Sunil Wettimuny
{{Short description|Sri Lankan cricketer (born 1949)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| 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
| deliveries1 = –
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| 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}}
References
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External links
- {{Cricinfo|id=50840}}
{{Sri Lanka Squad 1975 Cricket World Cup}}
{{Sri Lanka Squad 1979 Cricket World Cup}}
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Category:Alumni of Ananda College
Category:Sri Lankan cricketers
Category:Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers
Category:All-Ceylon cricketers
Category:Cricketers at the 1975 Cricket World Cup
Category:Cricketers at the 1979 Cricket World Cup
Category:Cricketers from Colombo
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