Perera is a left handed opening batsman and has been described as being compact in technique with a particular strength striking the ball square of the wicket.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Young Gun: Middlesex and England U19 batsman Savin Perera". thecricketpaper.com.
  2. ^ "Perera brings a touch of Sri Lanka to England's top order". ICC-cricket.
  3. ^ "Savin Perera : A Sri Lanka born, playing for England in U19 World Cup". Cricketage.in.
  4. ^ "Sri Lankan-born Savin Perera playing for England in Under 19 Cricket World Cup". newstrails.com.
  5. ^ "Brook named England skipper U-19 World Cup". thenews.com.pk.
  6. ^ "Under-19 cricket World Cup: be prepared to see stars of the future". The Times.
  7. ^ "Berkshire CCC begin Unicorns Championship defence with emphatic victory". Maidenhead advertiser.
  8. ^ "Trego blasts Devon debut century". southwestsportsnews.com.
  9. ^ "Wiltshire 1st XI hang on for draw in rain affected NCCA championship fixture against Berkshire". Wiltshireccc.co.uk.
  10. ^ "Berkshire book quarter final place at the expense of Buckinghamshire". Slough Express.
  11. ^ "Morris brothers call it a day as Berkshire end campaign with National Counties Trophy success". Newbury today.
  12. ^ "Berkshire add National Counties Trophy to bulging trophy cabinet". Maidenhead advertiser.
  13. ^ "Savin Perera wins NPL Player of the Season!". Attenboroughcc.org.
  14. ^ "Perera and Scriven smash centuries for Berkshire". Henley Standard.
  15. ^ "Berkshire CCC open NCCA Trophy campaign with thrashing against Devon". Wokingham today.
  16. ^ "Inside the rise of the South Asian Cricket Academy". Wisden.com.
  17. ^ "SACA win again: "I thought we might find 15 or so players... I think we might have found 40"". The Cricketer.
  18. ^ "Gl2XI vs GL2XI". espncricinfo.
  19. ^ "Savin Perera". espncricinfo.
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