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Full name Courtney Andrew Walsh
Born October 30, 1962, Kingston, Jamaica
Current age 45 years 250 days
Major teams West Indies,Gloucestershire,Jamaica
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
132
185
61
936
30*
7.54
2088
44.82
0
0
77
19
29
0
ODIs
205
79
33
321
30
6.97
451
71.17
0
0
27
0
First-class
429
558
158
4530
66
11.32
0
8
117
0
List A
440
214
65
1304
38
8.75
0
0
68
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
132
242
30019
12688
519
7/37
13/55
24.44
2.53
57.8
32
22
3
ODIs
205
204
10822
6918
227
5/1
5/1
30.47
3.83
47.6
6
1
0
First-class
429
85443
39233
1807
9/72
21.71
2.75
47.2
104
20
List A
440
21881
13854
551
6/21
6/21
25.14
3.79
39.7
13
5
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v West Indies at Perth, Nov 9-12, 1984 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v South Africa at Kingston, Apr 19-23, 2001 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v West Indies at Hobart, Jan 10, 1985 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v West Indies at Christchurch, Jan 11, 2000 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1981/82 - 2000/01
List A span
1981/82 - 2000
Profile
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
