{"id":441869,"date":"2026-02-23T21:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/441869\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T21:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:51:10","slug":"ambitious-durham-sign-west-indies-pace-bowler-kemar-roach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/441869\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambitious Durham sign West Indies pace bowler Kemar Roach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Durham have signed West Indies Test star Kemar Roach as they push for an immediate return to Division One of the County Championship following relegation last season.<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old, who is closing in on 300 Test wickets, will join up with the Durham squad ahead of the season-opener against Kent at Banks Homes Riverside and will be available until mid-June.<\/p>\n

Roach brings proven pedigree as a pace bowler in English conditions as a three-time County Championship winner with Surrey.<\/p>\n

“I can’t wait to join Durham for the 2026 season,” Roach told the club’s website, external<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“Having played in the County Championship for the past five years, I know how serious a side Durham are, so I plan to join and add great value.<\/p>\n

“I hope to help Durham push for a trophy this summer and I think the group Durham have is very close to doing that.<\/p>\n

“We know how much of a tough season it is with the county grind, but the rewards are there when you win and I hope to add that winning mentality to the Durham side.”<\/p>\n

Roach, 37, who made his Test debut in 2009, has claimed 12 five-wicket hauls for West Indies.<\/p>\n

“We’re delighted to welcome Kemar to Durham,” said Durham director of cricket Marcus North.<\/p>\n

“He is a world-class performer in Test cricket and his experience playing county cricket makes him a perfect fit for our group.<\/p>\n

“Kemar brings proven quality with the ball but also a wealth of knowledge that will benefit our younger bowlers across his time at Durham.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Durham have signed West Indies Test star Kemar Roach as they push for an immediate return to Division…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-441869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}