Mevan Pieris

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Mevan Pieris
මෙවන් පීරිස්

| image = Cricket_no_pic.png

| country = Sri Lanka

| fullname = Henry Sri Mevan Pieris

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|02|16|df=yes}}

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| international = true

| internationalspan = 1975

| odidebutdate = 7 June

| odidebutyear = 1975

| odidebutagainst = West Indies

| odicap = 7

| lastodidate = 14 June

| lastodiyear = 1975

| lastodiagainst = Pakistan

| columns = 3

| column1 = ODI

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 19

| bat avg1 = 9.50

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 16

| deliveries1 = 132

| wickets1 = 2

| bowl avg1 = 67.50

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 2/68

| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| column2 = FC

| matches2 = 15

| runs2 = 355

| bat avg2 = 19.72

| 100s/50s2 = 0/2

| top score2 = 50*

| deliveries2 = 2,698

| wickets2 = 61

| bowl avg2 = 17.42

| fivefor2 = 2

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 6/25

| catches/stumpings2 = 8/–

| column3 = LA

| matches3 = 6

| runs3 = 37

| bat avg3 = 9.25

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 16

| deliveries3 = 312

| wickets3 = 5

| bowl avg3 = 48.20

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 2/31

| catches/stumpings3 = 0/–

| date = 25 December

| year = 2014

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/49861.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

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.{{cite web |title=Mevan Pieris|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1480/1480.html|website=CricketArchive |accessdate=8 July 2020}}

Life and career

Mevan Pieris was born in Colombo and attended S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, and The University of Colombo, where he studied Science. 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.{{cite news |last1=Thawfeeq |first1=Sa'adi |title=Mevan the king of swing |url=https://www.nation.lk/2010/10/10/sports3.htm |accessdate=8 July 2020 |work=The Nation |date=10 October 2010}} 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.{{cite web |title=Ceylon Board President's XI v Madras 1969-70|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30715.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=8 July 2020}} He took 6 for 25 when the Sri Lanka Board President's XI dismissed Pakistan Under-25s for 85 in 1973–74.{{cite web |title=Sri Lanka Board President's XI v Pakistan Under-25s 1973-74 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/33/33847.html|website=CricketArchive |accessdate=8 July 2020}}

Pieris played three One Day International matches at the inaugural World Cup in 1975.{{cricinfo|id=49861|accessdate=10 February 2018}} An injury to the cartilage in his left knee forced him to quit cricket after the World Cup at the age of 29.

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. 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).{{cite web |url=http://www.srilankacricket.lk/news/sri-lanka-cricket-to-felicitate-49-past-cricketers |title=Sri Lanka Cricket to felicitate 49 past cricketers |work=Sri Lanka Cricket |accessdate=5 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014051/http://www.srilankacricket.lk/news/sri-lanka-cricket-to-felicitate-49-past-cricketers |archive-date=6 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.srilankacricket.lk/news/slc-launched-the-program-to-felicitate-ex-cricketers |title=SLC launched the program to felicitate ex-cricketers |work=Sri Lanka Cricket |accessdate=5 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014108/http://www.srilankacricket.lk/news/slc-launched-the-program-to-felicitate-ex-cricketers |archive-date=6 September 2018 |url-status=dead }} He and his wife have a son and a daughter.

References

External links

{{cricinfo|id=49861}}
{{cricketarchive|id=1480}}

Category:1946 births

Category:Living people

Category:Alumni of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia

Category:Alumni of the University of Colombo

Category:Sri Lankan cricketers

Category:Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers

Category:All-Ceylon cricketers

Category:Cricketers at the 1975 Cricket World Cup

Category:Cricketers from Colombo