Sir Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose, KCN (born 21 September 1963) is a former
cricketer from
Antigua who played 98
Test matches for the
West Indies. A fast bowler, he took 405 Test
wickets at an
average of 20.99 and topped the
ICC Player Rankings for much of his career to be rated the best bowler in the world. His great height—he is 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m) tall—allowed him to make the ball bounce unusually high after he delivered it; allied to his pace and accuracy, it made him a difficult bowler for batsmen to face. A man of few words during his career, he was notoriously reluctant to speak to journalists. He was chosen as one of the
Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1992; after he retired he was entered into the
International Cricket Council Hall of Fame and selected as one of West Indies all-time XI by a panel of experts.