Full name Timothy Raymond Ambrose
Born December 1, 1982, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Current age 26 years 344 days
Major teams England, Sussex, Warwickshire
Nickname Freak
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Height 5 ft 7 in
Education Merewether Selective High, NSW
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 11 | 16 | 1 | 447 | 102 | 29.80 | 963 | 46.41 | 1 | 3 | 55 | 4 | 31 | 0 |
| ODIs | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2.50 | 34 | 29.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| T20Is | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| First-class | 109 | 165 | 15 | 5266 | 251* | 35.10 | 10162 | 51.82 | 9 | 30 | 246 | 16 | ||
| List A | 103 | 91 | 13 | 2221 | 135 | 28.47 | 3024 | 73.44 | 3 | 8 | 108 | 18 | ||
| Twenty20 | 31 | 26 | 6 | 532 | 77 | 26.60 | 440 | 120.90 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 11 | 19 | 10 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ODIs | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| T20Is | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First-class | 109 | 6 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 1.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| List A | 103 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Twenty20 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Test debut | New Zealand v England at Hamilton, Mar 5-9, 2008 scorecard |
| Last Test | West Indies v England at Bridgetown, Feb 26-Mar 2, 2009 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | England v New Zealand at Chester-le-Street, Jun 15, 2008 scorecard |
| Last ODI | England v New Zealand at Lord's, Jun 28, 2008 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| Only T20I | England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jun 13, 2008 scorecard |
| T20I statistics | |
| First-class debut | 2001 |
| Last First-class | Lancashire v Warwickshire at Manchester, Sep 23-25, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 2001 |
| Last List A | Lancashire v Warwickshire at Manchester, Sep 27, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Hampshire v Sussex at Southampton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Sussex v Warwickshire at Hove, Jul 27, 2009 scorecard |
Born in New South Wales, Ambrose started out at Sussex and made a positive impression - especially with his hard-hitting batting. However, with Matt Prior on the books he realised regular first-team cricket, and importantly keeping opportunities, would be limited and he moved to Warwickshire at the start of the 2006 season. He had a stop-start beginning to life at Edgbaston as injury restricted his early-season chances in 2006, but in the second half of the summer he gave plenty of examples of his batting ability and he blossomed in fine style during 2007. He was so prolific there was talk of him being an outside bet for the Test and one-day sides - but his former team-mate, Prior, got the nod. However, Prior's disappointing tour of Sri Lanka led to his axing in early 2008 and Ambrose was called up as his replacement for England's series against New Zealand. He started promisingly, too; his counterattacking 102 in the second Test in Wellington turned England's fortunes around and helped swing the series their way. Off the pitch, he is a useful guitarist and nicknamed 'freak' due to everything apparently coming naturally to him.
Andrew McGlashan April 2008
- Yorkshire flounder to Sreesanth (Aug 27, 2009)
- New Zealand v England 2007-08 (Aug 1, 2009)
- England Lions hammer West Indies (May 2, 2009)
- Taylor burst boosts West Indies spirits (May 1, 2009)
- Clarke sparkles after a Lara record falls (Apr 24, 2009)
Aug 27, 2009
Tim Ambrose plays to leg
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Aug 26, 2009
Tim Ambrose raises his bat acknowledging his century
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May 2, 2009
Tim Ambrose plays his favourite cut shot as he hits a century against the West Indians
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