Curtly Ambrose retires
Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose (West Indies)
Born: Swetes Village, Antigua, 21-9-1963
Type: Left hand tail-end batsman and right arm fast bowler
Test debut: v Pakistan at Georgetown, 1987-88
Best Test bowling in an innings: 8-45 v England at Bridgetown, 1989-90
Best Test bowling in a match: 11-84 v England at Port of Spain, 1993-94
His Test bowling summary against each country:
| CURTLY AMBROSE : CAREER STATISTICS |
| |
M |
B |
Md |
R |
W |
Ave |
Best |
5wi |
10M |
SR |
ER |
| Australia |
27 |
6696 |
279 |
2717 |
128 |
21.23 |
7/25 |
8 |
1 |
52.31 |
2.43 |
| England |
34 |
8284 |
382 |
3082 |
164 |
18.79 |
8/45 |
8 |
2 |
50.51 |
2.23 |
| India |
9 |
1491 |
69 |
574 |
15 |
38.27 |
5/87 |
1 |
- |
99.40 |
2.31 |
| New Zealand |
4 |
799 |
47 |
277 |
13 |
21.31 |
5/68 |
1 |
- |
61.46 |
2.08 |
| South Africa |
5 |
1113 |
52 |
390 |
21 |
18.57 |
6/34 |
2 |
- |
53.00 |
2.10 |
| Sri Lanka |
3 |
387 |
12 |
190 |
14 |
13.57 |
5/37 |
1 |
- |
27.64 |
2.95 |
| Pakistan |
14 |
2872 |
123 |
1170 |
42 |
27.86 |
5/35 |
1 |
- |
68.38 |
2.44 |
| Zimbabwe |
2 |
462 |
36 |
100 |
8 |
12.50 |
4/42 |
- |
- |
57.75 |
1.30 |
| Total |
98 |
22104 |
1000 |
8500 |
405 |
20.99 |
8/45 |
22 |
3 |
54.58 |
2.31 |
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