Courtney Walsh

West Indies

Full name Courtney Andrew Walsh

Born October 30, 1962, Kingston, Jamaica

Current age 55 years 174 days

Major teams West Indies, Gloucestershire, Jamaica

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast

Explore Courtney Walsh's performance

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	132	185	61	936	30*	7.54	2088	44.82	0	77	19	29
ODIs	205	79	33	321	30	6.97	451	71.17	0			27
First-class	429	558	158	4530	66	11.32			8			117
List A	440	214	65	1304	38	8.75			0			68

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

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
1/41	Warne’s Warr	v SRT Blasters	Los Angeles	14 Nov 2015	Other T20
0/30	Warne’s Warr	v SRT Blasters	New York	7 Nov 2015	Other T20
3/36	WI Masters	v SL Masters	Bridgetown	9 Nov 2010	Other T20
2/27	WI Masters	v SL Masters	Bridgetown	7 Nov 2010	Other T20
1/18	WI Masters	v Ind Masters	Bridgetown	6 Nov 2010	Other T20
1/19	WI Masters	v Eng Masters	Bridgetown	5 Nov 2010	Other T20
0/25	WI Masters	v SA Masters	Bridgetown	2 Dec 2009	Other T20
1/33	WI Masters	v SL Masters	Bridgetown	27 Nov 2009	Other T20
0/15	Lashings XI	v Cambridge U	Cambridge	21 Jun 2006	Other OD

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

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