Andy Roberts

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	Tests	ODIs
Andy Roberts West Indies (WI)

Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm fast
Matches	47	56
Runs scored	762	231
Batting average	14.94	10.04
100s/50s	-/3	-/-
Top score	68	37*
Balls bowled	11135	3123
Wickets	202	87
Bowling average	25.61	20.35
5 wickets in innings	11	1
10 wickets in match	2	n/a
Best bowling	7/54	5/22
Catches/stumpings	9/-	6/-
As of 25 January 2006 Source: Cricinfo.com

Anderson Montgomery Everton 'Andy' Roberts (born 29 January 1951 on the island of Antigua in the West Indies) is a former West Indian cricketer. He was an excellent fast bowler, twice taking seven wickets in an innings of a Test match. In England, he played first class cricket for Hampshire County Cricket Club.

Andy Roberts formed part of the "quartet" of West Indian fast bowlers from the mid-Seventies to the early Eighties (the others being Michael Holding, Joel Garner and Colin Croft) which had such a devastating effect on opposition batsmen at both Test and One Day International level. He was also part of the West Indies team that won the first two Prudential World Cups in England in 1975 and 1979.

In October, 2005, Roberts was inducted into the United States Cricket Hall of Fame, becoming the second Antiguan to be so recognized.

Despite an excellent record in Tests his international career was relatively short and ended in the early 1980s. Imran Khan (former captain Pakistan national cricket team) once described a ball bowled to him by Andy Roberts as the fastest and most terrifying he had ever faced.