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Full name Ridley Detamore Jacobs
Born November 26, 1967, Swetes Village, Antigua
Current age 40 years 172 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

Jul 24, 2004

Ridley Jacobs drives
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Jul 1, 2004

Ridley Jacobs is bowled
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Apr 1, 2004

Ridley Jacobs
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