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Full name | Henry Sri Mevan Pieris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 16 February 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut (cap 7) | 7 June 1975 v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 14 June 1975 v Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ESPNcricinfo, 25 December 2014 |
Henry Sri Mevan Pieris (born 16 February 1946) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played first-class and one-day cricket for Sri Lanka from 1970 to 1975. [1]
Mevan Pieris was born in Colombo and attended S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, and The University of Colombo, where he studied Science. [2] A right-arm fast-medium bowler and useful left-handed lower-order batsman, he was an expert swing bowler who took wickets consistently for Sri Lankan teams. [2] In the 1969-70 Gopalan Trophy match he made 50 and 50 not out and took 5 for 55 and 1 for 8, bowling all six of his victims. [3] He took 6 for 25 when the Sri Lanka Board President's XI dismissed Pakistan Under-25s for 85 in 1973–74. [4]
Pieris played three One Day International matches at the inaugural World Cup in 1975. [5] An injury to the cartilage in his left knee forced him to quit cricket after the World Cup at the age of 29. [2]
He has worked in industry and academia, teaching Chemistry and specialising in polymers. He served as President of the Plastics and Rubber Institute and President of the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon. [2] In September 2018, he was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers felicitated by Sri Lanka Cricket, to honour them for their services before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). [6] [7] He and his wife have a son and a daughter. [2]
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Full name | Henry Sri Mevan Pieris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 16 February 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut (cap 7) | 7 June 1975 v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 14 June 1975 v Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
ESPNcricinfo, 25 December 2014 |
Henry Sri Mevan Pieris (born 16 February 1946) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played first-class and one-day cricket for Sri Lanka from 1970 to 1975. [1]
Mevan Pieris was born in Colombo and attended S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, and The University of Colombo, where he studied Science. [2] A right-arm fast-medium bowler and useful left-handed lower-order batsman, he was an expert swing bowler who took wickets consistently for Sri Lankan teams. [2] In the 1969-70 Gopalan Trophy match he made 50 and 50 not out and took 5 for 55 and 1 for 8, bowling all six of his victims. [3] He took 6 for 25 when the Sri Lanka Board President's XI dismissed Pakistan Under-25s for 85 in 1973–74. [4]
Pieris played three One Day International matches at the inaugural World Cup in 1975. [5] An injury to the cartilage in his left knee forced him to quit cricket after the World Cup at the age of 29. [2]
He has worked in industry and academia, teaching Chemistry and specialising in polymers. He served as President of the Plastics and Rubber Institute and President of the Institute of Chemistry Ceylon. [2] In September 2018, he was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers felicitated by Sri Lanka Cricket, to honour them for their services before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). [6] [7] He and his wife have a son and a daughter. [2]