courtney walsh Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
courtney walsh is a cricketer(sportsman) from West Indies. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Courtney Andrew Walsh
Born
October 30, 1962, Kingston, Jamaica
Age
61 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast
Playing Role
Bowler
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 132 | 205 | - | - |
Inn | 185 | 79 | - | - |
Runs | 936 | 321 | - | - |
Avg | 7.55 | 6.98 | - | - |
SR | 44.83 | 71.18 | - | - |
HS | 30 | 30 | - | - |
NO | 61 | 33 | - | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
4s | 77 | 23 | - | - |
6s | 19 | 9 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 132 | 205 | - | - |
Inn | 242 | 204 | - | - |
Balls | 30019 | 10822 | - | - |
Runs | 12688 | 6918 | - | - |
Wkt | 519 | 227 | - | - |
BBI | 37 / 7 | 1 / 5 | - | - |
BBM | 55 / 13 | 1 / 5 | - | - |
Eco | 2.54 | 3.84 | - | - |
Avg | 24.45 | 30.48 | - | - |
5W | 22 | 1 | - | - |
10W | 3 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- West Indies
- Gloucestershire
- Jamaica
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
He made his debut in 1984, and for the rest of the 1980s remained a stock bowler alongside Marshall, Joel Garner and Ambrose. Come the 90s, post retirement of Garner and Marshall, Walsh took the new ball and formed one of the most dreaded pairs along with Curtly Ambrose. Walsh's easy run up and natural bowling action allowed him to swing the ball both ways, and when coupled with the aggressive fast bowling by his partner Ambrose, formed one of the best new ball attacks in the 90s.
Walsh was appointed West Indies captain in 1994, taking over from Richie Richardson. The second half of the 90s saw Walsh picking wickets at will; in 1995, he picked up 62 wickets at a stunning average of around 21. He lost pace towards the end of his career but that was never a detriment, as highlighted by the 66 Test wickets he bagged in the year 2000 (at an average of around 18). It also included a 34 wicket series against England, at an average of around 12. In March 2000, in his 114th Test against Zimbabwe at Sabina Park, Walsh went past Kapil Dev's record of 434 wickets to become the highest wicket taker in Test cricket. He retired with 519 wickets, and held the record until 2004 when Muthiah Muralitharan broke it.
In ODIs, Walsh was not as successful as he was in Tests. However, he maintained good economy, and had his moments like the 5 wickets for 1 run spell against Sri Lanka in 1986. Walsh did not know how to bat, and scored a record 43 ducks in his Test career.
Interesting facts: Walsh is also famous for his sportsmanlike gesture of not mankading last man Saleem Jaffar of Pakistan in a World Cup match in 1987, which cost the West Indies the match and a spot in the semi-finals [Source: Wikipedia]
Courtney Walsh Also owns a restaurant in Jamaica called Cuddyz [Source: Wikipedia]
By Karthik Lakshmanan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
A physiological phenomenon, Courtney Walsh probably bowled faster for longer than any man in history. His spirit was as unbreakable as his body, urging him on to the previously undreamed-of heights of 519 Test wickets and 30,019 balls, not to mention the countless overs he sent down for Gloucestershire and Jamaica. For the first half of his career, Walsh was the willing workhorse cantering into the wind while Curtly Ambrose or Malcolm Marshall galloped down the hill. But he grew stronger and wilier with age, graduating to the new ball around 1993, and forming one of the great opening partnerships with Ambrose: 421 wickets between them from 49 Tests. Walsh's action was neither elegant nor orthodox, but it was hugely economical, catapulting the ball down from 10 foot high with a simple snap of the hips. An old-fashioned specialist, his comic incompetence with the bat earned him a Test-record 43 ducks.
Simon Briggs October 2004