Curtly Ambrose

Quick Facts

Full Name	Curtly Ambrose
Occupation	Cricketer
Date Of Birth	Sep 21, 1963(1963-09-21)
Age	61
Birthplace	Swetes
Country	Antigua and Barbuda
Birth City	Saint Paul Parish
Horoscope	Virgo

Curtly Ambrose Biography

Curtly Ambrose is one of the most popular and richest Cricketer who was born on September 21, 1963 in Swetes, Saint Paul Parish, Antigua and Barbuda.

Sir Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose, KCN (born 21 September 1963) is a former cricketer from Antigua who played 98 Test matches for the West Indies. Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, he took 405 Test wickets at an average of 20.99 and topped the ICC Player Rankings for much of his career to be rated the best bowler in the world. His great height—he is 6 feet 8 inches (2.03 m) tall—allowed him to make the ball bounce unusually high after he delivered it; allied to his pace and accuracy, it made him a very difficult bowler for batsmen to face. A man of few words during his career, he was notoriously reluctant to speak to journalists. He was chosen as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1992; after he retired he was entered into the International Cricket Council Hall of Fame and selected as one of West Indies all-time XI by a panel of experts.

A Viv Richards scholarship provided funding for him to play club cricket in England for Chester Boughton Hall Cricket Club in the highly rated Liverpool Competition during 1986 where he took 84 wickets at an average of 9.80. The following year, he returned to England to play for Heywood Cricket Club in the Central Lancashire League, for whom he took 115 wickets in the season; these experiences helped to improve his bowling technique.

Curtly Ambrose Net Worth

Curtly Ambrose is one of the richest Cricketer from Antigua and Barbuda. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Curtly Ambrose 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ambrose was born in Swetes, Antigua on 21 September 1963, the fourth of seven children. His father was a carpenter from the village. The family had no background in cricket, but his mother was a fan, and Ambrose played in his youth, primarily as a batsman. At school, he performed well academically, particularly in mathematics and French, and became an apprentice carpenter upon leaving at the age of 17. He briefly considered emigrating to America. At the time, his favourite sport was basketball, although he occasionally umpired cricket matches. Ambrose was not particularly tall until he reached his late teens, when he grew several inches to reach a height of 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m). Around this time, his mother encouraged him to become more involved in cricket. Success as a fast bowler in a softball cricket match persuaded Ambrose to play in some club matches at the age of 20. He quickly attracted the attention of coaches and progressed to the St John’s cricket team. Selected in the Leeward Islands competition, he took seven for 67 (seven wickets for 67 runs) for Antigua against St Kitts. He made his first-class debut for the Leeward Islands in 1985–86 and took four wickets in the game, but failed to retain his place the following year.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Curtly Ambrose height 6 ft 7 in Daniel weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Curtly Ambrose Dating?

According to our records, Curtly Ambrose married to Bridgette Benjamin. As of December 1, 2023, Curtly Ambrose’s is not dating anyone.

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Suffering from fatigue and illness, Ambrose was less successful later in 1989 when India toured the West Indies: he took just five wickets in the four-Test series at an average of 54.60.

Facts & Trivia

Daniel Ranked on the list of most popular Cricketer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Antigua and Barbuda. Curtly Ambrose celebrates birthday on September 21 of every year.

Early in 1990, England toured the West Indies and played four Tests—a fifth was abandoned owing to rain. The visiting team dominated the first part of the series but West Indies eventually won 2–1. Ambrose was unfit for the first Test, which West Indies lost, and the first four ODIs, but returned to take four for 18 in an ODI organised to replace the rained-off second Test. After a drawn third Test, West Indies won the fourth game. The home captain, Viv Richards, set England 356 to win, but after losing early wickets, the English batsmen entered the last hour of the game with five wickets still to fall. Ambrose took the new ball and removed the last five batsmen for 18 runs in 46 deliveries, four of them leg before wicket. He finished with figures of eight for 45, ten wickets in the match, and West Indies levelled the series with a 164-run win. Ambrose was man of the match. He took six wickets in the final match, to finish the series with 20 wickets at 15.35, finishing top of the West Indies’ averages. Ambrose, along with the other home bowlers, was described by Alan Lee in Wisden as an “awesome handful in the latter part of the series”, and described his match-winning spell in the fourth Test as “unforgettable”. Ambrose’s other appearances for West Indies in 1989–90 were all in ODIs, although he did not take more than two wickets in any innings except in the match against England. He also took 22 first-class wickets for the Leeward Islands, and when he returned to England to play for Northamptonshire in 1990, took 58 first-class wickets to top the club’s bowling averages. In one-day cricket for the county, he took 13 wickets while conceding an average of just 2.53 runs per over.

Which bowler is never hit for a six?

Personal information
Bowling| Right-arm fast
Role| Bowler
International information
National side| West Indies (1988–2000)

What did Curtly Ambrose say about Chris Gayle?

Ambrose, a known critic of the ‘Universe Boss’, had told a radio channel in the Caribbean that Gayle shouldn’t be “an automatic choice” in the West Indies playing eleven for the T20 World Cup as he has very little performance to show even in franchise cricket for the past 18 months.

When did Curtly Ambrose retire?

Ambrose retired after the England series in 2000. He was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame in 2011.

How fast was Curtly Ambrose?

His economical approach to the wicket just made it seem that he could go on bowling forever if needed. On Ambrose’s last tour to England in 2000 he regularly measured 86 mph.

Which bowler never conceded a no-ball?

1. Kapil Dev. Kapil Dev is a former Indian Cricketer and one of the finest all rounder that the country has ever produced. The highlight of his career was taking the Indian side to its first ever World Cup in 1983.