Courtney Andrew Walsh OJ was born on 30 October 1962 and is a former Jamaican cricketer who represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001, captaining the West Indies in 22 Test matches.
40 Facts About Courtney Walsh
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Courtney Walsh is a fast bowler and considered one of the all-time greats, best known for a remarkable opening bowling partnership along with fellow West Indian Curtly Ambrose for several years.
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Courtney Walsh shared 421 Test wickets with Ambrose in 49 matches.
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Courtney Walsh held the record of most Test wickets from 2000, after he broke the record of Kapil Dev.
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Courtney Walsh was the first bowler to reach 500 wickets in Test cricket.
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Courtney Walsh was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1987.
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Courtney Walsh was appointed as the Specialist Bowling Coach of Bangladesh Cricket Team in August 2016.
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Courtney Andrew Walsh was born on 30 October 1962 in Kingston, Jamaica.
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Courtney Walsh 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.
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Courtney Walsh played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club from 1985 to 1998.
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Courtney Walsh made his Test debut against Australia in Perth in 1984, taking 2 wickets for 43 runs.
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Courtney Walsh took 16 wickets in the season conceding 507 runs.
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Courtney Walsh took one wicket for 47 from 10 overs in the match.
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Courtney Walsh took 29 wickets from seven matches in these seasons, including a five-wicket haul against New Zealand.
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In 1987, Courtney Walsh was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year for his performance the previous year.
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Courtney Walsh underperformed in the series, taking only four wickets from three matches.
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Courtney Walsh played four matches against England in 1988, and took 12 wickets at an average of 34.33.
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Courtney Walsh 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.
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Courtney Walsh's action lacked the elegance of those bowlers, but its economy and his natural athleticism ensured he was accurate and durable, even over very long spells and he used his height to extract vicious bounce.
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Courtney Walsh played his last ODI against New Zealand in 2000 and his last Test match against South Africa in his homeland, Jamaica, in 2001.
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Courtney Walsh is one of only five bowlers to have bowled over 5000 overs in Test cricket, the others being Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka, Shane Warne of Australia, Anil Kumble of India and James Anderson of England.
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In ODIs, Courtney Walsh was not as successful although he will be remembered for his best performance, 5 wickets for just 1 run against Sri Lanka in 1986.
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Courtney Walsh is a much loved and respected cricketer and the West Indies have yet to find a fast bowler with anything approaching his talents.
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Courtney Walsh is famous for his sportsmanlike gesture of not mankading last man Saleem Jaffar of Pakistan in a World Cup match in 1987, which cost the West Indies the match and a place in the semi-finals.
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Courtney Walsh is currently a regular feature of the Lashings World XI alongside other cricket legends including Sachin Tendulkar and fellow West Indian Richie Richardson.
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In May 2004, Courtney Walsh was chosen one of the Jamaica's five greatest cricketers of all time.
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Courtney Walsh has a dubious distinction of being one of the two players to play more than 100 test matches and not make a half-century, the other being Nathan Lyon.
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Courtney Walsh took 5 wickets in an ODI match conceding only one run against Sri Lanka in December 1986, a match which the West Indies won at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah by 193 runs.
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In 2000, Courtney Walsh became the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket, breaking a six-year-old record of Kapil Dev's 434 wickets.
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Courtney Walsh achieved the feat in his 114th match, which are 17 matches less than Kapil Dev.
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Courtney Walsh became the first bowler to reach 500 wickets in the history of Test cricket.
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Courtney Walsh achieved the feat against South Africa in 2001, getting Jacques Kallis leg before wicket in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.
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Courtney Walsh's 519 wickets in Test cricket was a record at that time, which was surpassed by Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan in 2004.
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Courtney Walsh played 132 Tests and 205 ODI matches, and took 519 and 227 wickets respectively.
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Courtney Walsh holds the record for the best bowling figures for a captain in a Test match.
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Courtney Walsh took six wickets for 103 runs in the match.
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Courtney Walsh's 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.
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Courtney Walsh is the son of Joan Wollaston and owns a restaurant in Jamaica called Cuddyz.
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Courtney Walsh was appointed as talent scout and fast bowling coach for Kings XI Punjab.
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Courtney Walsh was named one Jamaica's greatest cricketers of all time in 2004.