Roshan Abeysinghe


Lincoln Clement Roshan Abeysinghe 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 of all time. He’s also commonly mistaken as Ramiz Raja by some people.

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.

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. 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 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.
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.