Courtney Walsh

Courtney Walsh
Courtney Walsh in 2018
Personal information
Full name
Courtney Andrew Walsh
Born (1962-10-30) 30 October 1962 (age 61)
Kingston, Jamaica
Height198[1] cm (6 ft 6 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 183)9 November 1984 v Australia
Last Test19 April 2001 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 45)10 January 1985 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI11 January 2000 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.12, 33
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1981/82–2000/01Jamaica
1984–1998Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 132 205 429 440
Runs scored 936 321 4,530 1,304
Batting average 7.54 6.97 11.32 8.75
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/8 0/0
Top score 30* 30 66 38
Balls bowled 30,019 10,822 85,443 21,881
Wickets 519 227 1,807 551
Bowling average 24.44 30.47 21.71 25.14
5 wickets in innings 22 1 104 5
10 wickets in match 3 0 20 0
Best bowling 7/37 5/1 9/72 6/21
Catches/stumpings 29/– 27/– 117/– 68/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 August 2008

Courtney Andrew Walsh OJ (born 30 October 1962) is a Jamaican former cricketer who represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001, captaining the West Indies in 22 Test matches.[2] He is a fast bowler and considered one of the all-time greats, best known for a remarkable opening bowling partnership along with fellow West Indian Curtly Ambrose for several years. Walsh played 132 Tests and 205 ODIs for the West Indies and took 519 and 227 wickets respectively. He shared 421 Test wickets with Ambrose in 49 matches.[3] He held the record of most Test wickets from 2000, after he broke the record of Kapil Dev. This record was later broken in 2004 by Shane Warne. He was the first bowler to reach 500 wickets in Test cricket.[4] His autobiography is entitled "Heart of the Lion". Walsh was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1987. In October 2010, he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. He was appointed as the Specialist Bowling Coach of Bangladesh Cricket Team in August 2016.[5]

  1. ^ Green, David (27 July 1998). "D Green: Walsh still scaling heights (27 Jul 1998)". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Courtney Walsh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  3. ^ Cricinfo staff, Wisden (30 October 2003). "All Today's Yesterdays – Happy birthday, Courtney". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Courtney Walsh". ESPNcricinfo. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Cricket: Courtney Walsh becomes Bangladesh bowling coach". The Daily Star. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.