Curtly Ambrose: Latest Articles

Curtly Ambrose: 21 facts about the cricketer-turned-musician
Chinmay Jawalekar September 21, 2017 6:42 PM IST
Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose is a former West Indies fast bowler, who terrorised the batsmen world over with his huge frame, lethal pace and venomous
‘Ambidextrous’ XI 2: Left-handed batsmen, right-handed bowlers
Abhishek Mukherjee September 19, 2017 1:38 PM IST
This lists comprises of men who bowl with their right hand and batted left-handed.
Alphabetical XIs – Anwar, Akram, Amla...
Arunabha Sengupta June 13, 2017 7:20 PM IST
Players with last names starting with A.
India, Pakistan, West Indies, Barbados and the curse of ‘81’
Suvajit Mustafi May 5, 2017 5:33 PM IST
In a span of 20 years arch-rivals India and Pakistan have fallen at the same score against the same opposition at the same venue.
Curtly Ambrose, Courtney Walsh ruin South Africa’s comeback party
Abhishek Mukherjee April 23, 2017 9:00 AM IST
South Africa's real test since readmission to international cricket lay ahead in the Caribbean Isles. They were playing their first Test in 22 years.
Head and Shoulders above the rest: The Giants of Cricket
Anindya Dutta January 30, 2017 4:32 PM IST
Viv Richards. Sachin Tendulkar. Sunil Gavaskar. Brian Lara - None of them make the cut. They just did not have it in them. Virat Kohli.
Dean Jones wakes up a sleeping Curtly Ambrose
Abhishek Mukherjee January 17, 2017 5:47 PM IST
When Dean Jones made the mistake of waking up the sleeping dragon, Curtly Ambrose.
Curtly Ambrose: Tall, fast, intimidating and devastating
Abhishek Mukherjee September 21, 2016 12:43 AM IST
Curtly Ambrose started playing serious cricket at 21, that too for his village.
A Dream Test XI of cricketers who were born in the month of September
Chinmay Jawalekar September 8, 2016 12:31 PM IST
The month of September has given world cricket some of its finest gems. Here we take this opportunity and come up with a fantasy Test
When the imposing Curtly Ambrose almost came to blows with Steve Waugh
Arunabha Sengupta April 21, 2016 7:38 PM IST
Had it not been for Richie Richardson...
ICC World T20 2016: A Dream Team comprising of players who never played T20 cricket
Chinmay Jawalekar March 14, 2016 11:35 AM IST
In the backdrop of ongoing ICC World T20 2016, here is a fantasy XI, who could have dominated any current team in the shortest version
Curtly Ambrose, 6 for 24, skittles England out for 46
Arunabha Sengupta February 19, 2016 10:51 PM IST
England did enjoy the better of the exchanges for three and a half days of the Test against West Indies. Then they ran into Curtly
Curtly Ambrose takes 7 for 1 in 32 balls against Australia
Arunabha Sengupta January 30, 2016 8:56 PM IST
After being 0-1 down, the twin victories at Adelaide and Perth gave West Indies the series.
West Indies pip Australia at the post to win by narrowest of margins
Abhishek Mukherjee January 25, 2016 3:14 PM IST
The teams were separated by a solitary run in the end.
West Indies’ 500th Test: an all-time XI
Arunabha Sengupta December 18, 2015 3:53 PM IST
West Indies will be the third team to play 500 Test matches.