Sunil Wettimuny

Sunil Ramsay de Silva Wettimuny (born 2 February 1949), or Sunil Wettimuny, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played three One Day International (ODI) matches in the Cricket World Cup tournaments of 1975 and 1979 as an opening batsman.[1]

Sunil Wettimuny
Personal information
Full name
Sunil Ramsay de Silva Wettimuny
Born (1949-02-02) 2 February 1949
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-are medium
RoleWicket keeper
RelationsSidath Wettimuny (brother)
Mithra Wettimuny (brother)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 12)11 January 1975 v Australia
Last ODI16 June 1979 v India
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches 3 39 12
Runs scored 136 1,693 405
Batting average 68.00 24.53 40.50
100s/50s 0/2 2/10 0/4
Top score 67 121 69
Balls bowled 111
Wickets 1
Bowling average 49.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/10 0/–
Catches/stumpings 0/– 17/1 4/-0
Source: Cricinfo, 3 September 2015

Sunil is the elder brother of two other Sri Lankan cricketers, Mithra and Sidath. After his cricketing career ended, he became a commercial pilot. He was the pilot of the special flight which brought the 1996 World cup winning team from Lahore to Sri Lanka.[2]

References

  1. "Sunil Wettimuny". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. "Lanka's 'Pilot' Episode". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 18 November 2021.


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