Kemar Roach

Personal information

Full name

Kemar Andre Jamal Roach

Born

30 June 1988 (age 28)
Saint Lucy, Barbados

Height

5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm fast

Role

Bowler

International information

National side

West Indies

Test debut (cap 279)

9 July 2009 v Bangladesh

Last Test

7 January 2016 v Australia

ODI debut (cap 144)

20 August 2008 v Bermuda

Last ODI

15 March 2015 v UAE

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2008–present

2009–2010

2011

2013–present

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	37	67	84	85
Runs scored	509	216	1,104	297
Batting average	10.38	13.50	11.74	14.14
100s/50s	0/0	0/0	0/2	0/0
Top score	41	34	53	34
Balls bowled	6,779	3,349	12,844	4,063
Wickets	122	99	242	119
Bowling average	30.23	28.10	30.00	28.21
5 wickets in innings	6	3	9	3
10 wickets in match	1	0	1	0
Best bowling	6/48	6/27	7/23	6/27
Catches/stumpings	10/–	16/–	30/–	17/–

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 March 2017

Kemar Andre Jamal Roach (born 30 June 1988 in Saint Lucy, Barbados) is a Barbadian international cricketer who plays for the West Indies. He played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka and has represented the West Indies in Test and One Day International cricket.

Roach made his Test debut in 2009 against Bangladesh when the West Indies team was weakened due to a player strike, and impressed with his bowling so that he was given an opportunity to play when the team returned to its full strength. A 5-foot-8-inch (1.73 m) fast bowler, Roach is capable of express speeds and has reached 150 kilometres per hour (93 mph) on a number of occasions, and was the 7th fastest active bowler as of 3 January 2015. In 2012 he became the first West Indies bowler to take 10 wickets in a Test since 2005.

On 7 June 2008, Roach was selected in the West Indies Test squad to face Australia in the third Test. At the time he had played in only four first class matches. He was not picked for the final team and said "I know that when a Test match comes around, they sometimes draft in players in the island where the match is, but I wasn't expecting to be in the squad. I'm quite happy to be there. If selected, I want to put in a good performance". Roach made his international debut on 20 June 2008 in a Twenty20 international against Australia; it was also the first senior Twenty20 match he had played in. He finished with the best bowling figures in the match of 2/29 from three overs, claiming the scalps of Shaun Marsh and Luke Ronchi as the West Indies won by seven wickets. Roach was drafted into the squad for the last two ODIs against Australia in July 2008 after Australia won the first three games and sealed a series victory.

Roach did not play in the last two matches of the series against Australia and had to wait until the triangular series with Bermuda and Canada to make his debut. On 20 August 2008 Roach – along with fellow debutants Leon Johnson and Brendan Nash – made his first appearance for the West Indies in a One Day International. He finished with figures of 10-1-29-2 as the West Indies beat Bermuda by six wickets. His first wicket was that of Stephen Outerbridge and his second was the Bermuda captain, Irving Romaine. He played in the second match of the series, taking 1/49 from eight overs against Canada as the West Indies won by 49 runs but did not play in the final against Canada which the West Indies won.

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