Bathiya Perera
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Bathiya Perera Sri Lanka (Sri) |
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| Batting style | Right hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Right arm leg break | |
| First-class | List A | |
| Matches | 115 | 68 |
| Runs scored | 5170 | 1408 |
| Batting average | 34.01 | 27.60 |
| 100s/50s | 5/33 | 1/8 |
| Top score | 220* | 102 |
| Balls bowled | 5232 | 809 |
| Wickets | 101 | 27 |
| Bowling average | 33.64 | 21.44 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 1 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | N/A |
| Best bowling | 6/51 | 4/30 |
| Catches/stumpings | 124/- | 35/- |
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Debut: 10 January 1997 |
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Wagawattage Maithree Bathiya Perera (born 28 April 1977 in Colombo) is a cricketer. A right handed batsman and part time leg break bowler, he has represented Sri Lanka A at international level.
Perera impressed in the under 23 and the premier tournaments of 2001/02 and 2002/03 where he was the highest runs scorer for both seasons. As a member of Sri Lanka A he has toured South Africa and played in the ICC six nation tournament in Namibia, New Zealand and the UK. In domestic cricket he has played for Colts Cricket Club, Colombo Cricket Club and Moors Sports Club. He has also spent time in the Australian Cricket Academy in Adelaide.

