Piyal Wijetunge

Piyal Kashyapa Wijetunge (born 6 August 1971) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in one Test match in 1993. Though he was not successful in the international arena, he was an active member in the domestic arena, where he played 65 first class matches and took 161 wickets as well. He was born at Badulla in 1971.

Piyal Wijetunge

Personal information
Full name	Piyal Kashyapa Wijetunge
Born	(1971-08-06) August 6, 1971 (age 54) Badulla, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (1993)
Only Test (cap 58)	25 August 1993 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1990–1994	Sinhalese Sports Club
1995–1996	Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
1998	Moors Sports Club
2002	Kandy Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA Matches 1 65 7 Runs scored 10 541 1 Batting average 5.00 11.27 1.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/1 0/0 Top score 10 52 1* Balls bowled 312 9,559 288 Wickets 2 161 7 Bowling average 59.00 30.47 21.42 5 wickets in innings 0 3 0 10 wickets in match 0 1 0 Best bowling 1/58 7/51 3/15 Catches/stumpings 0/– 24/– 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 April 2017

He has served as a spin bowling coach for the Sri Lanka national team, where he trained international players such as Rangana Herath, Tharindu Kaushal and Dilruwan Perera.^[1]

See also

• One-Test wonder