Sidath Wettimuny

Sidath Wettimuny is a Sri Lankan former cricketer, who played Test cricket and One Day Internationals as an opening batsman 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. In 1985, he was named as one of Wisden Five Cricketers of the Year.

Family Wettimuny was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 12 August 1956, the third son of Ramsey Wettimuny, who later became chief engineer of the Sri Lanka Transport Board. His father became interested in cricket whilst visiting England, and subsequently opened an indoor cricket school in Sri Lanka. He instilled in his son C. B. Fry's approach to batting. He also served as match referee in ODIs where Zimbabwe played against New Zealand at Bulawayo, October 1, 1997. His match referee career ended with only refereeing 2 Test & 10 ODIs.