Sidath Wettimuny
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| Born |
12 August 1956 Colombo, Sri Lanka |
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| Batting style | Right hand batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-are medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Opening Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sunil Wettimuny (Brother) Mithra Wettimuny (Brother) |
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| Test debut (cap 11) | 17–21 February 1982 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 4–7 January 1987 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 22) | 13 February 1982 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 17 January 1987 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 3 September 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sidath Wettimuny is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played Test cricket and One Day Internationals as an opening batsman from 1982 to 1987. Wettimuny was a typical opening batsman in that he often played very defensively, grafting for his runs, and his ODI strike rate of 48 shows this quite clearly.
Wettimuny made his international debut with a composed 46 in an ODI with England, which left the required run rate too high for his team-mates to chase. However, he got his revenge in the next match the following day – the last of the 2-match series – where he scored 86 not out, his highest ODI score, which boosted Sri Lanka to 215 in their 45 overs. Sri Lanka won the match by three runs, thus drawing their first ODI series.
Wettimuny did not impress in his first Test match, however, scoring only 15 runs in two innings as England won by seven wickets. But in the 1981–82 tour of Pakistan, he established his place in the team, scoring 71 in the first Test before recording Sri Lanka's first Test century at Faisalabad. Spending over six hours at the crease, he managed 157 runs, powering Sri Lanka to 454. Sri Lanka eventually drew the Test, failing to bowl Pakistan out in 59 overs, but it was Sri Lanka's first non-loss in Test cricket. Sri Lanka lost the last Test, despite Wettimuny top-scoring with 41 in the second innings, but Wettimuny would be rather pleased with his tour personally.
He also impressed in ODIs, making 37 in the first of four ODIs against Australia in 1982–83. Sri Lanka won the match, their first ODI win in seven matches, and went on to win the second as well thanks to 56 from Wettimuny. Two matches were rained off, and so Sri Lanka won their first ODI series, but they were quickly brought down to earth as Australia won the Test match by an innings and 38 runs. Wettimuny made 96 in the second innings as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 205.
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