Test players with the highest frequency of Man-of-the-Match awards (Part 3)
Continuing our discussion about Test players who have won the most number of the Man-of-the-match awards, we now take a look at Curtly Ambrose and Imran Khan
Curtly Ambrose
Curtly Ambrose is famously known for being one of the most lethal fast bowlers from his era. Two of his most renowned bowling spells are still fresh in the minds of many till date. The first was against the English team in 1993-94 when Ambrose cleaned up
the Englishmen for 46 runs with figures of 6 for 24. His second best performance came against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 when Ambrose destroyed the Aussie batting with a powerful spell of 7 for 1 at the WACA.
Ambrose had an outstanding test bowling record as he took 405 wickets from 98 test matches. He has an impressive bowling average of 20.99, and a commendable strike rate of 54.5 runs per wicket. The West Indian veteran fast bowler has 22 five-wicket and 3
ten-wicket hauls in a match. Not to forget, his bowling figures of 8 for 45 in an innings.
The tall dark Ambrose had the ability to extract a lot of bounce from the wicket, which led to him snatching 14 man-of-the-match awards. During his peak bowling years, West Indian’s were considered to be one of the strongest bowling teams of the world arena.
He was also able to maintain a per test award rate of 7.00.
Ambrose was not a conventional fast swing bowler, but was surely feared by many batsmen of his era. He used to run in fast and arguably was the fastest bowler of his time. Ambrose surely is worthy of a position at the No. 4 spot in the highest frequency
of man-of-the-match awards for a test player.
Imran Khan
Imran Khan is famously known for leading the Pakistani team in the 1992 ICC World Cup along with having a strong personality which allowed this veteran all-rounder to contribute to his country’s cricket and social sector such as politics and social services.
He is considered to be one of the pioneers of reverse and conventional swing bowling. At the time of the 1992 ICC World Cup, the veteran was at the end of his career at the age of 41 years when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193 helped a weak Pakistani line-up to the mantle of World
Champion status in Australia.
Imran was famously known for his ability to bowl in-swinging yorkers at will along with maintaining a celebrity status across the globe. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-South-Wales-c823,
Oxford University, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Worcestershire-c866.
The veteran played 88 test matches in his 23 years of international cricket. He scored a modest collection of 3807 runs with a best of 136. He had an outstanding average of 37.69 runs per innings. The all-round veteran had 6 centuries and 18 half-centuries
to his credit.
His bowling credentials in test cricket do more justice to his overall contribution to the game of cricket. He picked up 362 wickets in 142 test innings, maintaining an impressive bowling average of 22.81. The veteran had 23 five-wicket hauls and 6 ten-wicket
hauls in test cricket. With a best of 8 for 58 and 14 for 116 in a test match, Khan was second to no one in aggressive pace bowling. Not to forget, his outstanding strike rate of 53.7 and an economy rate of 2.54. He later passed on his knowledge to his apprentices
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To be continued....
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