Sunil Wettimuny

Sunil Wettimuny

Personal information
Full name	Sunil Ramsay de Silva Wettimuny
Born	(1949-02-02) 2 February 1949 (age 76) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Wicket keeper
Relations	Sidath Wettimuny (brother) Mithra Wettimuny (brother)
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (1975–1979)
ODI debut(cap  12)	11 January 1975 v  Australia
Last ODI	16 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 Ramsay de Silva Wettimuny (born 2 February 1949), or Sunil Wettimuny, is a Sri Lankan former 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 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, in Pakistan, to Sri Lanka. ^[2]

References

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

External links

• Sunil Wettimuny  at ESPNcricinfo