ridley jacobs Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
ridley jacobs is a cricketer(sportsman) from West Indies. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Ridley Detamore Jacobs
Born
November 26, 1967, Swetes Village, Antigua
Age
55 years old
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Playing Role
Wicketkeeper Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 65 | 147 | - | - |
Inn | 112 | 112 | - | - |
Runs | 2577 | 1865 | - | - |
Avg | 28.32 | 23.31 | - | - |
SR | 47.8 | 70.06 | - | - |
HS | 118 | 80 | - | - |
NO | 21 | 32 | - | - |
100s | 3 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 14 | 9 | - | - |
4s | 300 | 118 | - | - |
6s | 23 | 27 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 65 | 147 | - | - |
Inn | - | - | - | - |
Balls | - | - | - | - |
Runs | - | - | - | - |
Wkt | - | - | - | - |
BBI | - | - | - | - |
BBM | - | - | - | - |
Eco | - | - | - | - |
Avg | - | - | - | - |
5W | - | - | - | - |
10W | - | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- West Indies
- Antigua
- Leeward Islands
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Surmounting tremendous odds, the Antigua player, carved a niche for himself, finishing as a successful keeper-batsman in a era where West Indies cricket was in a state of flux, a far cry from the glory days of the 80's and early 90's.
Figuring in 65 Tests, Jacobs accounted for 207 catches and 12 stumping in addition to tallying 2500+ runs with the bat. In fact Jacobs is only the second Windies keeper to claim more than 200 grabs. He was an aggressive batsman in limited overs cricket, more so when he was promoted to open the batting.
Jacobs' first-class debut arrived in the 1991/92 season but he had to wait for his international opportunity for almost 6 long years. The wicket-keeping duties revolved around Courtney Browne and Junior Murray between 1992 and 1998. Jacobs was finally handed his Test debut on the tour to South Africa in 1998 but it turned out to be catastrophic one with West Indies crashing to a 0-5 whitewash. Slowly, albeit steadily in his own inimitable fashion, Jacobs evolved to become an automatic pick in the West Indies XI until the emergence of Courtney Browne and Carlton Baugh in 2004.
Though his batsmanship was nowhere close to pretty, it was quite effective with the whiplash and pick-up flicks being his staple shots. Often farming the strike with the tail, Jacobs produced some glittering cameos lower down the order. He hit 3 Test hundreds with his best of 118 coming against India at his home ground in a stalemate. Jacobs was other the other end when Brian Lara stroked his way to 400. However, soon after his retirement, he pinned the blame for West Indies' decline on Lara, questioning the latter's leadership credentials.
Another knock which stands out is his unbeaten 96 against the potent Aussies on a treacherous Perth pitch, where he pulled the chestnuts out of fire when the seniors folded faster than an origami expert.
He appeared to be more comfortable in ODIs with his strike rate of 70.06 painting a better picture. Jacobs will be remembered for his guts and gumption that gleamed like headlights on an unlit highway.
By Deivarayan Muthu
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Jacobs was West Indies' one success story of the late 1990s. A wicketkeeper and left-hand bat, he hailed from Swetes, the same Antiguan village as Curtly Ambrose, but had to wait until his 31st birthday for his Test debut, which came against South Africa in 1998-99. Jacobs's relish for fast bowling helped him top the batting averages on that unhappy tour, and three years later he notched his maiden Test century against the same opponents in Barbados, and scored two more after that - the second of which kept England's bowlers away from the West Indian tail as Brian Lara went about scoring his 400. Given a true pitch, Jacobs could be compelling viewing, unleashing booming strokes off either foot from a high backlift, but quality spin tended to tie him in knots. His batting, if inelegant, became more consistent and he was a valuable source of runs for West Indies. However, his glovework started to fail him and his form fell away dramatically in England in 2004. He was also troubled by knee trouble, returning home before the end of the tour and he retired from international cricket the following spring.
Simon Briggs April 2005