Former West Indies cricketers have lauded their colleague Curtly Ambrose on his 50th birthday. The former Antiguan, Leeward Islands and West Indies pacer celebrated his half-century yesterday, and former captain Sir Vivian Richards, former pacers Courtney Walsh, Kenneth Benjamin and Winston Benjamin all appeared on a local radio programme alongside Ambrose last Friday, as they spoke of the player’s cricketing achievements while congratulating him on reaching this milestone.
Sir Viv, who captained Ambrose from 1988 to 1991, said the determined bowler put a lot of work into his game, calling him a “dream to captain”.
Walsh, who doubled with Ambrose to become the most dangerous pair in both Test and one-day internationals between 1988 and 2000, said: “I say it without fear anywhere I go: Ambrose is like my brother. I played more against Winston and Kenny in County cricket because ‘Ambi’ came on the scene late in terms of that and didn’t like much of it, and we have always been friends. But Ambrose and I have built up a certain bond, and if it wasn’t for cricket and the things we did on the field probably that bond would not be there,” said Walsh.
Source-CMC
