Tim Ambrose

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Timothy Ambrose
England
Personal information
Full name Timothy Raymond Ambrose
Nickname Freak, Timbo
Born 1 December 1982 (1982-12-01) (age 25)
Newcastle, Australia
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Role Wicketkeeper
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style –
International information
Domestic team information
Years Team
2001–2005 Sussex
2006–present Warwickshire
Career statistics
Test ODI FC LA
Matches 6 0 81 79
Runs scored 274 0 4103 1901
Batting average 30.4 0.00 35.37 30.17
100s/50s 1/3 0/0 6/23 2/8
Top score 102 – 251* 135
Balls bowled 0 0 6 –
Wickets 0 0 0 –
Bowling average – – – –
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling – – – –
Catches/stumpings 11/0 0/0 155/14 88/11

As of 29 May 2008
Source: CricInfo

Timothy Raymond Ambrose (born 1 December 1982) is an Australian born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He commenced his domestic career with Sussex in 2000, although now plays for Warwickshire and England.

His first notable cricketing performance was in the Second XI Championship in 2000, when he played two games in the season. He soon established himself in the first-class team, having helped Sussex out of the Second Division and helping them stay in the First Division ever since. Since 2003, Ambrose has played Twenty20 cricket. Ambrose transferred to Warwickshire in 2006. His highest first-class score, achieved in May 2007, was an innings of 251 not out, against Worcestershire.

With England's wicket-keeper regularly changing from Chris Read, Geraint Jones, Paul Nixon, Matt Prior and Phil Mustard, Ambrose was selected for the test team's keeper for the 2008 tour of New Zealand. Ambrose scored 55 on debut.[1] Ambrose ranked among the top ten scores by wicket-keepers on debut.[citation needed] The highest score by a wicket-keeper on debut is held by his predecessor Prior.

[edit] International career

On 13 June 2007, Ambrose began his first game for England. Whilst only making four with the bat, Ambrose kept well and took numerous catches. David Lloyd has called Ambrose, "The most attacking keeper-batsman in county cricket at the moment".[citation needed] In January 2008, Ambrose was selected for both the One-Day International and Test squads for the England tour of New Zealand.[2]

On March 5, 2008 he made his Test debut against New Zealand after not being selected to play in the One-Day International series. Ambrose began his career brightly, making a fifty on debut against New Zealand in the first Test and keeping cleanly through the match.[3]

In his second test, he made his maiden test century, scoring an attacking 102 against New Zealand in Wellington and was named man of the match. He batted and kept adequately for the rest of the series, and was retained for the three match tour of England by New Zealand later that year, however began his series with a duck at Lords followed by a score of three.[4] In the third Test, however, Ambrose scored a valuable 67 in partnership with Kevin Pietersen's 115 and Stuart Broad's five before being caught behind.[5]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ New Zealand thrash woeful England BBC News retrieved March 13, 2008
  2. ^ Prior dropped as Ambrose gets his chance from Cricinfo, retrieved 4 January 2008.
  3. ^ Battling England restrict Kiwis BBC News retrieved March 13, 2008
  4. ^ Averages v NEW ZEALAND (h) 2008 from BBC News retrieved May 29, 2008
  5. ^ Pietersen century rescues England from BBC News retrieved June 5, 2008

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