Courtney Walsh

Quick Facts

Full Name	Courtney Walsh
Occupation	Cricket Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 30, 1962(1962-10-30)
Age	62
Birthplace	Kingston
Country	Jamaica
Birth City	Kingston Parish
Horoscope	Libra

Courtney Walsh Biography

Courtney Walsh is one of the most popular and richest Cricket Player who was born on October 30, 1962 in Kingston, Kingston Parish, Jamaica. Fast bowler who played for West Indies in international play for 15 years.

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Courtney Andrew Walsh OJ (born 30 October 1962) is a former Jamaican cricketer who represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001, captaining the West Indies in 22 Test matches. He is a fast bowler, and 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. 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. His autobiography is entitled “Heart of the Lion”. Walsh was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1987, and one of the West Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year a year later. 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.

Walsh made his Test debut against Australia in Perth in 1984, taking 2 wickets for 43 runs. He played six Test matches during the 1984–85 season, five against Australia in the 1984–85 series between the teams, and one Test against New Zealand in the home series. He took 16 wickets in the season conceding 507 runs. In the same season, Walsh also made his One Day International debut against Sri Lanka at Hobart during the World Series Cup. He took one wicket for 47 from 10 overs in the match. In the next two seasons, Walsh played a match at home against England, three matches against Pakistan and three matches against New Zealand, both outside the West Indies. He took 29 wickets from seven matches in these seasons, including a five-wicket haul against New Zealand. In 1987, Walsh was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year for his performance the previous year.

The place he was raised is Kingston, Jamaica, then it was an British colony.

Courtney Walsh Net Worth

Courtney Walsh is one of the richest Cricket Player from Jamaica. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Courtney Walsh 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He became famous in 1979, after he took 10 wickets in one inning at his school. Three years later, the player appeared in his first Test match taking two wickets in a match against Australia.

He along with his fellow West Indian Curtly Ambrose became an impressive two- man team during the opening bowling session, and He personally helmed both the West Indies for 22 Test matches.

Courtney Andrew Walsh was born on 30 October 1962 in Kingston, Jamaica. He played his early cricket there with the same cricket club for which Michael Holding also played cricket—the Melbourne club. Walsh first claim to fame came in 1979 when he took 10 wickets in an innings in school cricket and three years later made his first-class cricket debut. He played 427 matches of this format between 1981 and 2001, and took 1,807 wickets at the average of 21.71, including 104 five-wicket hauls and 20 ten-wicket hauls. Walsh played first- class cricket for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club (Gloucestershire CCC) from 1985 to 1998.

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In the 1987–88 season, Walsh toured India and played four Test matches against them, taking 26 wickets at an average of 16.80. In the first Test of the series at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, he took six wickets for 67 runs, including five wickets for 54 runs in India’s second innings. In the first innings of the second Test at Wankhede Stadium, he repeated the same performance of five for 54. In that season, Pakistan cricket team visited the West Indies and played three Tests there. In the 1987 Cricket World Cup Walsh backed out to ball and run out Saleem Jaffar as he was backing up as Pakistan required two off the last ball to qualify for the semi finals, Abdul Qadir eventually scored the winning runs and West Indies lost but Walsh was deservedly feted for his sportsmanship, he even received a hand-woven carpet from a local fan. Walsh underperformed in the series, taking only four wickets from three matches. He played four matches against England in 1988, and took 12 wickets at an average of 34.33. During the West Indies tour of Australia in 1988–89, Walsh played five Tests and took 17 wickets at 29.41. His best bowling in the series came the first innings of the first match, taking four wickets for 62 runs, including a hat-trick. He took an unusual hat-trick that covered two innings at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, dismissing Australia’s Tony Dodemaide with the last ball of the first innings and Mike Veletta and Graeme Wood with his first two deliveries in the second. During that winter he also took 10 wickets in a Test match for the first time against India in Kingston.

Facts & Trivia

Courtney Ranked on the list of most popular Cricket Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Jamaica. Courtney Walsh celebrates birthday on October 30 of every year.

Walsh played his last ODI against New Zealand in 2000 and his last Test match against South Africa in his homeland, Jamaica, in 2001.

What is Courtney Walsh doing now?

After his career as a selector for the West Indies national cricket team, Walsh signed as bowling coach of Bangladesh in August, 2016. His contract expired after the 2019 Cricket World Cup and he left his position as Bangladesh bowling coach along with then Bangladesh head coach Steve Rhodes.

Who was better Walsh or Ambrose?

Still, his 519 Test wickets represent a 28% increase on the tally of Ambrose, who is the next best on the West Indies charts. And unlike Ambrose, Walsh claimed a significant majority of his wickets away from home – 56%. Walsh’s away tally is greater than the career tallies of Holding, Garner and Roberts.

Who is Courtney Walsh son?

In July 2021, Hayden Walsh Jr. was named Player of the Series in the 5 match T20I series against Australia after picking 12 wickets.

What did Courtney Walsh contribute to Jamaica?

Courtney Walsh, in full Courtney Andrew Walsh, (born October 30, 1962, Kingston, Jamaica), Jamaican cricketer who in 2001 became the first bowler to attain more than 500 Test wickets. Walsh made his first-class debut for Jamaica in 1982.

How quick was Curtly Ambrose?

Ball coming at 90mph is more than enough: Curtly Ambrose on fast bowlers sledging batsmen – Sports News.