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Full name Roshan Siriwardene Mahanama
Born May 31, 1966, Colombo
Current age 42 years 83 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club,Colombo Cricket Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Other Referee
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
52
89
1
2576
225
29.27
4
11
2
56
0
ODIs
213
198
23
5162
119*
29.49
8519
60.59
4
35
109
0
First-class
137
211
18
6698
225
34.70
12
31
136
0
List A
250
235
29
6374
119*
30.94
6
41
120
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
52
2
36
30
0
-
-
-
5.00
-
0
0
0
ODIs
213
2
2
7
0
-
-
-
21.00
-
0
0
0
First-class
137
36
30
0
-
-
-
5.00
-
0
0
0
List A
250
2
7
0
-
-
-
21.00
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (CCC), Mar 14-18, 1986 scorecard
Last Test
South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion, Mar 27-30, 1998 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Kandy, Mar 2, 1986 scorecard
Last ODI
Kenya v Sri Lanka at Southampton, May 30, 1999 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1984/85 - 1998/99
List A span
1984/85 - 2000/01
ICC match referee statistics
Test debut
West Indies v Bangladesh at Gros Islet, May 28-Jun 1, 2004 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, Jun 12-16, 2008 scorecard
Test matches
24
Test statistics
ODI debut
West Indies v Bangladesh at Kingstown, May 15, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI
Scotland v England at Edinburgh, Aug 18, 2008 scorecard
ODI matches
90
ODI statistics
T20I debut
Australia v New Zealand at Perth, Dec 11, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I
England v South Africa at Chester-le-Street, Aug 20, 2008 scorecard
T20I matches
2
T20I statistics
Profile
A dashing right-hand batsman and brilliant fielder Roshan Mahanama's is best remembered as a cricketer for his world record second wicket partnership of 576 with Sanath Jayasuriya in a Test match against India at the R Premadasa Stadium in 1997, since surpassed by Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene in 2006. Mahanama's contribution to that partnership was 225, the highest score of his career. He was a key member of Sri Lanka's World Cup winning side of 1996. Following his team's disastrous showing in the 1999 World Cup, Mahanama was dropped from the side to groom young talent. But when players older than him still found a place it hurt Mahanama and as a matter of principle and self-respect he decided to retire. Soon after Mahanama put out his biography 'Retired Hurt' which delves deeply into the ups and downs of his career. His affable character and good breeding saw him follow Ranjan Madugalle as an ICC match referee in May 2004, a role he has fulfilled quite competently.
Sa'adi ThawfeeqFebruar y 2008
