Ridley Jacobs

Ridley Detamore Jacobs (born 26 November 1967) is a former Antiguan cricketer, who played as a left-handed wicketkeeper batsman for the West Indian cricket team in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was the first opening batsman to carry his bat in the history of Cricket World Cup and was the fourth batsman to do so in a One Day International. Jacobs also picked up 219 dismissals in tests along with 189 in ODIs, which is second only to Jeff Dujon, for the Windies in his international career.

Ridley Jacobs
Personal information
Full name
Ridley Detamore Jacobs
Born (1967-11-26) 26 November 1967
Swetes Village, Antigua and Barbuda
BattingLeft-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 222)26 November 1998 v South Africa
Last Test29 July 2004 v England
ODI debut (cap 76)26 March 1996 v New Zealand
Last ODI10 July 2004 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.7
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1991–2005Leeward Islands
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 65 147 157 222
Runs scored 2,577 1,865 7,518 3,180
Batting average 28.31 23.31 38.75 25.64
100s/50s 3/14 0/9 17/40 0/16
Top score 118 80* 149 85
Balls bowled – – 6 –
Wickets – – 0 –
Bowling average – – – –
5 wickets in innings – – – –
10 wickets in match – – – –
Best bowling – – – –
Catches/stumpings 207/12 160/29 443/33 254/43
Source: CricketArchive, 22 October 2016
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