Courtney Walsh

Courtney Walsh

Player information
Surname	Courtney Andrew Walsh
Batting style	Right-hand batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm almost
Player role	bowler
International games
National team	West Indies
Test debut (cap 183)	9 November 1984 v  Australia
Last test	April 19, 2001 v  South Africa
ODI debut (cap 45)	10th January 1985 v  Sri Lanka
Last ODI	January 11, 2000 v  New Zealand
ODI shirt no.	12
National teams
Years	team
1981 / 82-2000 / 01	Jamaica
1984-1998	Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Game form	test	ODI	FC	List A
Games	132	205	429	440
Runs (total)	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
Highscore	30 *	30th	66	38
Balls	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	22nd	1	104	5
10 wickets in play	3	-	20th	-
Best bowling performance	7-37	5–1	9-72	6-21
Catches / stumpings	29 / -	27 / -	117 / -	68 / -
Source: CricketArchive , August 21, 2008

Courtney Andrew Walsh (born October 30, 1962 in Kingston , Jamaica ) is a retired Jamaican cricketer who played for the West Indies team. He is considered to be one of the best near- bowlers in the history of cricket. In 1987 he was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year .

Courtney Walsh played a total of 132 test matches for the West Indies. He scored a total of 519 wickets . Between 2000 and 2004 he held the record for the most test wicks scored. Walsh made his test debut in November 1984 against Australia in Perth. Walsh was an outspoken near-bowler specialist. His skills as a batsman , however, were not particularly well developed. To date, no other player has been eliminated from test cricket matches without scoring a single run more often than Courtney Walsh (43 times). His last appearance in a test for the West Indies team was against South Africa in his hometown of Kingston in April 2001. He made his debut in a one-day international match on January 10, 1985 against Sri Lanka . Walsh was not as successful with ODIs as he was with testing. In the 205 ODIs in which he participated, he achieved a total of 227 wickets. He also took part in three World Cricket Championships with the West Indies team ( 1987 , 1996 and 1999 ). Courtney Walsh's last appearance at an ODI was on January 11, 2000 against New Zealand in Christchurch.

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b} West Indies / Players / Courtney Walsh ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 19, 2016.