SUR­REY, Eng­land – West In­dies fast bowler Ke­mar Roach will re­join Sur­rey for the first four match­es of the up­com­ing Coun­ty Cham­pi­onship cam­paign, con­tin­u­ing his suc­cess­ful as­so­ci­a­tion with the club.

The 36-year-old, who was a key fig­ure in Sur­rey’s last three ti­tle-win­ning sea­sons, boasts an im­pres­sive in­ter­na­tion­al record with 284 Test wick­ets for the West In­dies.

Roach’s re­turn marks his fifth straight year with Sur­rey, with his first ap­pear­ance set for next Fri­day in their sea­son open­er against Es­sex.

Since join­ing the coun­ty side, the vet­er­an seam­er has tak­en 93 wick­ets for Sur­rey and 566 in his first-class ca­reer.

His record in­cludes 65 scalps in just 15 match­es at The Oval, where he will fea­ture in Sur­rey’s sec­ond game against Hamp­shire.

He will al­so play in away fix­tures against Sus­sex and a home clash with Som­er­set to round out April.

The Bar­ba­di­an seam­er was elat­ed that he will once again don the Sur­rey colours in more than favourable con­di­tions.

“I’ve en­joyed every mo­ment of my time with Sur­rey over the last four years, and I’m ex­cit­ed to join up with the team again. The Oval is my sec­ond home, and the en­vi­ron­ment led by Alec Stew­art, Gareth Bat­ty, and Ro­ry Burns is one of the best I’ve been a part of.”

Alec Stew­art, High Per­for­mance Crick­et Ad­vi­sor at Sur­rey CCC, al­so weighed in on the re­turn of the West In­di­an.

“Ke­mar has been a big part of our dress­ing room in the last four years and it is great to have him back. His qual­i­ty, work eth­ic, and com­mit­ment to the club speak for it­self. I am con­fi­dent he will once again play an im­por­tant role at the start of this sea­son, and the group is look­ing for­ward to work­ing with him again.” (CMC)