Personal Information

Full Name Kemar Andre Jamal Roach
Born June 30, 1988 St. Lucy, Barbados
Age 36 Years, 3 Months, 12 Days
National Side West Indies
Batting Style Right Handed
Bowling Right-arm fast
Sport Cricket

Ranking

Test ODI T20
Batting 145 - -
Bowling 17 - -

Man of the Match

Test ODI T20 World Cup CL
4 3 0 2 0

Career Information

Teams Played West Indies, Barbados Pride, Surrey, West Indies A, Worcestershire, Deccan Chargers, West Indies Under-19, Brisbane Heat, West Indies Cricket Presidents XI, Wayamba United, Saint Lucia Kings, Antigua Hawksbills, Jamaica Tallawahs, West Indians, West Indies Championship XI
Career Span

Kemar Andre Jamal Roach Overall Stats

Batting & Fielding Performance

M I N/O R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s AVG S/R CT ST Ducks R/O
Test
82 130 27 1182 41 v NZ 0 0 142 15 11.47 37.46 22 0 22 3 1
ODI
95 60 36 308 34 v IND 0 0 24 6 12.83 51.85 22 0 21 3 2
World Cup
13 7 3 47 16 v PAK 0 0 5 1 11.75 44.33 - - 2 0 2
T20I
11 1 1 3 3* v SA 0 0 0 0 - 150.00 1 0 0 0 3
First-class
88 100 25 1075 53 v LEE 0 3 101 17 14.33 - 30 0 22 2 4
List A
24 14 8 92 23 v JAM 0 0 3 1 15.33 - 5 0 3 1 5
CL
1 1 1 3 3* v TRI 0 0 0 0 - 150.00 - - 0 0 6
CPL
16 9 3 43 12 v BR 0 0 2 3 7.16 113.15 10 0 3 0 6
IPL
2 1 0 10 10 v MI 0 0 1 0 10.00 111.11 1 0 0 0 6
ttwenty_domestic
35 12 4 56 12 v BR 0 0 3 3 7.00 112.00 17 0 4 0 6
Youth ODI
7 2 1 30 29* v BAN-U19 0 0 2 2 30.00 83.33 - - 0 0 22

Bowling Performance

I O M R W Best 3s 5s AVG E/R S/R Mtc
Test
149 2436.4 532 7583 273 6/48 v BAN 37 11 27.77 3.11 53.55 81 1
ODI
93 763.1 53 3885 125 6/27 v NED 14 3 31.08 5.09 36.63 93 2
World Cup
13 101 7 466 20 6/27 v NED 3 1 23.30 4.61 30.30 13 2
T20I
11 39 1 284 10 2/25 v SA 0 0 28.40 7.28 23.40 11 3
First-class
153 2089.5 462 6786 273 8/40 v HAM 31 12 24.85 3.24 45.93 86 4
List A
23 160.4 13 748 31 4/35 v WIS 3 0 24.12 4.65 31.09 23 5
CL
1 4 0 29 1 1/29 v TRI 0 0 29.00 7.25 24.00 1 6
CPL
15 55 0 480 12 2/17 v BR 0 0 40.00 8.72 27.50 15 6
IPL
2 8 0 80 0 0/32 v MI 0 0 - 10.00 - 2 6
ttwenty_domestic
33 113 0 945 18 3/18 v SCO 1 0 52.50 8.36 37.66 33 6
Youth ODI
7 52.3 4 247 9 3/24 v USA-U19 2 0 27.44 4.70 35.00 7 22

Kemar Andre Jamal Roach Profile

Kemar Roach revives your memories of the eighties and the early nineties; a time which saw tear away West Indian bowlers sending shivers down opposition batsmen’s spines through their sheer pace. The young Barbadian though, still not of that ilk regularly clocks 150kph and is more than capable of hurrying through batsman.


Kemar represented West Indies in the 2006 Under-19 WC and after playing just four first-class matches, was selected in the national squad to face Australia. He was handed his T20 debut during the same tour and impressed with figures of 2-29 in his maiden game. He later made his ODI debut against Bermuda, before he got his lucky break in Tests when West Indies fielded an under-strength side against Bangladesh. The tour of Australia enhanced his reputation where he was easily one of West Indies’ best bowlers, even forcing Ricky Ponting to retire hurt in the third and final Test.


Roach generally gets the ball to skid off the surface with the extra yard of pace being his element of surprise. In West Indies' second match of the 2011 World Cup, Kemar broke through the Netherlands batting line up and claimed a hat-trick in the mega event. His historic 6-wicket haul earned him praises from all over the world.


The presence of the other frontline pacers in the squad didn’t affect his position as Roach kept performing consistently. His impressive performances earned him a hefty deal with the Hyderabad franchise for the 2011 Indian T20 League.


After gaining success in white-ball cricket, it was his time to shine in the longest format of the game as well. Roach grabbed his maiden 10-wicket haul during the second Test match of their 2012 home series against Australia. Roach ended the series as the highest wicket-taker with 19 scalps to his name.


His form witnessed a downward slope in the following year, and to rub salt on the wound, he suffered a shoulder injury in 2013, which kept him out of action for a brief period. Roach returned to international cricket in 2014 against New Zealand. Though he was not at his absolute best, he still managed to grab 15 wickets for his side in that series. Kemar suffered another injury during the South Africa Test series and remained out of the field for a while only to return for the 2015 World Cup.


After a horrific Test series against Australia in December 2015, Roach was dropped from the side. He was sent back to the domestic circuit as his lean patch continued in the limited over format as well. Roach made another international comeback in August 2017 for the West Indies Test tour to England. Kemar looked better than ever in the Lord's Test match as he grabbed a 5-wicket haul and punched his name on the Lord’s honour board. Since then, he has been a consistent performer and a regular member of the West Indies Test side.


His Test career was on the rise and when there came a need of an experienced bowler for the ICC 2019 World Cup Qualifier, soon Roach was approached for the same. He made his return in the colourful jersey after three years. Terrific performances in the following series helped him earn a spot for the 2019 Cricket World Cup as well. His World Cup campaign though was quite mediocre except his 3-fers against India and Afghanistan.