Courtney Walsh

West Indies · PACE · 1985 to 2000 · on scorecards: CA Walsh

BATTING

Matches: 205
Innings: 79
Runs: 321
Average: 6.97
Strike rate: 71.17
High score: 30
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 227
Average: 30.47
Economy: 3.83
Strike rate: 47.6
Best figures: 5/1
4w / 5w: 6 / 1
Catches / Stumpings: 27 / 0
Run-outs effected: 6

CAREER IN BRIEF

Courtney Walsh played 205 ODIs for West Indies in CricArcade's archive, from 1985 to 2000. The first came against Sri Lanka at Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, with 1 wicket, and the last against New Zealand at Lancaster Park in 2000.

The most productive decade was the 1990s: 128 wickets at 30.5 in 119 ODIs. The best bowling is 5 for 1 against Sri Lanka at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in 1986. In all: 1 five-wicket haul.

With the ball: 46 wickets at 40.0 at home and 82 wickets at 30.5 away. The most wickets came against Pakistan: 65 wickets at 27.5 in 52 ODIs. Sharjah Cricket Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 21 ODIs and 29 wickets at 22.8. Courtney Walsh captained West Indies in 43 ODIs, winning 22 and losing 20. The scorecards record 5 player-of-the-match awards. West Indies won 112 of the ODIs Courtney Walsh played and lost 86.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 205 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
30	14	India	Eden Gardens	1994	Lost
29*	26	England	Edgbaston	1991	Lost
18	42	England	Headingley	1988	Lost
18	6	New Zealand	Lancaster Park	2000	Lost
14	10	Pakistan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	1989	Lost

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
5/1	4.3	Sri Lanka	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	1986	Won
4/16	7.3	India	Nehru Stadium	1987	Won
4/16	9	Pakistan	Newlands	1993	Won
4/25	10	India	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	1989	Won
4/25	10	Bangladesh	Clontarf Cricket Club Ground	1999	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Pakistan	52	47	5.22	0/0	65	27.49
India	38	63	7.00	0/0	44	24.16
Australia	36	62	4.43	0/0	30	45.73
England	31	66	11.00	0/0	25	45.48
Sri Lanka	22	26	26.00	0/0	26	25.88
New Zealand	16	31	7.75	0/0	21	26.71
South Africa	5	22	11.00	0/0	4	47.25
Zimbabwe	2	0	–	0/0	2	29.00
Bangladesh	1	0	–	0/0	4	6.25
Kenya	1	4	4.00	0/0	3	15.33
Scotland	1	0	–	0/0	3	2.33

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	50	28	3.50	0/0	46	40.02
Away	74	206	10.30	0/0	82	30.46
Neutral	81	87	4.83	0/0	99	26.05

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
1980s	83	129	8.06	0/0	97	29.46
1990s	119	174	6.21	0/0	128	30.55
2000s	3	18	9.00	0/0	2	75.00

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Sharjah Cricket Stadium	21	29	5.80	0/0	29	22.83
Queen's Park Oval	20	4	2.00	0/0	15	45.40
Melbourne Cricket Ground	9	13	4.33	0/0	4	76.25
Sydney Cricket Ground	9	11	3.67	0/0	9	33.11
Kensington Oval	8	12	6.00	0/0	8	44.13
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	8	5	2.50	0/0	9	33.00

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v Sri Lanka, 1985 at Tasmania Cricket Association Ground
Latest in the archive: v New Zealand, 2000 at Lancaster Park

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 30 October 1962
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast
Balls faced (career): 451
Ducks: 11
Four-wicket hauls: 6

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