Roshan Mahanama
Played 1985-86 – 1988-89
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Player records
Career totals
Career
16
Games
4
Seasons
1985-86 – 1988-89
Played
Batting
16
Innings
2
Not outs
311
Runs
61
High score
22.21
Average
1
50s
0
100s
Bowling
0
Wickets
Fielding
4
Catches
Every scorecard · 16
| 1985-86 |  v Melbourne | 8* | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 |  v Prahran | 10 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 |  v Waverley | dnb | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 |  v Carlton | 61 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 |  v Collingwood | 32 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 |  v Hawthorn-East Melbourne | 28 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 |  v St Kilda | 8 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1988-89 | v Carlton | 12* | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1988-89 |  v South Melbourne | 1 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1988-89 |  v North Melbourne | 19 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1988-89 |  v Richmond | 20 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1988-89 |  v University | 26 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1988-89 |  v Ringwood | 8 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1988-89 |  v Footscray | 1 & 25 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1988-89 |  v Northcote | 42 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1988-89 | v St Kilda | 10 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
Milestones
- DebutFirst matchv Melbourne, 1985-86
- First fifty61v Carlton, 1985-86
- Highest score61v Carlton, 1985-86
- Last matchMatch 16v St Kilda, 1988-89
Runs by season
Every innings, in order
Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.
Against each club
| Carlton | 2 | 73 | 61 | 73.00 | 1 |
| Kingston Hawthorn | 2 | 28 | 28 | 28.00 | |
| St Kilda | 2 | 18 | 10 | 9.00 | |
| Northcote | 1 | 42 | 42 | 42.00 | |
| Camberwell Magpies | 1 | 32 | 32 | 32.00 | |
| Melbourne University | 1 | 26 | 26 | 26.00 | |
| Footscray | 1 | 26 | 25 | 13.00 | |
| Richmond | 1 | 20 | 20 | 20.00 | |
 Greenvale Kanagaroos | 1 | 19 | 19 | 19.00 | |
| Prahran | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10.00 | |
| Melbourne | 1 | 8 | 8* | – | |
| Ringwood | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8.00 | |
| Casey South Melbourne | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
Clubs that merged are counted as one, under today's name. Tap a heading to sort; open a club for every match against it.
Splits
By batting position
| Pos | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 0 | 105 | 42 | 17.50 | |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 20 | 15.67 | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 131 | 61 | 32.75 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12* | 28.00 |
| Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 50s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top order (1–3) | 9 | 0 | 152 | 42 | 16.89 | |
| Middle order (4–7) | 7 | 2 | 159 | 61 | 31.80 | 1 |
Batted most often at 1st.
Scores and consistency
- Ducks0
- 1–95
- 10–194
- 20–294
- 30–492
- 50–991
- 100+0
Turned 0 of 1 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 10.2% of the side's runs in the innings batted.
Dismissals
- Bowled6 · 43%
- Caught5 · 36%
- Run out2 · 14%
- Caught & bowled1 · 7%
In wins and losses
| Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 50s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In wins | 5 | 1 | 151 | 61 | 37.75 | 1 |
| In losses | 9 | 0 | 138 | 28 | 15.33 | |
| In draws | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12* | 22.00 |
- Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
- Every other match: the side won 5 of 15 (33%), lost 8.
Batting first or second
| Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 50s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting first | 7 | 0 | 150 | 61 | 21.43 | 1 |
| Batting second | 8 | 2 | 136 | 42 | 22.67 | |
| Second innings of the match | 1 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 25.00 |
By ground
| Ground | M | Inn | Runs | HS | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schramms Reserve | 5 | 6 | 94 | 26 | 18.80 |
| Fitzroy Cricket Ground | 3 | 2 | 42 | 32 | 21.00 |
| Albert Ground | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8* | – |
| Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote | 1 | 1 | 42 | 42 | 42.00 |
| Carlton Cricket Ground | 1 | 1 | 61 | 61 | 61.00 |
| Glenferrie Oval | 1 | 1 | 28 | 28 | 28.00 |
| North Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 19.00 |
| Russell Lucas Oval | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8.00 |
| South Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| St Kilda Cricket Ground | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8.00 |
At the club
In the record book
Among players of 1985-86 to 1988-89: 18th of 35 for runs, 22nd of 35 for matches, 24th of 31 for catches.
Under Fitzroy-Doncaster: 101st of 184 for runs, 130th of 197 for matches, 100th of 167 for catches.
Played like…
- WR Bates1922-23 to 1924-25 · 22 m · 445 runs · 0 wkts
- B Cosgrave1923-24 to 1924-25 · 21 m · 365 runs · 0 wkts
- RD McKinlay1988-89 to 1989-90 · 14 m · 310 runs · 0 wkts
- JB Hopkins2000-01 to 2001-02 · 22 m · 467 runs · 0 wkts
The careers nearest Mahanama’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.
Most often alongside
- IG Wheeler · 16
- LJ Watts · 16
- RW Watts · 16
- TV Considine · 15
- GT Connors · 12
- GM Watts · 10
- CA McKissack · 9
- JB Kline · 9
- WJ Scholes · 9
- DP Rumble · 7
Matches in the same side, from the published cards.
The shape of the career
Season by season
Runs, up Season away
The arc
Roshan Mahanama's best season with the bat was 1988-89: 164 runs from 10 innings at 18.22. The best ten-innings patch came in 1985-86 to 1988-89: 199 runs at 24.88. The leanest, 1985-86 to 1988-89: 148 runs at 16.44.
Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Milestones
| Milestone | When | Match |
|---|---|---|
| First fifty61 | 16 Nov 1985 | v Carlton, 1985-86 |
Streaks
Best innings
| Score | Match | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | v Carlton, 1985-86 | Won |
| 42 | v Northcote, 1988-89 | Won |
| 32 | v Collingwood, 1985-86 | Won |
| 28 | v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1985-86 | Lost |
| 26 | v University, 1988-89 | Lost |
More splits
Batting position over the years
Batted at 5th for 1 season, moved up to open from 1988-89.
Home and away
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 8 | 8 | 1 | 136 | 32 | 19.43 |
| Away | 8 | 8 | 1 | 175 | 61 | 25.00 |
Home taken as the ground the club played at most in each season: Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Schramms Reserve.
By day
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | 13 | 14 | 2 | 243 | 61 | 20.25 |
| Sunday | 2 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 42 | 42.00 |
| Weekday | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 26.00 |
Month by month
| Month | M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8* | – |
| Nov | 4 | 3 | 0 | 103 | 61 | 34.33 |
| Dec | 3 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 28 | 20.50 |
| Jan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 26 | 18.25 |
| Feb | 4 | 5 | 0 | 86 | 42 | 17.20 |
Career figures combine what's recorded live in Morrie with the club's own historical records — averages are shown only where there's enough real data to be honest about.