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Ridley Jacobs

Ridley Jacobs
Personal information
Full name Ridley Detamore Jacobs
Born (1967-11-26) 26 November 1967 (age 49)
Swetes Village, Antigua and Barbuda
Batting style Left-handed
Role Wicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut 26 November 1998 v South Africa
Last Test 29 July 2004 v England
ODI debut 26 March 1996 v New Zealand
Last ODI 10 July 2004 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no. 7
Domestic team information
Years Team
1991–2005 Leeward Islands
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs 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 0 0 6 0
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 0/0
Catches/stumpings 207/12 160/29 443/33 254/43
Source: Cricket Archive, 22 October 2010

Ridley Detamore Jacobs (26 November 1967, Swetes, Antigua), is a left-handed batsman who was a regular fixture in the West Indian cricket team in the 1990s and 2000s. 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. 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. 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.


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