# Nimali Perera

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Sri Lankan cricket umpire (born 1990)

Nimali Perera Personal information Full name Thuse Perera Liyanaralalage Nimali Dinushani Perera Born (1990-12-13) 13 December 1990 (age 35) Kaluthara, Sri Lanka Batting Right-handed Bowling Right-arm slow Role Umpire Domestic team information Years Team 2013–2015 Sri Lanka Army Sports Club Umpiring information WODIs umpired 20 (2023–2026) WT20Is umpired 50 (2022–2026) LA umpired 3 (2022) Career statistics Competition WLA WT20 Matches 21 13 Runs scored 231 104 Batting average 12.83 9.45 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 35 38* Balls bowled 60 74 Wickets 1 3 Bowling average 44.00 29.66 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 1/2 2/20 Catches/stumpings 3/– 2/– Source: CricketArchive, 25 April 2024

**Nimali Perera** (born 13 December 1990) is a Sri Lankan [cricket umpire](/source/Cricket_umpire).[1] She is currently a member of [Development Panel of ICC Umpires](/source/Development_Panel_of_ICC_Umpires).[2][3] She was one of the female umpires named by the ICC to stand in matches in the [2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup](/source/2023_ICC_Women's_T20_World_Cup).[4][5] Perera played for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club in domestic cricket.[6]

## Career

In July 2022, she was added to the [ICC's Development panel](/source/Development_Panel_of_ICC_Umpires) for the first time.[7] She was the first female umpire from Sri Lanka to feature in a T20 World Cup.[8] She officiated in [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) 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](/source/Panadura_Sports_Club) and [Kandy](/source/Kandy_Customs_Sports_Club).[9][10]

She stood as an umpire in her first [Women's Twenty20 International](/source/Women's_Twenty20_International) (WT20I) in the [2022 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup](/source/2022_Women's_Twenty20_Asia_Cup), in the game between [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia_women's_national_cricket_team) and [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan_women's_national_cricket_team) on 2 October 2022.[11] She also officiate in the semi-final match between [India](/source/India_women's_national_cricket_team) and [Australia](/source/Australia_women's_national_cricket_team) of 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, along with New Zealand's [Kim Cotton](/source/Kim_Cotton).[12] She stood in her first [Women's One Day International](/source/Women's_One_Day_International) (WODI) between [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka_women's_national_cricket_team) and [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh_women's_national_cricket_team) on 29 April 2023, when [Bangladesh tour to Sri Lanka](/source/Bangladesh_women's_cricket_team_in_Sri_Lanka_in_2023).[13]

In September 2024 she was named as part of an all-female officiating group for the [2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup](/source/2024_ICC_Women's_T20_World_Cup).[14]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Nimali Perera"](https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/557840.html). *ESPNcricinfo*. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["ICC announces all-female panel of match officials for Women's T20 World Cup"](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). *Sportstar*. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["SLC felicitated the four Sri Lankan female match officials on the ICC panels"](https://srilankacricket.lk/2023/03/slc-felicitated-the-four-sri-lankan-female-match-officials-on-the-icc-panels/). *Sri Lanka Cricket*. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Historic feat: All-female panel to officiate at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023"](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/3039127). *International Cricket Council*. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["ICC names all-woman panel of match officials for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023"](https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/2023-womens-t20-world-cup-icc-announces-all-woman-panel-of-match-officials-1356015). *ESPNcricinfo*. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Player profile: Nimali Perera"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1248/1248586/1248586.html). *CricketArchive*. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["SL's four women players in ICC's panel of umpires"](https://www.observerbd.com/news.php?id=377079). *Daily Observer*. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["All-female match official group announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023"](https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/3038392). *International Cricket Council*. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Panadura Sports Club v Kandy Customs Sports Club, Sri Lanka Cricket Major Clubs Limited Overs Tournament 2022"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1215/1215854.html). *CricketArchive*. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Group B, Panadura, July 19, 2022, Major Clubs Limited Over Tournament"](https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1321711.html). *ESPNcricinfo*. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Three Sri Lankan female match officials in the Women's Asia Cup"](https://srilankacricket.lk/2022/09/three-sri-lankan-female-match-officials-in-the-womens-asia-cup/). *Sri Lanka Cricket*. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Nimali Perera to officiate in Women's T20 WC semi-finals"](https://www.ft.lk/sports/Nimali-Perera-to-officiate-in-Women-s-T20-WC-semi-finals/23-745603). *Daily FT*. Retrieved 25 June 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["1st ODI, Colombo (PSS), April 29, 2023, Bangladesh Women tour of Sri Lanka"](https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1368849.html). *ESPNcricinfo*. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["All-female panel of match officials announced for Women's T20 World Cup 2024"](https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/womens-t20-worldcup/news/all-female-panel-of-match-officials-announced-for-women-s-t20-world-cup-2024). *International Cricket Council*. Retrieved 3 October 2024.

## External links

- [Nimali Perera](https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/557840.html) at [Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo)

- [Nimali Perera](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1248/1248586/1248586.html) at [CricketArchive](/source/CricketArchive) (subscription required)

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