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Full name Ridley Detamore Jacobs
Born November 26, 1967, Swetes Village, Antigua
Current age 40 years 287 days
Major teams West Indies,Antigua,Leeward Islands
Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
65
112
21
2577
118
28.31
5391
47.80
3
14
300
23
207
12
ODIs
147
112
32
1865
80*
23.31
2662
70.06
0
9
118
27
160
29
First-class
157
251
57
7518
149
38.75
17
40
443
33
List A
222
175
51
3180
85
25.64
0
16
254
43
Twenty20
2
2
0
45
31
22.50
31
145.16
0
0
4
2
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
65
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
147
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
157
6
0
0
-
-
-
0.00
-
0
0
0
List A
222
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Twenty20
2
2
30
44
3
3/8
3/8
14.66
8.80
10.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, Nov 26-30, 1998 scorecard
Last Test
England v West Indies at Birmingham, Jul 29-Aug 1, 2004 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
West Indies v New Zealand at Kingston, Mar 26, 1996 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v West Indies at Lord's, Jul 10, 2004 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1991/92 - 2004/05
List A span
1991/92 - 2004
Twenty20 debut
Antigua v St Lucia at Coolidge, Jul 19, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Antigua v Nevis at Coolidge, Jul 26, 2006 scorecard
Profile
Jacobs was West Indies' one success story of the late 1990s. A wicketkeeper and left-hand bat, he hailed from Swetes, the same Antiguan village as Curtly Ambrose, but had to wait until his 31st birthday for his Test debut, which came against South Africa in 1998-99. Jacobs's relish for fast bowling helped him top the batting averages on that unhappy tour, and three years later he notched his maiden Test century against the same opponents in Barbados, and scored two more after that - the second of which kept England's bowlers away from the West Indian tail as Brian Lara went about scoring his 400. Given a true pitch, Jacobs could be compelling viewing, unleashing booming strokes off either foot from a high backlift, but quality spin tended to tie him in knots. His batting, if inelegant, became more consistent and he was a valuable source of runs for West Indies. However, his glovework started to fail him and his form fell away dramatically in England in 2004. He was also troubled by knee trouble, returning home before the end of the tour and he retired from international cricket the following spring.
Simon Briggs April 2005
