Ridley Jacobs

Ridley Detamore Jacobs (26 November 1967, Swetes, Antigua), is a former Antiguan cricketer, who played as a left-handed batsman for the West Indian cricket team in the 1990s and 2000s.

International career

He made his Test match debut on his 31st birthday, playing in 65 Tests in six years. In this time he took over 200 catches behind the stumps, making him only the second West Indies keeper to achieve the feat (after Jeff Dujon). In 2015, this was the 12th highest number of Test dismissals by a wicket keeper.^[1] He also played 147 ODIs. However, he was gradually pushed out of the team during 2004 and 2005, with Courtney Browne and Carlton Baugh, Jr. challenging for his position.

In 2015, Jacobs also jointly holds the world record for taking seven catches in a Test innings, which he achieved against Australia in Melbourne in 2000.^[2] He shares the feat with Wasim Bari, Bob Taylor and Ian Smith. He also featured in an outstanding partnership in the record breaking innings of Brian Lara against England in which Jacobs made a hundred and Lara made 400 not out.

International centuries

Test centuries

Test centuries of Ridley Jacobs
No	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Start date	Result
[1]	113*	29	South Africa	Bridgetown, Barbados	Kensington Oval	29 March 2001	Drawn
[2]	118	39	India	St. John's, Antigua	Antigua Recreation Ground	10 May 2002	Drawn
[3]	107*	61	England	St. John's, Antigua	Antigua Recreation Ground	10 April 2004	Drawn

International awards

One Day International Cricket

Man of the Match awards

S No	Opponent	Venue	Date	Match Performance	Result
1	New Zealand	County Ground, Southampton	24 May 1999	WK 5 ct. ; 80* (131 balls, 8x4, 1x6)	West Indies won by 7 wickets.[3]
2	Zimbabwe	Kallang Ground, Singapore	2 September 1999	WK 4 ct. ; 47 (48 balls, 3x4, 3x6)	West Indies won by 6 wickets.[4]

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