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Full name Piyal Kashyapa Wijetunge
Born August 6, 1971, Badulla
Current age 37 years 68 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club,Kandy Cricket Club,Moors Sports Club,Sinhalese Sports Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
1
2
0
10
10
5.00
15
66.66
0
0
2
0
0
0
First-class
65
69
21
541
52
11.27
0
1
24
0
List A
7
2
1
1
1*
1.00
0
0
0
0
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
1
2
312
118
2
1/58
2/118
59.00
2.26
156.0
0
0
0
First-class
65
9559
4907
161
7/51
30.47
3.08
59.3
3
1
List A
7
288
150
7
3/15
3/15
21.42
3.12
41.1
0
0
0
Career statistics
Only Test
Sri Lanka v South Africa at Moratuwa, Aug 25-30, 1993 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1988/89 - 2001/02
List A span
1990/91 - 1993/94
Profile
One three schoolboys from St Anthony's College who played in the same team and then went on to represent Sri Lanka. Wijetunge, a left-arm orthodox slow bowler, formed a menacing partnership with Muttiah Muralitharan, terrorising batsman from other schools. The other member of the trio was Ruwan Kalpage. Unlike his fellow team-mates, Wijetunge did not go on to have a distinguished international career, playing only one Test. In a memorable personal moment Wijetunge made his Test debut alongside his former schoolboy team-mates against South Africa at Moratuwa where he bowled tidily taking two wickets. However, they could not bowl Sri Lanka to victory on the final day as they did many times at school, a defiant century from Jonty Rhodes holding them at bay.
Johann P Jayasekera
