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
සුනිල් වෙත්තමුනි
Personal information
Full nameSunil Ramsay de Silva Wettimuny
Born (1949-02-02) 2 February 1949
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingRight hand batsman
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 1693 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 - - -
10 wickets in match n/a 1/10 n/a
Best bowling - 1/10 -/-
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. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/video_audio/1187066.html


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