Ian Pieris (14 March 1933 – 1 January 2016) was a Sri Lankan
first-class cricketer and a former president of
Sri Lanka Cricket
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is the governing body for cricket in Sri Lanka. It was first registered with the Sri Lankan Ministry of Sports (Sri Lanka), Ministry of Sports as the Board of Cricket for Sri Lanka (BCCSL) on 30 June 1975 as a national spo ...
.
Education
Pieris was educated at
S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia and then read economics at
Queens' College, Cambridge
Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the oldest colleges of the university, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. The college spans the River Cam, colloquially referred to as the "light s ...
,
matriculating in 1955.
Whilst in Cambridge he played cricket for the
Cambridge University Cricket Club.
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1933 births
2016 deaths
Sri Lankan cricketers
Cambridge University cricketers
Cricketers from Colombo
Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
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