Joy Perera Explained

Joy Perera
Fullname:	Bentota Baduge Joy Lenin Perera
Birth Date:	12 June 1987
Birth Place:	Sri Lanka
Batting:	Right-handed
Bowling:	Right-arm medium
International:	true
Country:	Italy
Internationalspan:	2010–
T20idebutdate:	25 May
T20idebutyear:	2019
T20idebutagainst:	Germany
T20icap:	8
Lastt20idate:	19 July
Lastt20iyear:	2022
Lastt20iagainst:	Isle of Man
Date:	19 July 2022
Source:	https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/joy-perera-467403 ESPNcricinfo
Role:	Occasional Wicket-keeper

Bentota Baduge Joy Lenin Perera (born 1 May 1987) is Sri Lankan born Italian international cricketer who debuted for the Italian national team in July 2010. He was born in Sri Lanka.^[1]

A right-handed middle-order batsman, Perera debuted for Italy at the 2010 European Championship in Jersey. He had little success, however, scoring just eight runs across three matches.^[2] At the 2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier in the United Arab Emirates, Perera played in all eight of Italy's matches.^[3] He made 52 runs from seven innings, with a highest score of 18 not out against Uganda.^[4] Perera returned to Italy's line-up for the 2014 World Cricket League Division Four tournament in Singapore, but played in only one match (against Oman). He appeared in five games at the 2015 European Twenty20 Division One tournament, and scored 57 runs with a highest of 23 against Norway.^[2]

In May 2019, he was named in Italy's squad for their Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Germany in the Netherlands.^[5] He made his T20I debut for Italy against Germany on 25 May 2019.^[6] The same month, he was named in Italy's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey.^[7] In November 2019, he was named as the captain of Italy's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman.^[8] He made his List A debut, for Italy against Kenya, on 3 December 2019.^[9]

In September 2021, he was named in Italy's T20I squad for the Regional Final of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament.^[10]

External links

• Player profile and statistics at Cricket Archive
• Player profile and statistics at ESPNcricinfo

Notes and References

1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/213/213104/213104.html Joy Perera
2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/213/213104/Miscellaneous_Matches.html Miscellaneous matches played by Joy Perera
3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/213/213104/Twenty20_Matches.html Twenty20 matches played by Joy Perera
4. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-qualifier-2013/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?class=6;id=8437;team=31;type=tournament ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 2013/14 - Italy / Records / Twenty20 matches / Batting and bowling averages
5. Web site: Squads announced for the Germany, Netherlands XI and Italy series . European Cricket Network . 23 May 2019.
6. Web site: 1st T20I, Germany tour of Netherlands at Utrecht, May 25 2019 . 25 May 2019 . ESPN Cricinfo.
7. Web site: Squads announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Final 2019 . International Cricket Council . 31 May 2019.
8. Web site: ICC Calling Cricket World Cup Challenge League group B . Federazione Cricket Italiana . 7 November 2019 . 7 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191107121546/http://www.crickitalia.org/media/2968/convocazione-nazionale-2019-oman-2019.pdf . dead .
9. Web site: 2nd Match, CWC Challenge League Group B at Al Amerat, Dec 3 2019 . ESPN Cricinfo . 3 December 2019.
10. Web site: Jade Dernbach set to play for Italy . ESPN Cricinfo . 21 September 2021.