Standing at a towering 6ft 7inches, Curtly Ambrose is one of the most lethal fast bowler in the history of cricket. A giant of the game in every sense, Ambrose was not the best swing bowlers but pin-point accurate. Ambrose used his height to trouble the batsmen with rise deliveries and bowling bouncers.
Best bowling average (20.99) among the bowlers with 400+ Test wickets.
Ambrose registered one of the best bowling figures in Test cricket (7 for 1) against Australia in 1993.
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Hobbies:
Playing guitar, Playing basketball and football
Favourite Cricketers:
Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, Wasim Akram, Ricky Ponting, David Gower, Javed Miandad, Graham Gooch, Jacques Kallis
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Favourite Food:
Steamed fish, Chocolate
Favourite Actors:
John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson
Favourite Films:
Chinese karate movies
Favourite Musicians/Singers:
Katy Perry, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh
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Girlfriends, Spouse and Children
Marital Status:
Married
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Wife:
Bridgette Benjamin
Marriage Year:
2001
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Awards and recognitions
Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1992
ICC Hall of Fame (inducted in 2011)
Knighted in 2014
Controversies
Ambrose had an confrontation with Steve Waugh in 1995. He told the Aussie, “Man, I will knock you out – here and now. I don’t care if I have no career left.” West Indies captain Richie Richardson calmed things between the two. The West Indies pace bowler later revealed in his autobiography, “I did want to get physical. I was going to beat him, I was that mad…beating him would have given me some satisfaction.”
Lesser Known Facts
In his early years, Ambrose was pretty much into Basketball. His mother advised him to say no to a lucrative basketball deal in USA and pursue a career in cricket.
Post-retirement, Ambrose made a career in music as the bass guitarist. He has a reggae band called Spirited. He took up playing guitar on insistence of his teammate (and later captain) Richie Richardson.
