Lincoln Clement Roshan Abeysinghe (Sinhala: ලින්කන් ක්ලෙමන්ට් රොෂාන් අබේසිංහ: born 10 February 1963) is a Sri Lankan businessperson and international cricket commentator. He is also working as a marketing professional in a skincare company.[1]

Roshan Abeysinghe
Personal information
Full name
Lincoln Clement Roshan Abeysinghe
Born (1963-02-10) 10 February 1963 (age 61)
Colombo, Dominion of Ceylon
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman
Source: Cricinfo, 12 December 2017

Biography

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Roshan Abeysinghe was born on 10 February 1963, in Colombo. He was educated and played school cricket at the St. Joseph's College.[2] He is one of the first school boys to have played for St. Joseph's College in the Big match contests against St. Peter's College.[citation needed]

Abeysinghe has played club cricket in both two-day and one-day formats, and was captain of the Ragama Cricket Club, where he currently serves as president. He has also served as chairman of the Tournament Committee of the executive committee of Sri Lanka Cricket and as president of the Gampaha District Cricket Association.[2]

Abeysinghe has been in broadcasting since 1995. He covered Sri Lanka's 1996 Cricket World Cup victory for a private radio station, and has since worked many international cricket broadcasts for several television and radio networks. He also writes commentary for several print media.[2]

Roshan is one of only few international cricket commentators from Sri Lanka, along with Russel Arnold, Farveez Maharoof 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]

References

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  1. ^ "In the box: Roshan Abeysinghe - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". mobile.abc.net.au. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Roshan Abeysinghe Profile - Cricket Player Sri Lanka | Stats, Records, Video". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  3. ^ "WisdenVideo". content.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Meet Roshan Abeysinghe". Island Cricket. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
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