Joy Perera
Bentota Baduge Joy Lenin Perera is a Sri Lankan-born Italian international cricketer who debuted for the Italy national [cricket team|Italian national team] in July 2010. He was born in Sri Lanka.
A right-handed middle-order batsman, Perera debuted for Italy at the 2010 [European Cricket Championship Division One|2010 European Championship] in Jersey. He had little success, however, scoring just eight runs across three matches. At the 2013 [ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier|2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier] 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 Uganda. Perera returned to Italy's line-up for the 2014 [ICC World Cricket League Division Four|2014 World Cricket League Division Four] tournament in Singapore, but played in only one match. He appeared in five games at the 2015 European Twenty20 Division One tournament, and scored 57 runs with a highest of 23 against Norway.
In May 2019, he was named in Italy's squad for their Twenty20 International series German [cricket team against Italy in the Netherlands in 2019|against Germany in the Netherlands]. He made his T20I debut for Italy against Germany on 25 May 2019. The same month, he was named in Italy's squad for the 2018–19 [ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier#Regional Finals|Regional Finals] 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 Oman [Cricket World Cup Challenge League">Oman national cricket team">Oman [Cricket World Cup Challenge League B|Cricket World Cup Challenge League B] tournament in Oman. He made his List A debut, for Italy against Kenya, on 3 December 2019.
In September 2021, he was named in Italy's T20I squad for the Regional Final of the 2021 [ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier] tournament.