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Ambrose attains the 400 wickets milestone

Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose (West Indies)
Born: Swetes Village, Antigua, 21-9-1963
Type: Left hand tail-end batsman and right arm fast bowler
Test debut: v Pakistan at Georgetown, 1987-88
Best Test bowling in an innings: 8-45 v England at Bridgetown, 1989-90
Best Test bowling in a match: 11-84 v England at Port of Spain, 1993-94

His Test bowling summary against each country:

400 TEST WICKETS FOR CURTLY AMBROSE
  M B Md R W Ave Best 5wi 10M SR ER
Australia 27 6696 279 2717 128 21.23 7/25 8 1 52.31 2.43
England 33 7912 366 2985 159 18.77 8/45 8 2 49.76 2.26
India 9 1491 69 574 15 38.27 5/87 1 - 99.40 2.31
New Zealand 4 799 47 277 13 21.31 5/68 1 - 61.46 2.08
South Africa 5 1113 52 390 21 18.57 6/34 2 - 53.00 2.10
Sri Lanka 3 387 12 190 14 13.57 5/37 1 - 27.64 2.95
Pakistan 14 2872 123 1170 42 27.86 5/35 1 - 68.38 2.44
Zimbabwe 2 462 36 100 8 12.50 4/42 - - 57.75 1.30
Total 97 21732 984 8403 400 21.00 8/45 22 3 54.33 2.32

Test cricket's top wicket-takers (The 400 Club)
  M B Md R W Ave Best 5wi 10M SR ER
C.Walsh (WI) 121 26745 977 11542 475 24.29 7/37 21 3 56.30 2.59
Kapil Dev (IND) 131 27740 1060 12867 434 29.65 9/83 23 2 63.92 2.78
R.J.Hadlee (NZ) 86 21918 809 9612 431 22.30 9/52 36 9 50.85 2.63
W.Akram (PAK) 98 21621 827 9355 407 22.99 7/119 25 5 53.12 2.60
C.Ambrose (WI) 97 21732 984 8403 400 21.00 8/45 22 3 54.33 2.32

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