Sunil Ambris

Sunil Ambris
Personal information
Full name
Sunil Walford Ambris
Born (1993-03-23) 23 March 1993 (age 31)
Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
BattingRight-handed
RelationsRomel Currency (half-brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 313)1 December 2017 v New Zealand
Last Test30 November 2018 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 181)29 September 2017 v England
Last ODI25 January 2021 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012/13Combined Campuses and Colleges
2013/14–presentWindward Islands
2014St Lucia Zouks
2017St Lucia Stars
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA
Matches 6 16 60 56
Runs scored 166 473 3,098 1,744
Batting average 15.10 36.38 30.98 37.91
100s/50s 0/0 1/2 7/14 1/13
Top score 43 148 231 148
Catches/stumpings 2/– 2/– 77/3 25/1
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 October 2021

Sunil Walford Ambris (born 23 March 1993) is a Vincentian professional cricketer who has represented the West Indies in Tests and ODIs. He currently captains the Windward Islands and has also represented Combined Campuses and Colleges in West Indian domestic cricket, as well as representing the St Lucia Zouks in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). He was the first player to be dismissed hit-wicket twice in consecutive Tests and the first to be dismissed hit-wicket on Test debut.

Domestic career

At the 2012–13 Caribbean Twenty20, Ambris played two matches for the Combined Campuses, against the Leeward Islands and Jamaica.[1] His first-class debut came during the 2013–14 Regional Four Day Competition, when he played for the Windward Islands against Guyana.[2] In his first innings, Ambris scored 114 runs from 200 balls, eventually being named man of the match.[3] He finished his debut season with 468 runs from six matches, making him the Windwards' leading run-scorer behind Devon Smith.[4]

In March 2017, during the 2016–17 Regional Four Day Competition, he scored a double century for the Windward Islands against the Leeward Islands.[5] In the 2016–17 Regional Super50, he was the top run-scorer for the Windward Islands, scoring more than double the number of runs of any of his teammates, with 423 in total.[6]

In October 2018, Cricket West Indies (CWI) awarded him a development contract for the 2018–19 season.[7][8]

International career

Ambris played for the West Indies under-19s at the 2012 Under-19 World Cup in Australia.[9] Against Papua New Guinea, he scored 91 from 43 balls, including nine fours and seven sixes.[10]

In June 2017, he was added to the West Indies One Day International (ODI) squad, ahead of the third match against India, but he did not play.[11] He made his ODI debut for the West Indies against England on 29 September 2017, scoring an unbeaten 38 from 27 balls.[12]

In November 2017, he was named in the West Indies Test squad for their series against New Zealand.[13] He made his Test debut for the West Indies against New Zealand on 1 December 2017 and became the sixth batsmen to be out hit wicket off the first ball, and the first to be dismissed in this manner on Test debut.[14][15] In the second innings, he opened his account with a six and became only the sixth batsman in Test cricket to do so.[16] On 10 December 2017, he got out hit wicket again in the first innings of the second Test against New Zealand[17] and became the first player to be dismissed hit-wicket twice in consecutive Tests.[18] In the second innings, he retired hurt (not out) after he fractured his forearm.[19]

In May 2019, Cricket West Indies (CWI) named him as one of ten reserve players in the West Indies' squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[20][21] On 24 June 2019, Ambris was added to the West Indies's squad, after Andre Russell was ruled out of the team with a knee injury.[22]

In June 2020, Ambris was named as one of eleven reserve players in the West Indies' Test squad, for their series against England.[23] The Test series was originally scheduled to start in May 2020, but was moved back to July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[24]

References

  1. ^ Twenty20 matches played by Sunil Ambris – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. ^ First-class matches played by Sunil Ambris – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  3. ^ Guyana v Windward Islands, Regional Four Day Competition 2013/14 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  4. ^ Batting and fielding in Regional Four Day Competition 2013/14 (ordered by runs) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  5. ^ "WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament, Trinidad & Tobago v Jamaica at Port of Spain, Mar 24–27, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Cricket Records | West Indies Cricket Board Regional Super50, 2016/17 – Windward Islands | Records | Batting and bowling averages | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Kemar Roach gets all-format West Indies contract". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Cricket West Indies announces list of contracted players". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  9. ^ Under-19 ODI matches played by Sunil Ambris – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  10. ^ Papua New Guinea Under-19s v West Indies Under-19s, ICC Under-19 World Cup 2012 (Group C) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  11. ^ "Kyle Hope, Ambris earn maiden ODI call-ups". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  12. ^ "5th ODI (D/N), West Indies tour of England at Southampton, Sep 29 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Ambris replaces Kyle Hope in WI Test squad for NZ tour". ESPN Cricinfo. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  14. ^ "'We can bounce back' says West Indies coach after debutant batsman's freak dismissal". Stuff. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  15. ^ "1st Test, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Wellington, Dec 1-5 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  16. ^ "West Indies' Sunil Ambris continues unique Test debut against New Zealand". Indian Express. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  17. ^ "New Zealand vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Hamilton, December 09 - 12, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Sunil Ambris becomes first player to be dismissed hit-wicket twice in consecutive Tests, watch video". Indian Express. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  19. ^ Fernando, Andrew Fidel (12 December 2017). "Wagner, Boult seal 2-0 sweep". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  20. ^ "Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard named among West Indies' World Cup reserves". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  21. ^ "Pollard, Dwayne Bravo named in West Indies' CWC19 reserves". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  22. ^ "Injured Andre Russell out of rest of the World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  23. ^ "Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul turn down call-ups for England tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  24. ^ "Squad named for Sandals West Indies Tour of England". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 3 June 2020.