Sunil Ambris

Sunil Ambris
Personal information
Full name Sunil Walford Ambris
Born (1993-03-23) 23 March 1993
Saint Vincent
Batting Right-handed
Relations Romel Currency (half-brother)
International information
National side
Test debut 1 December 2017 v New Zealand
Last Test 12 October 2018 v India
Only ODI 29 September 2017 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012/13 Combined Campuses and Colleges
2013/14–2016/17 Windward Islands
2014 St Lucia Zouks
2017 St Lucia Stars
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA
Matches 2 1 44 28
Runs scored 25 38 2,189 873
Batting average 8.33 – 31.27 41.57
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 6/9 0/8
Top score 18 38* 231 75*
Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/– 63/3 17/1
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 October 2018

Sunil Walford Ambris (born 23 March 1993) is a Vincentian cricketer who has played for the Windward Islands and the Combined Campuses and Colleges in West Indian domestic cricket, as well as representing the St Lucia Zouks franchise 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 December 10, 2017, he got out hit wicket again in the second innings in 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.

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 2017-03-28.
  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. ↑ "WI 121/5 (36.4 ov, KC Brathwaite 63*, SO Dowrich 0*, C de Grandhomme 1/30) - Live | Match Report | ESPNCricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  18. ↑ "Sunil Ambris becomes first player to be dismissed hit-wicket twice in consecutive Tests, watch video". Indian Express. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
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