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]
^"Sunil Wettimuny". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
^"Lanka's 'Pilot' Episode". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
Sunil Ramsay de Silva Wettimuny (born 2 February 1949), or SunilWettimuny, is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who played three One Day International (ODI)...
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shows this quite clearly. His brothers Mithra and Sunil also played cricket for Sri Lanka. Wettimuny made his international debut with a composed 46 in...
brother Sunil played in the 1975 and 1979 Cricket World Cups while his youngest brother Sidath scored Sri Lanka's first Test match hundred. Wettimuny originally...
276 in 60 overs. This match was also accompanied by lot of drama, as SunilWettimuny and Duleep Mendis got retired hurt off Dennis Lillee's and Jeff Thomson's...
Keith Fletcher and Chris Old who each recorded a half-century. In response, Sunil Gavaskar batted through the entire innings for only 36 runs in which Gulabrai...
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Malinda's father Upali officiated in Women's ODIs. Mithra Wettimuny Sidath WettimunySunilWettimuny All three are brothers Adam Bacher Ali Bacher Adam is...
inning, when a minimum of 4 wickets are taken by the player, is shared by Sunil Dhaniram of Canada, Paul Collingwood of England and Virender Sehwag of Sri...
player (1985) Mithra Wettimuny International cricket player (1983) Sidath Wettimuny International cricket player (1982–87) SunilWettimuny One Day International...
Singh, Ashok Malhotra, Surinder Amarnath, Anshuman Gaekwad, T. A. Sekhar. Sunil Valson was not in the original list of probables. The selection committee...
including Anura Tennekoon and the brothers Sunil, Mithra and Sidath Wettimuny. The father of the Wettimuny brothers built Sri Lanka's first indoor cricket...
Qasim Alec Stewart 2008 Clive Lloyd Greg Chappell Shaun Pollock Sidath Wettimuny Athar Ali Khan 2009 Anil Kumble Mudassar Nazar Stephen Fleming Bob Taylor...
Smith 1985 Martin Crowe Larry Gomes Geoff Humpage Jack Simmons Sidath Wettimuny 1986 Phil Bainbridge Richard Ellison Craig McDermott Neal Radford Tim...
India Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan 23 January 1983 Drawn 26 Sidath Wettimuny 63* 144 2 Sri Lanka New Zealand Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand...
which has produced many known faces in Sri Lanka.Marvan Atapattu Sidath Wettimuny, Thilan Samaraweera, Dinesh Chandimal and Thilina Kandamby are among the...
of the economic crisis on the population. Arjuna Ranatunga and Sidath Wettimuny joined the Galle Face protests, especially to support their former teammate...
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