About Roshan Mahanama
Deshabandu Roshan Siriwardene Mahanama (Sinhala: රොෂාන් මහානාම, [roʃa:n maɦa:na:mə]; born 31 May 1966) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a former ICC match referee. He was a key member in the 1996 Cricket World Cup winning team for Sri Lanka. He is the first man to have stood as a match referee in a day-night test match in Test history. In September 2015, Mahanama said that he would step down from the ICC match referee panel at the end of the year, citing his desire to spend more time with his family and attend to his businesses. He was regarded as one of the finest match referees at international cricket and was also deemed one of the finest fielders during his playing days. He was popularly nicknamed as the Jonty Rhodes of Sri Lanka. In 2021, he was appointed as one of the members in the selection committee and technical advisory committee panel of Sri Lanka Cricket led by Aravinda de Silva. Mahanama officiated his 200th ODI on 21 October 2014 during the first match between New Zealand and South Africa in Mount Maunganui. Mahanama became the first match referee to serve in a day-night Test match in the history of the game, where the pink ball was used for the first time as well. 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.
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