Lincoln Clement Roshan Abeysinghe ( si, 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.
Biography
Roshan Abeysinghe was born on 10 February 1963, in
Colombo. He was educated and played school cricket at the
St. Joseph's College. He is one of the fewest school boys to have played for St. Joseph's College in the
Big match contests against
St. Peter's College St, St. or Saint Peter's College may refer to:
Places of education sorted by location Australia
*St Peter's Catholic College, Tuggerah, New South Wales
* St Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia
* St Peters Lutheran College, Brisbane, Queensl ...
.
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
Russel Premakumaran Arnold (Tamil language, Tamil: ரசல் பிரேமகுமரன் ஆனோல்ட், born 25 October 1973), or Russel Arnold, is a former Sri Lankan cricket team, Sri Lankan cricketer of Sri Lankan Tamil peo ...
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 (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.
References
External links
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1963 births
Living people
Sri Lankan cricketers
Sri Lankan cricket commentators
Sinhalese businesspeople
Ragama Cricket Club cricketers
Sri Lankan Roman Catholics
Sportspeople from Colombo
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