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'''Piyal Kashyapa Wijetunge''' (born August 6, 1971, [[Badulla]]) is a former [[Sri Lanka]]n [[cricket]]er who played in one [[Test cricket|Test]] in 1993.
'''Piyal Kashyapa Wijetunge''' (born August 6, 1971, [[Badulla]]) is a former [[Sri Lanka]]n [[cricket]]er who played in one [[Test cricket|Test]] in 1993. Though he was not successful in international arena, he was a active member in domestic arena, where he played 65 [[First class cricket|first class]] matches and took 161 wickets as well.


He is well known spin bowling coach in national team of Sri Lanka, where he trained many great international players such as [[Rangana Herath]], [[Tharindu Kaushal]] and [[Dilruwan Perera]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/927879.html/ |title=The man preparing Sri Lanka for life after Herath |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=11 March 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[One-Test wonder]]


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Piyal Wijetunge
Personal information
BornPiyal Kashyapa Wijetunge
(1971-08-06) August 6, 1971 (age 53)
Badulla, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Rolebowler, coach
International information
Test debut (cap [[List of {{{country}}} Test cricketers|58]])25 August 1993 v South Africa
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 1 65
Runs scored 10 541
Batting average 5.00 11.27
100s/50s -/- -/1
Top score 10 52
Balls bowled 312 9559
Wickets 2 161
Bowling average 59.00 30.47
5 wickets in innings - 3
10 wickets in match - 1
Best bowling 1/58 7/51
Catches/stumpings -/- 24/-
Source: Cricinfo, 11 April 2017

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

He is well known spin bowling coach in national team of Sri Lanka, where he trained many great international players such as Rangana Herath, Tharindu Kaushal and Dilruwan Perera.[1]

See also

  1. ^ "The man preparing Sri Lanka for life after Herath". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.