Sunil Wettimuny

{{Short description|Sri Lankan cricketer (born 1949)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

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| name = Sunil Wettimuny

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| country = Sri Lanka

| fullname = Sunil Ramsay de Silva Wettimuny

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|2|2|df=yes}}

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| birth_place = Colombo, Sri Lanka

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role = Wicket keeper

| family = Sidath Wettimuny (brother)
Mithra Wettimuny (brother)

| international = true

| internationalspan = 1975–1979

| odidebutdate = 11 January

| odidebutyear = 1975

| odidebutagainst = Australia

| odicap = 12

| lastodidate = 16 June

| lastodiyear = 1979

| lastodiagainst = India

| columns = 3

| column1 = ODI

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 136

| bat avg1 = 68.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/2

| top score1 = 67

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| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| column2 = FC

| matches2 = 39

| runs2 = 1,693

| bat avg2 = 24.53

| 100s/50s2 = 2/10

| top score2 = 121

| deliveries2 = 111

| wickets2 = 1

| bowl avg2 = 49.00

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 1/10

| catches/stumpings2 = 17/1

| column3 = LA

| matches3 = 12

| runs3 = 405

| bat avg3 = 40.50

| 100s/50s3 = 0/4

| top score3 = 69

| deliveries3 = –

| wickets3 = –

| bowl avg3 = –

| fivefor3 = –

| tenfor3 = –

| best bowling3 = 0/–

| catches/stumpings3 = 4/-0

| date = 3 September

| year = 2015

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/50840.html Cricinfo

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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.{{cricinfo|id=50840|name=Sunil Wettimuny|access-date=10 February 2018}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/video/lanka-s-pilot-episode-1187066|title=Lanka's 'Pilot' Episode|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=18 November 2021}}

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