{{short description|Sri Lankan cricket umpire (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Nimali Perera | image = | country = Sri Lanka | fullname = Thuse Perera Liyanaralalage Nimali Dinushani Perera | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|12|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Kaluthara]], Sri Lanka | death_date = | death_place = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm slow | role = [[Umpire (cricket)|Umpire]]
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| column1 = [[List A cricket|WLA]] | matches1 = 21 | runs1 = 231 | bat avg1 = 12.83 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 35 | deliveries1 = 60 | wickets1 = 1 | bowl avg1 = 44.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 1/2 | catches/stumpings1 = 3/–
| column2 = [[Twenty20|WT20]] | matches2 = 13 | runs2 = 104 | bat avg2 = 9.45 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 38[[not out|*]] | deliveries2 = 74 | wickets2 = 3 | bowl avg2 = 29.66 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 2/20 | catches/stumpings2 = 2/–
| club1 = Sri Lanka Army Sports Club | year1 = 2013–2015
| umpire = true | t20isumpired = | umpt20idebutyr = | umpt20ilastyr = | wtestsumpired = | umpwtestdebutyr = | umpwtestlastyr = | wodisumpired = 20 | umpwodidebutyr = 2023 | umpwodilastyr = 2026 | wt20isumpired = 50 | umpwt20idebutyr = 2022 | umpwt20ilastyr = 2026 | listaumpired = 3 | umplistadebutyr = 2022 | umplistalastyr = | date = 25 April 2024 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1248/1248586/1248586.html CricketArchive }} '''Nimali Perera''' (born 13 December 1990) is a Sri Lankan [[cricket umpire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/557840.html |title=Nimali Perera |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> She is currently a member of [[Development Panel of ICC Umpires]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/womens-cricket/icc-all-female-panel-match-officials-umpires-list-womens-t20-world-cup-south-africa-indians-named/article66439346.ece |title=ICC announces all-female panel of match officials for Women’s T20 World Cup |work=Sportstar |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://srilankacricket.lk/2023/03/slc-felicitated-the-four-sri-lankan-female-match-officials-on-the-icc-panels/ |title=SLC felicitated the four Sri Lankan female match officials on the ICC panels |work=Sri Lanka Cricket |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> She was one of the female umpires named by the ICC to stand in matches in the [[2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/3039127 |title=Historic feat: All-female panel to officiate at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 |work=International Cricket Council |date=27 January 2023 |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/2023-womens-t20-world-cup-icc-announces-all-woman-panel-of-match-officials-1356015 |title=ICC names all-woman panel of match officials for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=27 January 2023 |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> Perera played for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club in domestic cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1248/1248586/1248586.html |title=Player profile: Nimali Perera |work=CricketArchive |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref>
==Career== In July 2022, she was added to the [[Development Panel of ICC Umpires|ICC's Development panel]] for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.observerbd.com/news.php?id=377079 |title=SL's four women players in ICC's panel of umpires |work=Daily Observer |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> She was the first female umpire from Sri Lanka to feature in a T20 World Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/3038392 |title=All-female match official group announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 |work=International Cricket Council |date=27 January 2023 |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> She officiated in [[List A cricket|List A]] matches in the Major Clubs Limited Over Tournament in 2022 and she stood in her first List A match on 19 July 2022, between [[Panadura Sports Club|Panadura]] and [[Kandy Customs Sports Club|Kandy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1215/1215854.html |title=Panadura Sports Club v Kandy Customs Sports Club, Sri Lanka Cricket Major Clubs Limited Overs Tournament 2022 |work=CricketArchive |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1321711.html |title=Group B, Panadura, July 19, 2022, Major Clubs Limited Over Tournament |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref>
She stood as an umpire in her first [[Women's Twenty20 International]] (WT20I) in the [[2022 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup]], in the game between [[Malaysia women's national cricket team|Malaysia]] and [[Pakistan women's national cricket team|Pakistan]] on 2 October 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://srilankacricket.lk/2022/09/three-sri-lankan-female-match-officials-in-the-womens-asia-cup/ |title=Three Sri Lankan female match officials in the Women’s Asia Cup |work=Sri Lanka Cricket |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> She also officiate in the semi-final match between [[India women's national cricket team|India]] and [[Australia women's national cricket team|Australia]] of 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, along with New Zealand's [[Kim Cotton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.lk/sports/Nimali-Perera-to-officiate-in-Women-s-T20-WC-semi-finals/23-745603 |title=Nimali Perera to officiate in Women’s T20 WC semi-finals |work=Daily FT |access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref> She stood in her first [[Women's One Day International]] (WODI) between [[Sri Lanka women's national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] and [[Bangladesh women's national cricket team|Bangladesh]] on 29 April 2023, when [[Bangladesh women's cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2023|Bangladesh tour to Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1368849.html |title=1st ODI, Colombo (PSS), April 29, 2023, Bangladesh Women tour of Sri Lanka |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref>
In September 2024 she was named as part of an all-female officiating group for the [[2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/womens-t20-worldcup/news/all-female-panel-of-match-officials-announced-for-women-s-t20-world-cup-2024 |title=All-female panel of match officials announced for Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=3 October 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=557840}} * {{cricketarchive|id=1248586}}
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