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Full name Anderson Montgomery Everton Roberts
Born January 29, 1951, Urlings Village, Antigua
Current age 57 years 259 days
Major teams West Indies,Combined Islands,Hampshire,Leeward Islands,Leicestershire,New South Wales
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
47
62
11
762
68
14.94
0
3
22
9
0
ODIs
56
32
9
231
37*
10.04
357
64.70
0
0
6
0
First-class
228
291
67
3516
89
15.69
0
10
52
0
List A
195
113
38
1091
59*
14.54
0
1
33
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
47
90
11135
5174
202
7/54
12/121
25.61
2.78
55.1
8
11
2
ODIs
56
56
3123
1771
87
5/22
5/22
20.35
3.40
35.8
2
1
0
First-class
228
18679
889
8/47
21.01
47
7
List A
195
9817
5085
274
5/13
5/13
18.55
3.10
35.8
9
2
0
Career statistics
Test debut
West Indies v England at Bridgetown, Mar 6-11, 1974 scorecard
Last Test
India v West Indies at Chennai, Dec 24-29, 1983 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v West Indies at Manchester, Jun 7, 1975 scorecard
Last ODI
India v West Indies at Jamshedpur, Dec 7, 1983 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1969/70 - 1984
List A span
1973/74 - 1984
Profile
Deadpan and deadly. Wicket or boundary, not a flicker of emotion would be evident save a gunslinger's narrowing of the eyes. Andy Roberts kept his emotions in check. But under the veneer was an intelligent cricketer with a fertile brain, plotting and planning the downfall of batsmen as if it were a military campaign. The modern West Indian game based on the heavy artillery of fast bowlers, that served so well for a quarter of a century, began with him. Here was a bowler whose pace came from timing, with power from a huge pair of shoulders. His bouncer was regarded as one of the most dangerous. He varied its pace, often setting batsmen up with a slower one and then poleaxing them when they were late on the quickie.
It took Roberts less than two and a half years to reach 100 Test wickets, the quickest at that point, and his best years were unquestionably in the middle 1970s, before the Packer revolution. Later he became jaded, and the edge went from his pace, although his experience and ability to move the ball kept him in Test cricket until 1983-84.
Mike Selvey
