A Cricket Life Courtney Walsh

The legendary Jamaican fast bowler on captaining the Windies, his partnership with Curtly Ambrose and making a friend for life in Jack Russell.
Interview by Aadam Patel

FOLLOWING MAGIC MIKEY
My first memory of cricket was playing in the backyard with my friends in Jamaica. We would play with a tennis ball and once school was out, that’s all we ever did. Those tennis balls would properly bounce so everyone bowled super quick.
I actually started off as more of a batter. Michael Holding and I played for the same club, Melbourne CC. We grew up in the same area and to this day, w...

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