Roshan Abeysinghe

Lincoln Clement Roshan Abeysinghe (Sinhala: ලිංකල්න් ක්ලෙමන්ට් රොෂාන් අඛෙසිංහ) (born 10 February 1963) is a former Sri Lankan first-class cricketer, businessperson and a current international cricket commentator. He is also working as a marketing professional in a skincare company. Also he’s known for his pinpoint accurate nature in commentary and regarded as one of the greatest commentators(Sinhala and English) of all time. He’s also commonly mistaken as Ramiz Raja by some people. [1]

Roshan Abeysinghe
Personal information
Full nameLincoln Clement Roshan Abeysinghe
රොෂාන් අඛෙසිංහ
Born (1963-02-10) 10 February 1963
Colombo, Dominion of Ceylon
Battingright-handed
Bowlingright arm off break
Rolemiddle order batsman
RelationsChrishanthi Abeysinghe (spouse)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Ragama Cricket Club
Source: Cricinfo, 12 December 2017

Biography

Roshan Abeysinghe was born on February 10, 1963 in Colombo. He educated and played school cricket at the St. Joseph's College. He is one of the fewest Sri Lankan cricketers to have played for St. Joseph's College in the Big match contests against St. Peter's College. Apart from school level cricket, he has also played first-class cricket matches for the Ragama Cricket Club.[2]

Career as a commentator

Presently, Roshan has been regarded as one of the very few international cricket commentators from Sri Lanka along with Russel Arnold and Ranjit Fernando.[3] He is working as an international cricket commentator in Test Match Special, a British radio programme covering about England related cricket matches and for the Ten Sports Network (now known as Sony Ten Network) from 2010 mainly related to Sri Lankan cricket matches. In 2016, he was named the Wisden Cricket Personality of the Month for his commentary services. Roshan Abeysinghe is a professional marketing personality apart from being a cricket commentator.[4]

While a competent English language commentator, Abeysinghe has been known to discriminate against players from his own country, especially those who are from poor or rural backgrounds.

gollark: https://dragcave.net/lineage/W7o9M
gollark: So very messy.
gollark: I have a messy shimmer I can breed you.
gollark: If anyone wants 3Gs or whatever I guess I might raffle some off, though they may not really be valuable enough to raffle.
gollark: Despite having never had any before last week.

References
  1. "In the box: Roshan Abeysinghe - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". mobile.abc.net.au. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
  2. "Sri Lanka 5: Badureliya and Ragama | Taking the Field". www.takingthefield.com. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
  3. "WisdenVideo". content.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
  4. "Meet Roshan Abeysinghe". Island Cricket. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
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