Courtney Walsh, born on 30 October 1962, is a Jamaican former cricketer who represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001 and captained the team in 22 Test matches. A fast bowler considered one of the all-time greats, he is best known for his opening partnership with Curtly Ambrose, with whom he shared 421 Test wickets in 49 matches. He played 132 Tests and 205 ODIs for the West Indies, taking 519 and 227 wickets, and he was the first bowler to reach 500 Test wickets, holding the Test wicket record from 2000 until Shane Warne passed it in 2004. He is also remembered for declining to run out the Pakistan batter Saleem Jaffar at the 1987 World Cup, a gesture of sportsmanship that cost West Indies a place in the semi-finals. He was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1987 and was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in October 2010.
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is a Jamaican former cricketer who represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001
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He shared 421 Test wickets with Ambrose in 49 matches.
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is a Jamaican former cricketer who represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001
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Walsh is also famous for his sportsmanlike gesture of not mankading last man Saleem Jaffar of Pakistan in a World Cup match in 1987, which cost the West Indies the match and a place in the semi-finals.
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represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001, captaining the team in 22 Test matches
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