Courtney walsh

Courtney Andrew Walsh is a former international cricketer (fast bowler) who represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001, captaining the West Indies in 22 Test matches. He is best known for a remarkable opening bowling partnership along with fellow West Indian Curtly Ambrose for several years and holding the record of most Test wickets from 2000, after he broke the record of Kapil Dev. This record was later broken in 2004 by Shane Warne.

Courtney Andrew Walsh was born in Kingston, Jamaica on October 30, 1962, and he played his early cricket with the Melbourne club, which Michael Holding also represented. He made his first-class debut in 1981-82 as a teenager, taking fifteen Shell Shield wickets at 25.20 runs apiece. Less successful in 1982-83, he really came to the fore in 1983-84 when he took 30 wickets at an average of 20.06, figures good enough to earn him a tour of England in 1984. However, faced with competition from Marshall, Garner, Holding, Baptiste, Davis and Small, he did not gain a Test place until the following winter when he played in all five Tests in Australia and one at home against New Zealand, taking sixteen wickets in all.