Bentota Baduge Joy Lenin Perera (born 1 May 1987) is a Sri Lankan-born Italian international

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er who debuted for the Italian national team in July 2010. He was born in

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. A right-handed middle-order batsman, Perera debuted for Italy at the 2010 European Championship in

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. He had little success, however, scoring just eight runs across three matches.Miscellaneous matches played by Joy Perera
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in the United Arab Emirates, Perera played in all eight of Italy's matches. He made 52 runs from seven innings, with a highest score of 18 not out against

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. 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

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). He appeared in five games at the 2015 European Twenty20 Division One tournament, and scored 57 runs with a highest of 23 against

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. In May 2019, he was named in Italy's squad for their

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(T20I) series against Germany in the Netherlands. He made his T20I debut for Italy against

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on 25 May 2019. The same month, he was named in Italy's squad for the

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of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey. In November 2019, he was named as the captain of Italy's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman. He made his

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debut, for Italy against

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, on 3 December 2019. In September 2021, he was named in Italy's T20I squad for the Regional Final of the

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tournament.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Perera, Joy 1987 births Living people Italian cricketers Italian cricket captains Italy Twenty20 International cricketers Sri Lankan cricketers Sri Lankan emigrants to Italy Place of birth missing (living people)