Kemar Roach – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Full nameKemar Andre Jamal Roach

Born30 Jun 1988

Age38 Years

NationalityBarbadian

RoleBowler/Right-arm fast, Right-handed Batsman

BattingRight Hand Bat

BowlingRight Arm Fast Medium

Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	91	1403	12.09	35.93	304	3.12
ODI	95	308	12.83	51.85	125	5.09
T20I	11	3	–	150	10	7.28
T20	46	59	7.37	113.46	28	8.08
List A	119	400	13.33	0	156	5.01
First-class	187	2502	12.83	0	595	3.19

Debuts

TestWest Indies vs Bangladesh, Kingstown 9 Jan 2009

ODIBermuda vs West Indies, King City (NW)20 Aug 2008

T20IWest Indies vs Australia, Bridgetown 20 Jun 2008

First Class Windward Is vs Barbados, Kingstown4 Jan 2008

List ABarbados vs Trinidad & T, Bridgetown9 Jan 2007

T20West Indies vs Australia, Bridgetown 20 Jun 2008

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	91	147	31	1403	58	12.09	3905	35.93	1	161	16	28
ODI	95	60	36	308	34	12.83	594	51.85	0	24	6	22
T20I	11	1	1	3	3	–	2	150	0	0	0	1
T20	46	13	5	59	12	7.37	52	113.46	0	3	3	18
List A	119	74	44	400	34	13.33	0	0	0	0	0	27
First-class	187	254	59	2502	58	12.83	0	0	4	0	0	61

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5W	10W
Test	91	165	2628.5	8192	304	10/146	26.95	3.12	12	1
ODI	95	93	763.1	3885	125	6/27	31.08	5.09	3	0
T20I	11	11	39	284	10	2/25	28.4	7.28	0	0
T20	46	44	152	1229	28	3/18	43.89	8.08	0	0
List A	119	116	923.5	4633	156	6/27	29.69	5.01	3	0
First-class	187	330	4896	15636	595	10/80	26.27	3.19	24	2

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Indian Premier League	2	10	10	10.00	111.11	0	10.00
Big Bash League	8	0	0	0.00	0.00	5	6.89
Caribbean Premier League	14	36	12	4.50	116.13	10	8.88
ICC Men's T20 World Cup	3	0	0	–	–	5	6.42
County Championship	32	204	29	9.27	28.29	106	3.32
ICC Champions Trophy	4	12	5	4.00	37.50	6	5.47
ICC Cricket World Cup	13	47	16	11.75	44.34	20	6.47

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
South Africa	1	3	3	–	150.00	0	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Australia	3	2	92	46.00	13.14	21.00
South Africa	2	2	49	24.50	6.13	24.00
Sri Lanka	1	2	27	13.50	6.75	12.00
India	1	2	38	19.00	9.50	12.00
Ireland	1	1	12	12.00	3.00	24.00
Bangladesh	2	1	51	51.00	6.38	48.00
Zimbabwe	1	0	15	–	3.75	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
India	21	172	34	21.50	55.48
Pakistan	8	52	24	8.67	47.27
Bangladesh	10	28	10	4.67	38.89
Australia	10	19	9	4.75	48.72
Sri Lanka	2	17	9	17.00	89.47
New Zealand	1	14	14	14.00	45.16
Zimbabwe	2	3	2	–	150.00
South Africa	1	2	2	–	33.33
Ireland	2	1	1	1.00	50.00
England	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
Afghanistan	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Bangladesh	19	30	765	25.50	5.36	28.53
India	24	25	1141	45.64	5.93	46.16
Australia	12	18	587	32.61	5.67	34.50
Zimbabwe	8	13	277	21.31	3.95	32.38
Pakistan	10	10	391	39.10	4.58	51.20
Ireland	5	7	203	29.00	4.95	35.14
Sri Lanka	3	4	97	24.25	4.22	34.50
Afghanistan	2	3	61	20.33	12.20	10.00
England	1	2	34	17.00	3.52	29.00
South Africa	2	1	52	52.00	6.50	48.00
New Zealand	1	0	38	–	3.80	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50
New Zealand	20	232	58	16.57	36.25	1
Australia	24	213	31	10.65	33.86	0
Sri Lanka	16	204	39	20.40	41.98	0
Bangladesh	21	201	47	12.56	38.51	0
Pakistan	14	195	30	16.25	34.15	0
England	25	195	29	9.75	30.71	0
South Africa	14	92	27	8.36	36.95	0
India	9	68	38	7.56	51.52	0
Afghanistan	1	3	3	3.00	17.65	0
Zimbabwe	5	0	0	0.00	0.00	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
England	31	61	1698	27.84	3.04	54.95
Bangladesh	24	53	1046	19.74	2.88	41.13
New Zealand	19	46	1091	23.72	3.05	46.70
Australia	23	34	1368	40.24	3.77	64.12
Sri Lanka	21	32	962	30.06	4.19	43.00
South Africa	14	27	718	26.59	3.57	44.70
Pakistan	13	18	491	27.28	2.78	58.94
India	8	15	506	33.73	3.14	64.40
Zimbabwe	10	12	274	22.83	2.38	57.58
Afghanistan	2	0	38	–	3.17	–

Last 10 innings · batting

19 & 0vs PAK

3 & 18vs PAK

0vs SL

21 & 0*vs KEN

0 & 4vs NZ

0 & 5*vs NZ

10 & 58*vs NZ

4 & 2*vs HAM

1vs ESS

21vs TRI

Test vs PAK2 Aug 2026 · lbw b Sajid Khan & b Ali Usman 19 & 0(62 & 6) Test vs PAK25 Jul 2026 · c B Azam b K Shahzad & c B Azam b M Abbas 3 & 18(29 & 63) Test vs SL25 Jun 2026 · lbw b M Rathnayake 0(3) First Class vs KEN3 Apr 2026 · c SA Northeast b G Stewart & Not out 21 & 0*(43 & 2) Test vs NZ17 Dec 2025 · c TA Blundell b MD Rae & b G Phillips 0 & 4(2 & 14) Test vs NZ9 Dec 2025 · lbw b MD Rae & Not out 0 & 5*(2 & 8) Test vs NZ1 Dec 2025 · Not out & Not out 10 & 58*(57 & 233) First Class vs HAM11 Apr 2025 · b L Dawson & Not out 4 & 2*(3 & 3) First Class vs ESS4 Apr 2025 · lbw b MJJ Critchley 1(10) First Class vs TRI12 Mar 2025 · c J Da Silva b A Phillip 21(39)

Last 10 innings · bowling

0/10vs BCBXI

0 & 0/50 & 11vs PAK

2 & 2/53 & 27vs PAK

2 & 4/32 & 51vs SL

0/47vs MID

3 & 2/50 & 53vs GLO

3 & 1/63 & 73vs KEN

1/63vs NZ

2 & 0/43 & 8vs NZ

2/47vs NZ

First Class vs BCBXI22 Oct 2026 0/10 Test vs PAK2 Aug 2026 0 & 0/50 & 11 Test vs PAK25 Jul 2026 2 & 2/53 & 27 Test vs SL25 Jun 2026 2 & 4/32 & 51 First Class vs MID1 May 2026 0/47 First Class vs GLO10 Apr 2026 3 & 2/50 & 53 First Class vs KEN3 Apr 2026 3 & 1/63 & 73 Test vs NZ17 Dec 2025 1/63 Test vs NZ9 Dec 2025 2 & 0/43 & 8 Test vs NZ1 Dec 2025 2/47

About Kemar Roach

Kemar Roach Biography

Kemar Andre Jamal Roach is a Barbadian cricketer who represents West Indies. Roach was born on 30 June 1988 in Saint Lucy, Barbados. Roach is a right-arm fast bowler, who first came into prominence at the world stage during the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy.

Background

Roach was part of the West Indies cricket team for the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. He plays for Barbados in regional cricket in the Caribbean.

For two years he played for Deccan Chargers in the IPL, having also played for Worcestershire in English county cricket.

Debut

Roach made his T20I debut in 2008 against Australia. His bowling figures were quite decent in the match, finishing up with 2/29 from three overs.

Roach made his ODI debut in 2008.

Roach recorded 10–1–29–2 as the West Indies overcame Bermuda by six wickets.

Roach made his Test debut in the year 2009, when the Windies played against Bangladesh. His performance was quite decent in the series, as he took 10 wickets at an average of 16.20 and was the leading wicket taker of the series.

Rise to Glory

In the cricket season of 2010/11 when West Indies were touring in Sri Lanka, Roach was the leading wicket-taker in the series despite playing on pitches that weren’t best suited to fast bowlers.

He took 10 wickets at an average of 24.50 for which he was named Man of the Series.

In the year 2012 when New Zealand was playing in West Indies, he was again awarded the Man of the Series award for his splendid performance for taking 12 wickets with one five-wicket haul.

Roach's Record in Numbers

In the Test cricket, Roach had record seven 5-wicket hauls and one 10-wicket haul against Australia in Port-of-Spain. In the 2011 World Cup, Roach became the sixth bowler to achieve a hat-trick in a World Cup. He sent Pieter Seelaar, Bernard Loots, and Berend Westdijk of the Netherlands back to the pavilion for his hat-trick and finished bowling figures were 6/27, which was the fourth-best bowling figures by a Windies player in ODIs.

Club Career

In the year 2010, Roach was auctioned in the Deccan Chargers team for $720,000.

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