Career
Russell plays for the West Indies internationally and for Jamaica in West Indian domestic cricket, as an all-rounder. In the season 2010 he played at Barnards Green Cricket Club, Worcestershire, England, helping them secure promotion into Birmingham League cricket. He took 39 wickets at an average of 10.15.
He also led the averages with his batting, hitting 799 runs in 11 innings at an average of 99.88 (3 NOs).
A fast bowling all rounder, Russell made his Test cricket debut against Sri Lanka in November 2010. He made his ODI debut in the 2011 match against Ireland at Mohali.
He scored only 3, and was bowled by John Mooney, as his side went through a lower-order collapse to be bowled out for 275 from 267/6. After a poor home series against Pakistan, he made his mark against in the ODI series against India.
After being dropped from the first two ODIs, he scored 92 not out of 64 balls (8 fours, 5 sixes), coming to the crease at 96/7 in the 3rd ODI at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound.
He took 1/59 (the wicket of Harbhajan Singh ), affected the run-out of Subramaniam Badrinath and took a catch at backward point to dismiss Parthiv Patel (46 of 56 balls). In the 4th ODI played also at North Sound, he scored 25 from just 14 balls (3 fours, 1 six), and with the ball had figures of 3/16 (from 7 overs, wickets of Subramaniam Badrinath, Ravichandran Ashwin and Praveen Kumar) to dismiss India for 146, as the visitors lost by 103 runs. In the 5th ODI at Sabina Park in Kingston, he became the Manitoba of the Match as he took 4/35 (from 83 overs) to dismiss India for 251 in 47.1 overs.
During the 2012 Players Auction, he was bought by the Delhi Daredevils for a sum of $450,000.
On 21 September 2013, in a match against India A he became the first bowler in T20 to take 4 wickets in 4 successive deliveries taking the wickets of Kedar Jadhav, Yuvraj Singh, Naman Ojha and Yusuf Pathan. He was picked up by Kolkata Knight Riders for IPL 2014 auction for 60 Lakhs INR. In 2014 he began a second career as a recording artist under the name "Dre Russian", with two singles set for release in November, one a collaboration with Beenie Manitoba
In 2016 he is playing for Islamabad United (cricket). According to the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), allrounder Andre Russell did committed an "anti-doping whereabouts" violation, and could face a lengthy ban from cricket.
Russell, being a part of the West Indies squad for the World T20 2016, has reportedly missed three such tests in a 12-month period, which equates to a failed test under doping laws.
"We received notification of Russell"s violation about two weeks ago and I"ve appointed a panel to hear his case," JADCO independent disciplinary panel chairman Kent Pantry told Reuters. Athletes must make their whereabouts known to local anti-doping agencies to facilitate testing. Russell could face a possible two-year ban if found guilty of the violation.
"There is a process regarding the findings by JADCO," the West Indies Cricket Board said in a statement.
"All that will be observed and you will be advised accordingly." As cited in Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Crick Information One-Day International cricket.