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Nimali Perera (born 13 December 1990) is a Sri Lankan cricket umpire. She is currently a member of Development Panel of ICC Umpires. She was one of the female umpires named by the ICC to stand in matches in the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Perera played for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club in domestic cricket.

Career

In July 2022, she was added to the ICC's Development panel for the first time. She was the first female umpire from Sri Lanka to feature in a T20 World Cup. She officiated in 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 and Kandy.

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 and Pakistan on 2 October 2022. She also officiate in the semi-final match between India and Australia of 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, along with New Zealand's Kim Cotton. She stood in her first Women's One Day International (WODI) between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh on 29 April 2023, when Bangladesh tour to Sri Lanka.

In September 2024 she was named as part of an all-female officiating group for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.

References

1. "Nimali Perera". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
2. "ICC announces all-female panel of match officials for Women's T20 World Cup". Sportstar. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
3. "SLC felicitated the four Sri Lankan female match officials on the ICC panels". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
4. "Historic feat: All-female panel to officiate at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023". International Cricket Council. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
5. "ICC names all-woman panel of match officials for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023". ESPNcricinfo. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
6. "Player profile: Nimali Perera". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
7. "SL's four women players in ICC's panel of umpires". Daily Observer. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
8. "All-female match official group announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023". International Cricket Council. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
9. "Panadura Sports Club v Kandy Customs Sports Club, Sri Lanka Cricket Major Clubs Limited Overs Tournament 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
10. "Group B, Panadura, July 19, 2022, Major Clubs Limited Over Tournament". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
11. "Three Sri Lankan female match officials in the Women's Asia Cup". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
12. "Nimali Perera to officiate in Women's T20 WC semi-finals". Daily FT. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
13. "1st ODI, Colombo (PSS), April 29, 2023, Bangladesh Women tour of Sri Lanka". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
14. "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 at ESPNcricinfo
• Nimali Perera at CricketArchive (subscription required)

• 1990 births
• Living people
• Women cricket umpires
• Sri Lankan cricket umpires