Perera’s 150 wickets have come at an average of just under 32 and a strike-rate of 59.9.
It was the third time Sri Lanka have been whitewashed at home after India last year and Australia in 2004.
England registered a series sweep for the first time since Ted Dexter's side won 3-0 in New Zealand in 1963.
Footage shows a stunning 40 per cent of Sandakan’s deliveries before lunch on the day were no balls.
Sri Lanka Cricket said a four-member panel headed by former Test player Asantha de Mel, 59, will choose the squad to play two Tests, three ODIs and a T20 in New Zealand starting next month.
Sri Lanka were reeling at 53-4 at the close of the third day as they chased an unlikely 327 to avoid suffering only their third whitewash series defeat on home territory.
Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler dug England out of a dangerous hole after another top order collapse saw the tourists in trouble against Sri Lanka on Sunday as they sought a winning lead.
Sri Lanka's bowlers restricted England to 336 all out in their first innings of the third and final Test on Saturday as the visitors' tail folded inside half an hour.
At lunch on Day 3, England reached 131 for 4, ahead of Sri Lanka by 85 runs.
Buttler's 63 and a crucial 64 from Curran at the end lifted England to 285 all out after they had been struggling on 89-4.