PlayersWest Indies

KAJ Roach

Bowler, West Indies, 90 Tests, 2009-2026. Debut v Bangladesh, 2009

26.6Adjusted bowling average, 32nd of 137 bowlers: runs per wicket once the batters he bowled at, the grounds and the conditions are allowed for, so lower is better. Raw 26.8. It could reasonably be anywhere from 25.0 to 30.7.

His T20 ratings

Where his adjusted bowling average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

29RA JadejaIndia26.2 30N WagnerNew Zealand26.3 31SR ClarkAustralia26.5

32KAJ RoachWest Indies26.6

33AAP AtkinsonEngland26.8 34Mohammad AmirPakistan26.8 35HMRKB HerathSri Lanka26.9

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2009	20	586	29.30	3.24
2010	16	431	26.94	3.22
2011	7	386	55.14	3.32
2012	39	868	22.26	3.26
2013	3	85	28.33	2.58
2014	28	580	20.71	2.77
2015	9	724	80.44	3.89
2017	25	637	25.48	3.00
2018	19	424	22.32	3.16
2019	27	450	16.67	2.47
2020	11	406	36.91	2.77
2021	27	645	23.89	2.76
2022	22	595	27.05	3.03
2023	12	478	39.83	3.82
2024	17	352	20.71	3.11
2025	12	254	21.17	3.06
2026	10	224	22.40	3.66
Career	304	8154	26.82	3.12

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

26.8

Volume

Wickets

304

5 wkts

Quality

Average

26.82

Strike rate

51.7

Economy

3.12

Conditions

Away average

36.33

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

12.5

Value / inns

6.5

Volume

Runs

1400

Average

12.17

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

Strike rate

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

10.87

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
New Zealand	20	232	16.57
Australia	24	213	10.65
Sri Lanka	16	204	20.40
Bangladesh	21	201	12.56
England	25	195	9.75
Pakistan	14	195	16.25
South Africa	12	92	10.22
India	9	68	7.56

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
England	61	27.84	5/17	2
Bangladesh	53	19.74	6/48	4
New Zealand	46	23.72	5/60	2
Sri Lanka	38	25.32	5/100	1
Australia	34	40.24	5/41	2
South Africa	27	26.59	5/47	1
Pakistan	18	27.28	3/30	0
India	15	33.73	4/66	0

Home & away

Home

13.33bat avg

22.3bowl avg

Away

10.87bat avg

36.33bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	29	291	12.65
2nd	58	435	9.67
3rd	30	256	12.19
4th	29	418	16.08

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v Pakistan19 & 00/61Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad2026-08-02 v Pakistan3 & 184/80Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad2026-07-25 v Sri Lanka06/83Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua2026-06-25 v New Zealand0 & 41/63Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui2025-12-18 v New Zealand0 & 52/51Basin Reserve, Wellington2025-12-10 v New Zealand10 & 587/125Hagley Oval, Christchurch2025-12-02 v Pakistan25 & 42/15Multan Cricket Stadium2025-01-25 v Bangladesh8 & 85/81Sabina Park2024-11-30 v Bangladesh47 & 124/50Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua2024-11-22 v South Africa83/92Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad2024-08-07

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 146
Not outs: 31
Runs: 1400
Average: 12.17
Strike rate: 36.0
Highest: 58*
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 1
Ducks: 24

Wickets: 304
Average: 26.82
Economy: 3.12
Strike rate: 51.7
Best: 6/48
5 wickets: 12
10 wkt match: 1
Balls: 15703