Roy Kaia (born 10 October 1991) is a Zimbabwean

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er. He plays

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for

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. He made his international debut for the

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in May 2015.

Domestic career

Kaia was part of the 2010 Zimbabwe U19 team that lost to the South Africa U19 team. He took 4 wickets for 49. He was also in the losing side against the same side a few months later in 2011 scoring 60 not out off 56 balls in a T20 match. Kaia played first-class cricket for

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and is currently part of Mountaineers team. He has the most Pro50 Championship List A runs in the season leading the second-placed player by more than 100 runs with an average score of 76.40 in nine games, also taking 6 wickets at an economy of 4.79. In December 2020, he was selected to play for the

in the

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International career

The performance earned him a national selection when Zimbabwe toured Pakistan in May 2015. He made his

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debut for Zimbabwe against Pakistan in

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on May 31, 2015 where he did not get to bowl or bat, as the match ended in no result. In April 2021, he was named in Zimbabwe's

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squad, for the series against Pakistan. He made his Test debut for Zimbabwe, against

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, on 29 April 2021. However, in July 2021, following the one-off Test against Bangladesh, Kaia was reported for a suspect bowling action. The following month, his bowling action was ruled to be illegal, and Kaia was suspended from bowling in international matches.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaia, Roy 1991 births Living people Zimbabwean cricketers Zimbabwe Test cricketers 21st-century Zimbabwean sportsmen Zimbabwe One Day International cricketers Southern Rocks cricketers Centrals cricketers Mountaineers cricketers Sportspeople from Mashonaland West Province