Rashan Peiris (born 21 January 1982) is a Sri Lankan

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. He played 79 first-class and 50

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matches between 2000 and 2009. He made his

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debut on 17 August 2004, for Colts Cricket Club in the

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. He was also part of Sri Lanka's squad for the

2000 Under-19 Cricket World Cup The 2000 Under-19_Cricket_World_Cup, ICC Under-19 World Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament played in Sri Lanka from 11 to 28 January 2000. It was the third edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup and the first to be held ...

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* 1982 births Living people Sri Lankan cricketers Antonians Sports Club cricketers Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club cricketers Colts Cricket Club cricketers Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club cricketers Cricketers from Western Province, Sri Lanka Cricketers from Panadura {{SriLanka-cricket-bio-1980s-stub