Roshan Mahanama

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Roshan Mahanama
Sri Lanka
Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	-
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	52	213
Runs scored	2576	5162
Batting average	29.27	29.49
100s/50s	4/11	4/35
Top score	225	119*
Balls bowled	36	2
Wickets	-	-
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	56/-	109/-
As of 9 February 2006 Source: [1]

Roshan Siriwardene Mahanama (born 31 May 1966 in Colombo) is a Sri Lankan international cricket referee and a former cricket player.

Although he averaged less than 30 at Test cricket, he did score four centuries, including a top score of 225 for the Sri Lankan cricket team against India at Colombo, where he shared a then world record second wicket partnership of 576 runs with Sanath Jayasuriya. This record was surpassed in July 2006 as the largest partnership in Test match history by fellow Sri Lankans Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene who put on 624 against South Africa.

He was also one of the best fielders in the Sri Lankan team at that time. He was playing for the Bloomfield Cricket Club initially. During Roshan's school days at Nalanda College Colombo, he Captained college First XI cricket team in 1984.

Roshan is the 36th Sri Lanka Test Cap [Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan at Colombo 1985/86]

'Retired hurt' is common parlance in cricket, but that is the name former Sri Lankan cricketer Roshan Mahanama chose for his biography, reflecting his feelings after he was not considered for selection in the One-dayers and Tests, following the team's disastrous showing in the 1999 World Cup.

The authorities told Roshan that he was dropped to groom young talent. But then players older than him found a place, and that hurt the veteran. As a matter of principle and self-respect he decided to hang up his boots.

These facts are mentioned in the book 'Retired hurt,' penned by noted Australian sports chronicler Ken Piesse, based on 40 hours of taped narration on Roshan's experience on and off the field.

Contents 1 Player Statistics 1.1 Career Performance 1.2 Test Centuries 2 Reference

[edit] Player Statistics

[edit] Career Performance

[edit] Test Centuries

The following table illustrates a summary of the Test centuries scored by Roshan Mahanama

• In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
• The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

Test Centuries of Roshan Mahanama
	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
[1]	153	15	New Zealand	Moratuwa, Sri Lanka	Tyronne Fernando Stadium	1992
[2]	109	16	New Zealand	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	1992
[3]	151	20	India	Colombo, Sri Lanka	P. Saravanamuttu Stadium	1993
[4]	225	44	India	Colombo, Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium	1997

v • d • e Sri Lanka squad - 1987 Cricket World Cup 1 Mendis (c) • 2 Anurasiri • 3 De Mel • 4 De Silva • 5 Dias • 6 Garusinha • 7 Jeganathan • 8 John • 9 Kuruppu (wk) • 10 Madugalle • 11 Mahanama • 12 Ranatunga • 13 RJ Ratnayake • 14 JR Ratnayeke

v • d • e Sri Lanka squad - 1992 Cricket World Cup 1 De Silva (c) • 2 Anurasiri • 3 Gurusinha • 4 Hathurusingha • 5 Jayasuriya • 6 Kalpage • 7 Mahanama • 8 Ramanayake • 9 Ranatunga • 10 Ratnayake • 11 Samarasekera • 12 Tillakaratne (wk) • 13 Wickramasinghe • 14 Wijegunawardene

v • d • e Sri Lanka squad - 1996 Cricket World Cup (Winners) 1 Ranatunga (c) • 2 Atapattu • 3 Chandana • 4 De Silva • 5 Dharmasena • 6 Gurusinha • 7 Kaluwitharana (wk) • 8 Jayasuriya • 9 Mahanama • 10 Muralitharan • 11 Pushpakumara • 12 Tillakaratne • 13 Vaas • 14 Wickramasinghe • Coach: Whatmore

v • d • e Sri Lanka squad - 1999 Cricket World Cup 1 Ranatunga (c) • 2 De Silva • 3 Jayasuriya • 4 Kaluwitharana (wk) • 5 Mahanama • 6 Atapattu • 7 Jayawardene • 8 Tillakaratne • 9 Vaas • 10 Chandana • 11 Upashantha • 12 Muralitharan • 13 Hathurusingha • 14 Kalpage • 15 Wickramasinghe • Coach: Dias

[edit] Reference

• "Roshan Mahanama - Perfectionist in batting and fielding" an article called Life and times in sports by Premasara Epasinghe
• "World record-holder Mahanama Observer Schoolboy Cricketer in 1983 and 1984" an articlae by A. C. de Silva
• "Cricket’s gentle giant" an article by Randima Attygalle