Ian Pieris
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Full name | Percival Ian Pieris |
Born | Colombo, British Ceylon | 14 March 1933
Died | 1 January 2016 Colombo, Sri Lanka | (aged 82)
Ian Pieris (14 March 1933 – 1 January 2016) was a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer and a former president of Sri Lanka Cricket.[1][2]
Education[]
Pieris was educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia and then read economics at Queens' College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1955.[3] Whilst in Cambridge he played cricket for the Cambridge University Cricket Club.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Ian Pieris". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Former SLC president Pieris dies at 82". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Remembering cricketing great, Ian Pieris (1955)". Queens' College, Cambridge. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
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Categories:
- 1933 births
- 2016 deaths
- Sri Lankan cricketers
- Cambridge University cricketers
- Cricketers from Colombo
- Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
- Sri Lankan cricket biography, 20th-century birth stubs