Tim Ambrose      

Full name Timothy Raymond Ambrose

Born December 1, 1982, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Current age 29 years 179 days

Major teams England, Sussex, Warwickshire

Nickname Freak

Batting style Right-hand bat

Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Height 5 ft 7 in

Education Merewether Selective High, NSW

Timothy Raymond Ambrose
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 11 16 1 447 102 29.80 963 46.41 1 3 55 4 31 0
ODIs 5 5 1 10 6 2.50 34 29.41 0 0 0 0 3 0
T20Is 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1
First-class 143 217 20 6667 251* 33.84 12905 51.66 9 42 342 21
List A 121 100 15 2353 135 27.68 3229 72.87 3 8 120 22
Twenty20 55 43 13 800 77 26.66 697 114.77 0 2 61 13 32 17
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 11 - - - - - - - - - - - -
ODIs 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
T20Is 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
First-class 143 6 1 0 - - - 1.00 - 0 0 0
List A 121 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Twenty20 55 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Career statistics
Test debut New Zealand v England at Hamilton, Mar 5-9, 2008 scorecard
Last Test West Indies v England at Bridgetown, Feb 26-Mar 2, 2009 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut England v New Zealand at Chester-le-Street, Jun 15, 2008 scorecard
Last ODI England v New Zealand at Lord's, Jun 28, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
Only T20I England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jun 13, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut 2001
Last First-class Surrey v Warwickshire at The Oval, May 23-26, 2012 scorecard
List A debut 2001
Last List A Northamptonshire v Warwickshire at Northampton, May 27, 2012 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Hampshire v Sussex at Southampton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Warwickshire v Durham at Birmingham, Jul 11, 2011 scorecard
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
0c/0s, 2* Warwickshire v Northants Northampton 27 May 2012 List A
4c/0s, 33, 2c/0s, 89* Warwickshire v Surrey The Oval 23 May 2012 First-class
96, 4c/0s, 1c/0s Warwickshire v Lancashire Birmingham 16 May 2012 First-class
3c/0s, 39, 1c/0s Warwickshire v Durham Birmingham 2 May 2012 First-class
75, 0c/0s Warwickshire v Sussex Hove 26 Apr 2012 First-class
2c/0s, 0, 2c/0s, 11* Warwickshire v Lancashire Liverpool 19 Apr 2012 First-class
1c/0s, 10, 0c/0s, 0 Warwickshire v Somerset Birmingham 12 Apr 2012 First-class
1c/0s, 37, 3c/0s Warwickshire v Cardiff MCCU Birmingham 6 Apr 2012 First-class
11, 0c/0s, 0c/0s Warwickshire v Hampshire Southampton 12 Sep 2011 First-class
25, 1c/0s, 3c/0s Warwickshire v Notts Birmingham 7 Sep 2011 First-class
Profile

Born in New South Wales, Ambrose started out at Sussex and made a positive impression - especially with his hard-hitting batting. However, with Matt Prior on the books he realised regular first-team cricket, and importantly keeping opportunities, would be limited and he moved to Warwickshire at the start of the 2006 season. He had a stop-start beginning to life at Edgbaston as injury restricted his early-season chances in 2006, but in the second half of the summer he gave plenty of examples of his batting ability and he blossomed in fine style during 2007. He was so prolific there was talk of him being an outside bet for the Test and one-day sides - but his former team-mate, Prior, got the nod. However, Prior's disappointing tour of Sri Lanka led to his axing in early 2008 and Ambrose was called up as his replacement for England's series against New Zealand. He started promisingly, too; his counterattacking 102 in the second Test in Wellington turned England's fortunes around and helped swing the series their way. Off the pitch, he is a useful guitarist and nicknamed 'freak' due to everything apparently coming naturally to him.
Andrew McGlashan April 2008

Latest Articles
Latest Photos

May 25, 2012

Tim Ambrose's unbeaten 74 took Warwickshire close to victory, Surrey v Warwickshire, County Championship, Division One, The Oval, May 25, 2012

Tim Ambrose's unbeaten 74 took Warwickshire close to victory

© PA Photos

May 24, 2012

Tim Ambrose made a useful 33, Surrey v Warwickshire, County Championship, Division One, The Oval, May 24, 2012

Tim Ambrose made a useful 33

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May 17, 2012

Tim Ambrose sweeps off the bowling of Simon Kerrigan, Warwickshire v Lancashire, County Championship, Division One, 2nd day, Edgbaston, May 17, 2012

Tim Ambrose sweeps off the bowling of Simon Kerrigan

© PA Photos

Country Fixtures Country Results
2nd Test: England v West Indies at Nottingham - May 25-28
England won by 9 wickets
Sussex v Notts at Hove - May 25-28
Notts won by 7 wickets
Group A: Netherlands v Lancashire at Schiedam - May 28
Netherlands won by 1 wicket (with 2 balls remaining)
Glamorgan v Leics at Cardiff
May 29-Jun 1, 2012 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT)
Group A: Netherlands v Essex at Schiedam
May 29, 2012 (13:45 local | 11:45 GMT | 07:45 EDT | 06:45 CDT | 04:45 PDT)
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