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Sidath Wettimuny

Sri Lanka

Full name Sidath Wettimuny

Born August 12, 1956, Colombo

Current age 53 years 106 days

Major teams Sri Lanka

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Other Referee

Relation Brother - SRD Wettimuny, Brother - MD Wettimuny

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	6s	Ct
Tests	23	43	1	1221	190	29.07			2	6	0	10
ODIs	35	33	1	786	86*	24.56	1636	48.04	0	4		3
First-class	55	90	5	2859	227*	33.63			6	15		21
List A	46	43	1	1139	105	27.11			1	5		4

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w
Tests	23	2	24	37	0	-	-	-	9.25	-	0
ODIs	35	6	57	70	1	1/13	1/13	70.00	7.36	57.0	0
First-class	55		134	75	2	1/7		37.50	3.35	67.0
List A	46		72	73	1	1/13	1/13	73.00	6.08	72.0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (PSS), Feb 17-21, 1982 scorecard
Last Test	India v Sri Lanka at Cuttack, Jan 4-7, 1987 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (SSC), Feb 13, 1982 scorecard
Last ODI	India v Sri Lanka at Mumbai, Jan 17, 1987 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1975/76 - 1986/87
List A span	1977/78 - 1986/87

ICC match referee statistics

Test debut	Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Harare, Sep 18-22, 1997 scorecard
Last Test	Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo, Sep 25-29, 1997 scorecard
Test matches	2
Test statistics
ODI debut	Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo, Oct 1, 1997 scorecard
Last ODI	India v Pakistan at Sharjah, Apr 16, 1999 scorecard
ODI matches	10
ODI statistics

Profile

Sidath Wettimuny was a fixture at the top of the order following Sri Lanka's inauguration into the Test arena. Wettimuny was a solid right-hand batsman with a compact technique. Wettimuny was the younger of two brothers to play for Sri Lanka; in fact in a rare instance he opened the batting with his brother, Mithra, in two Test matches. Wettimuny made two centuries at test level both of them having historical significance. At Faisalabad, on Sri Lanka's initial overseas tour, Wettimuny stroked a 157, sharing a partnership of 217 with Roy Dias for the second wicket. It was the maiden century at Test level by a Sri Lankan player. At Lord's in 1984, Wettimuny eclipsed his previous effort scoring a superlative 190 in 636 minutes facing 471 balls. Marvellous strokeplay and a steely determination to succeed punctuated the innings. Wettimuny also became the first Sri Lankan to carry his bat through an innings when he completed the feat against New Zealand at Christchurch in 1982-83 - he scored an unbeaten 63 out of a meager total of 144.

Wettimuny suffered from not having a stable partner up the opposite end as Sri Lanka struggled to find an established opening partnership. Towards the end of his Test career he struggled to match his earlier achievements with the bat. His record shows he was a far more effective player on overseas wickets.

After the conclusion of his playing days Wettimuny stayed involved in the game initially as a match referee and later becoming the chairman of selectors for the Sri Lankan cricket team.
Johann P Jayasekera

Notes

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1985