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Sir Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose KCN (born 21 September 1963) is an Antiguan former cricketer who played 98 Test matches for the West Indies. Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, he took 405 Test wickets at an average of 20.99 and topped the ICC Player Rankings for much of his career to be rated the best bowler in the world.
Curtly Ambrose was a fearsome fast bowler who took 405 Test wickets at 20.99 and 225 ODI wickets at 24.12. He also played for Leeward Islands, Northamptonshire and UWI, and was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century in 2000.
- Male
- October 21, 1963
- West Indies
Learn about the life and achievements of Sir Curtly Ambrose, one of the greatest fast bowlers in cricket history. Find out his batting and bowling records, his best performances, his awards and his induction into the ICC Hall of Fame.
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Fastest to 100 wickets (61) 29th. Fastest to 150 wickets (103) 21st. Fastest to 200 wickets (146) Combined Test, ODI and T20I records.
Sep 13, 2011 · F or a man of few words, Curtly Ambrose was positively garrulous at the ceremony to mark his induction into the ICC's Hall of Fame on Monday night. In the 1990s, the decade when the great West ...
- Rob Bagchi
Dec 18, 2023 · Sir Curtly Ambrose remembers his team-mates’ icy stares. On the fourth afternoon of England’s Test in Trinidad & Tobago in 1994, Ambrose was clean bowled playing a wild swipe. “I say: ‘Boy ...
Find out the complete career history of Curtly Ambrose including highest scores, centuries, half centuries, wickets and more. Matches (16) ENG v PAK (1) T20WC Warm-up (6) IPL (1) County DIV1 (3)
