Sidath Wettimuny
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| Full name | Sidath Wettimuny | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 August 1956 Opening Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Sunil Wettimuny (brother) Mithra Wettimuny (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 11) | 17 February 1982 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 4 January 1987 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 22) | 13 February 1982 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 17 January 1987 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sidath Wettimuny is a
from 1982 to 1987. Wettimuny was a typical 1980s opening batsman in that he often played very defensively, grafting for his runs, and his ODI strike rate of 48 shows this quite clearly.Family
His brothers Mithra and Sunil also played cricket for Sri Lanka.
International career
Wettimuny made his international debut with a composed 46 in an ODI with
Wettimuny did not impress in his first Test match, however, scoring only 15 runs in two innings as
He also impressed in ODIs, making 37 in the first of four ODIs against
The ODI fifty against Australia would turn out to be his penultimate – indeed, he only passed 35 once again, in the
Consistency
He also suffered a form slump in Tests, but that was not quite as brutal, and he was never dropped from the Test team. Despite recording eight single-figure scores between the
After that century, however, Wettimuny's Test form went the same way as his ODI form. Despite hitting two fifties, he had too many scores below 20, and the 12 Tests following the England tour only yielded 402 runs at an average of 19.14. Wettimuny never got into control of the pitches in his home country, as he averaged a paltry 18.19 with the bat at home – an average more usually associated with a bowling all-rounder – but 39.95 overseas.
Match Referee
Wettimuny became involved as a match referee in 1997 when New Zealand traveled to Zimbabwe for Test series. He was the referee for both Tests.[1] He also served as match referee in ODIs where Zimbabwe played against New Zealand at Bulawayo, October 1, 1997.[2] His match referee career end with only refereeing 2 Test & 10 ODIs.
References
- ^ "New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe, 1st Test: New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Harare, September 18–23, 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ "New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe, 1st ODI: New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, October 1, 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
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