Courtney Walsh's One Day International Career with West Indies

The statistics on this page are now complete, and will be added to as long as Courtney is still playing.

On the tour of England in 1995, he became the leading wicket taker in One Day Internationals for West Indies.

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1984/5 1985 1986 1986/7 1987 1987/8 1988 1988/9 1989 1990 1991 1992/3 1993 1994 1995 1995/6 1996 1996/7 1997 1998 1999 2000

1984/5

World Series Cup in Australia
West Indies, Sri Lanka and Australia

10th Jan
Vs Sri Lanka, Hobart
Battingdnb
Bowling10-1-47-1
17th Jan
Vs Sri Lanka, Sydney
Battingdnb
Bowling10-1-45-0
26th Jan
Vs Sri Lanka, Adelaide
Battingdnb
Bowling10-0-54-1
2nd Feb
Vs Sri Lanka, Perth
Battingdnb
Bowling10-0-52-2

Courtney didn't play in any of the round robin matches against Australia, nor in the finals.

Bowling averages

BowlingO
40
M
2
R
198
W
4
Av
49.50

Although Courtney was included in the squad for the Benson and Hedges World Championship of Cricket in 1985, he didn't play in any of the matches

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1985

Rothmans Challenge Cup, Sharjah

West Indies, India and Pakistan

22 Nov
Vs India
Battingdnb
Bowling9-1-37-0

This was the only match Courtney played in

One Day International Series Vs Pakistan

27th Nov
Gujranwala
Battingdnb
Bowling8-0-39-1
29th Nov
Lahore
Batting7no
Bowling8-0-32-0
2nd Dec
Peshawar
Battingdnb
Bowling8-0-30-1
4th Dec
Rawalpindi
Battingdnb
Bowling8-0-43-1
6th Dec
Vs Karachi
Battingdnb
Bowling8-0-20-0

Averages

As Courtney only batted in one match, there are no batting averages!

BowlingO
40
M
0
R
170
W
3
Av
56.66

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1986

Home Series, West Indies vs England

18th Feb
Sabina Park, Kingston
battingdnb
Bowling9-0-42-0
4th Mar
Queens Park Oval
Battingdnb
Bowling9-0-49-1
30th Mar
Queens Park Oval
Battingdnb
Bowling10-0-25-2

To Pakistan

4th Nov
Gujranwala
Battingdnb
bowling10-1-31-0
14th Nov
Sialkot
Battingdnb
Bowling9-1-38-3
17th Nov
Multan
battingdnb
Bowling5-4-7-2
18th Nov
Hyderabad
battingdnb
Bowling8-2-25-0

Bowling Averages

O
32
M
8
R
101
W
5
Av
20.20

Sharjah

West Indies, Pakistan and Sri Lanka Triangular Tournament

28th Nov
Vs Pakistan
Battingdnb
Bowling9.4-1-31-4
30th Nov
Vs India
Battingdnb
Bowling9-0-31-1
3rd Dec
Vs Sri Lanka
Battingdnb
Bowling4.3-3-1-5

That last bowling analysis isn't a mistake- Courtney really did take 5 wickets for 1 run!

Bowling Averages

O
23.1
M
4
R
63
W
10
BB
5-1
Av
6.30

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1986/87

To Australia

Benson and Hedges Challenge trophy
West Indies, Australia, Pakistan and England

30th Dec
Vs Pakistan, Perth
Batting2
Bowling10-0-48-2
3rd Jan 87
Vs England, Perth
Batting0
Bowling9-0-40-1
4th Jan
Vs Australia, Perth
Battingdnb
Bowling6-1-11-0

Benson and Hedges World Series Cup
West Indies, Australia and England

17th Jan
Vs England, Brisbane
Batting3no
Bowling7.1-0-19-0
(Need to check date)
Vs Australia, Melbourne
Battingdnb
Bowling10-2-37-0
24th Jan
Vs England, Adelaide
Batting3
Bowling10-0-55-3
25th Jan
Vs Australia, Adelaide
Battingdnb
Bowling10-0-46-3
(Need to check date)
Vs Australia, Sydney
Batting3
Bowling10-1-42-1
3rd Feb
Vs England, Devonport
Batting1no
Bowling10-1-31-2
6th Feb
Vs Australia, Sydney
Batting1no
Bowling10-2-16-1

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1987

To New Zealand

18th Mar
Dunedin
Batting7no
Bowling6.1-1-28-1
21st Mar
Auckland
Battingdnb
Bowling9-0-45-2
28th mar
Christchurch
Battingdnb
Bowling7-0-18-2

World Cup in India and Pakistan

9th Oct
Vs England, Gujranwala
Battingdnb
Bowling9.3-0-65-1
13th Oct
Vs Sri Lanka, Karachi
Battingdnb
Bowling7-2-23-1
16th Oct
Vs Pakistan, Lahore
Batting7
Bowling10-1-40-4
21st Oct
Vs Sri Lanka, Kanpur
Batting9no
Bowling9-2-43-1
26th Oct
Vs England, Jaipur
Batting2
Bowling10-0-24-0
30th Oct
Vs Pakistan, Karachi
Battingdnb
Bowling10-1-34-2

Averages

BattingM
6
I
3
NO
1
R
18
HS
9
Av
9.00
BowlingO
55.3
M
6
R
229
W
9
Av
25.44
BB
4-40

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1987/8

To India

8th Dec
Nagpur
Batting3no
Bowling9-0-20-1
23rd Dec
Gauhati
Battingdnb
Bowling7.3-2-16-4
2nd Jan 88
Calcutta
Batting2
Bowling9-2-26-1
5th Jan
Rajkot
Battingdnb
Bowling8-0-39-0
19th Jan
Faridabad
Battingdnb
Bowling10-1-43-1
22nd Jan
Gwalior
Battingdnb
Bowling6-1-23-1

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1988

Home series Vs Pakistan

12th Mar
Jamaica
Battingdnb
Bowling10-1-37-1
? date
Antigua
Battingdnb
Bowling10-1-24-0
18th Mar Battingdnb
Bowling8-1-43-1
20th Mar
Trinidad
Battingdnb
Bowling9-0-43-0
30th Mar
Guyana
Battingdnb
Bowling10-2-50-1

To England

19th May
Edgbaston
Batting2no
Bowling 11-1-50-0
?May
Headingly
Batting18
Bowling11-0-39-1
23/24 May
Lords
Battingdnb
Bowling11-5-11-0

Champions Trophy, Sharjah

West Indies, India and Pakistan

16th Oct
Vs India
Batting2
Bowling19-1-35-0
18th Oct
Vs Pakistan
Battingdnb
Bowling7-0-36-1
21st oct
Semi Final Vs India
Battingdnb
Bowling6-0-19-2
22nd Oct
Final Vs Pakistan
Battingdnb
Bowling10-0-42-1

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1988/9

To Australia- World Series Cup

West Indies, Pakistan and Australia

10th Dec 88
Adelaide Vs Pakistan
Batting1no
Bowling10-0-41-1
13th Dec 88
Sydney Vs Australia
Batting2
Bowling10-0-36-2
15th Dec 88
Melbourne Vs Australia
Batting1
Bowling10-0-45-0
17th Dec 88
Hobart Vs Pakistan
Battingdnb
Bowling8-1-23-2
1st Jan 89
Perth Vs Pakistan
Battingdnb
Bowling10-2-21-1
5th Jan 89
Melbourne Vs Australia
Battingdnb
Bowling10-0-30-0
14th Jan 89
1st Final Melbourne Vs Australia
Batting3
Bowling10-0-45-1
16th Jan 89
2nd Final, Sydney Vs Australia
Battingdnb
Bowling9-1-40-0
18th Jan 89
3rd Final, Sydney Vs Australia
Battingdnb
Bowling7-0-39-1

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1989

Home series vs India

7th Mar
Barabdos
Battingdnb
Bowling10-1-30-1
9th Mar
Trinidad
Battingdnb
Bowling10-1-31-0
11th Mar
Trinidad
Battingdnb
Bowling10-1-22-0
18th Mar
Antigua
Battingdnb
Bowling10-0-54-0
21st Mar
Guyana
Battingdnb
Bowling9-0-27-2

Champions Trophy, Sharjah

West Indies, India and Pakistan

13th Oct
Vs India
Battingdnb
Bowling19-1-25-4
14th Oct
Vs Pakistan
Batting10
Bowling10-0-36-1
16th Oct
Vs India
Batting1
Bowling10-1-32-2
17th Oct
Vs Pakistan
Batting14
Bowling10-1-45-2

Averages

BattingM
4
I
3
NO
1
R
25
HS
14
Av
12.50
BowlingO
40.0
M
3
R
138
W
9
Av
15.33

To India for Nehru Cup

West Indies, Sri Lanka, Australia, India, Pakistan, England

19th Oct
Vs Sri Lanka, Rajkot
Batting13no
Bowling10-0-35-0
21st Oct
Vs Australia, Madras
Batting6
Bowling10-0-50-0
23rd Oct
Vs India, New Delhi
Batting6no
Bowling9-1-37-2
25th Oct
Vs Pakistan, Jullundur
Battingdnb
Bowling10-2-17-0
27th Oct
Vs England, Gwalior
Battingdnb
Bowling10-0-41-1
30th Oct, Semi Final
Vs India, Bombay
Battingdnb
Bowling10-0-39-3
2nd Nov, Final
Vs Pakistan, Calcutta
Battingdnb
Bowling10-0-55-1

Averages

BattingM
7
I
3
NO
2
R
25
HS
13no
Av
25.00
BowlingO
69.0
M
3
R
274
W
8
Av
34.25
BB
3-89

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1990

Home Series Vs England

14th Feb
Trinidad
Battingdnb
Bowling1-0-1-0
17th Feb
Trinidad
Rain prevented match
3rd Mar
Jamaica
Battingdnb
Bowling6-0-38-1
7th Mar
Guyana
Battingdnb
Bowling10-1-33-2
3rd Apr
Barbados
Battingdnb
Bowling8-0-49-1

To Pakistan

9th Nov
Karachi
Battingdnb
Bowling8-0-51-0
10th Nov
Lahore
Battingdnb
Bowlingdnb
13th Nov
Multan
Battingdnb
Bowling8-0-28-3
Nb Courtney did play in the Lahore match- he just didn't contribute greatly with bat or ball!

Averages

BowlingO
16.0
M
0
R
79
W
3
Av
26.37
BB
3-28

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1991

Home Series Vs Australia

26th Feb
Jamaica
Batting1no
Bowling7-1-30-1
13th Mar
Barbados
Batting4
Bowling10-0-46-0
20th Mar
Guyana
Batting2
Bowling10-0-54-1

Averages

BattingM
3
I
3
NO
1
R
7
HS
4
Av
3.50
BowlingO
27.0
M
1
R
130
W
2
Av
70.00
BB
1-15

To England

23(24) May
Edgbaston
Batting29no
Bowling11-0-34-2
25th May
Old Trafford
Batting1no
Bowling11-0-56-0
27th May
Lords
Batting0
Bowling11-1-50-0

Averages

BattingM
3
I
3
NO
2
R
30
HS
29no
Av
30.00
Bowling0
33.0
M
1
R
140
W
2
Av
70.00

To Sharjah, West Indies, India, Pakistan three way tournament

21st Oct
Vs Pakistan
Batting0
Bowling10-0-48-0

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1992/3

To Australia

World Series Cup, West Indies, Pakistan and Australia

15th Dec 92, Melbourne
Vs Australia
Batting0no
Bowling10-1-42-0
10th Jan 93 Brisbane
Vs Australia
Batting12
Bowling10-0-49-2

Courtney only played in two matches in this series.

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1993

To South Africa

Triangular Tournament, West Indies, Pakistan, South Africa

11th Feb, Port Elizabeth
Vs South Africa
Batting12
Bowling10-1-32-1
13th feb, Johannesburg
Vs Pakistan
Battingdnb
Bowling9-2-22-1
17th Feb, Cape Town
Vs South Africa
Batting10
Bowling10-2-24-2
19th Feb, Durban
Vs Pakistan
Battingdnb
Bowling10-1-21-1
23rd Feb, Bloamfontein
Vs South Africa
Battingdnb
Bowling10-2-26-0
25th Feb, Cape Town
Vs Pakistan
Battingdnb
Bowling9-2-16-4
Final, 27th Feb, Johannesburg
Vs Pakistan
Battingdnb
Bowling10-3-28-0

Home series vs Pakistan

23rd mar
Jamaica
Battingdnb
Bowling10-2-40-0
26th Mar
Trinidad
Battingdnb
Bowling8-2-30-1
27th Mar
Trinidad
Battingdnb
Bowling10-0-63-0
30th Mar
St Vincent
Batting3
Bowling10-0-34-2
3rd Apr
Guyana
Battingdnb
Bowling10-0-46-2

To Sharjah for Champions Trophy

West Indies, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

28th Oct
Vs Sri Lanka
Battingdnb
Bowling7-4-10-0
1st Nov
vs Pakistan
Batting2no
Batting10-1-39-0
3rd Nov
Vs Sri Lanka
Battingdnb
Bowling20-2-34-1
Final, 5th Nov
Vs Pakistan
Battingdnb
Bowling10-4-33-1

Averages

BattingM
4
I
1
NO
1
R
2
HS
2no
Av
-
BowlingO
37.0
M
11
R
116
W
2
Av
58.00

To India for Hero Cup

India, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Zimbabwe, West Indies

9th Nov, Bombay
Vs Sri Lanka
Battingdnb
Bowling8-2-25-0
16th Nov, Ahmedabad
Vs India
Battingdnb
Bowling7-2-25-2
25th Nov, Calcutta
Vs Sri Lanka
Battingdnb
Bowling10-3-33-0

Averages

BowlingO
25.0
M
7
R
83
W
2
Av
41.50

There are no batting averages, because Courtney didn't actually get to bat in this series!

To Sri Lanka

1st Dec
Columbo
Battingdnb
Bowling5-1-10-1
16th Dec
Columbo
Battingdnb
Bowling8.1-1-31-1
18th Dec
Columbo
Battingdnb
Bowling5-0-24-2

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1994

Home series Vs England

16th Feb
Barbados
Batting1no
Bowling10-0-42-0
26th Feb
Jamaica
Battingdnb
Bowling5-1-26-0
6th Mar
Trinidad
Battingdnb
Bowling10-0-58-1

To India

17th Oct
Faisalabad
Battingdnb
Bowling5-0-11-2
20th Oct
Bombay
Batting3
Bowling7-1-15-1
7th Nov
Vishakhapatnam
Batting3
Bowling9-0-50-1
9th Oct
Cuttack
Batting0
Bowling10-1-29-1

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To New Zealand

22nd Jan
Auckland
BattingDNB
Bowling8-1-26-2
25th Jan
Wellington
BattingDNB
Bowling9-1-42-2

Home series vs Australia

8th Mar
Barbados
Batting6no
Bowling10-1-52-2
11tm mar
Trinidad
Batting0no
Bowling8-0-59-1
12th mar
Trinidad
Battingdnb
Bowling4-1-14-0
15th Mar
St Vincent
Battingdnb
Bowling9-0-30-3
18th Mar
Guyana
Battingdnb
Bowling8-2-38-1

To England

24/25 May
Trent Bridge
Battingdnb
Bowling10-1-28-3
26 May
The Oval
Battingdnb
Bowling5.2-0-17-0

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1995/6

To Australia for World Series Cup

West Indies, Australia and Sri Lanka

16th Dec, Adelaide
Vs Sri Lanka
Battingdnb
Bowling10-5-23-1
17th Dec
Vs Australia
Battingdnb
Bowling10-1-46-0
19th Dec, Melbourne
Vs Australia
Batting1
Bowling9-0-32-1
1st Jan, Sydney
Vs Australia
Batting3no
Bowling9-2-22-0
3rd Jan, Hobart
Vs Sri Lanka
Batting11
Bowling8-1-22-1
5th Jan, Brisbane
Vs Sri Lanka
Battingdnb
Bowling9-2-19-2
7th Jan, Brisbane
Vs Australia
Batting0
Bowling9-0-56-2
14th Jan, Perth
Vs Sri Lanka
Batting3no
Bowling9-0-34-1

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1996

World Cup

In India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

16th Feb, Hyderabad
Vs Zimbabwe
Batting9no
Bowling9-3-18-0
29th Feb, Pune
Vs Kenya
Batting4
Bowling9-0-46-3
4th Mar, Jaipur
Vs Australia
Battingdnb
Bowling9-2-35-2
Quarter Final, 11th Mar, Karachi
Vs South Africa
Battingdnb
Bowling8.3-0-51-1
Semi-Final, 14th Mar, Chandigarh
Vs Australia
Batting0
Bowling10-0-33-0

Home series Vs New Zealand

26th Mar
Jamaica
Batting5no
Bowling9.1-1-30-3
29th Mar
Trinidad
Battingdnb
Bowling10-0-51-2
30th Mar
Trinidad
Battingdnb
Bowling9-2-37-0
3rd Apr
Guyana
Batting1
Bowling6-0-38-1
6th Apr
St Vincent
Battingdnb
Bowling9-0-38-1

Courtney was re=appointed Captain from this series.

Home match Vs Sri Lanka

13th Apr
Trinidad
Battingdnb
Bowling8-1-40-2

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1996/7

To Australia

World Series, West Indies, Pakistan and Australia

6th Dec, Vs Australia
Melbourne
Batting8no
Bowling9-0-34-0
8th Dec Vs Australia
Sydney
Batting0
Bowling8-0-30-1
17th Dec, Vs Pakistan
Adelaide
Battingdnb
Bowling8-2-24-0
3rd Jan Vs Pakistan
Brisbane
Battingdnb
Bowling10-1-40-3
5th Jan Vs Australia
Brisbane
Battingdnb
Bowling8-0-50-0
10th Jan Vs Pakistan
Perth
Battingdnb
Bowling19-2-38-2
12th Jan Vs Australia
Perth
Battingdnb
Bowling10-0-53-0
1st Final, 18th Jan Vs Pakistan
Sydney
Batting2no
Bowling10-1-29-2
2nd Final, 20th Jan Vs Pakistan
Melbourne
Batting0
Bowling9-1-24-2

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1997

Home Series Vs India

26th Apr
Trinidad
Battingdnb
Bowling8-0-34-0
27th Apr
Trinidad
Batting3
Bowling6-1-17-0
30th Apr
St Vincent
Batting0no
Bowling9.2-2-26-1
3rd May
Barbados
Battingdnb
Bowling9-3-26-2

Averages

BattingM
4
I
2
NO
1
R
3
HS
3
Av
3.00
BowlingO
32.2
M
6
R
103
W
3
Av
34.33
BB
2-26

Home Series vs Sri Lanka

6th June
Trinidad
BattingDNB
Bowling8-1-27-1

To Pakistan, Wills Four Nations Tournament

West Indies, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka

1st Nov
Vs Sri Lanka
Battingdnb
Bowling9-1-41-1
3rd Nov
Vs South Africa
Battingdnb
Bowling10-0-56-0
4th Nov
Vs Pakistan
Battingdnb
Bowling7.4-1-43-1

To Sharjah for Akai-Singer Champions Trophy

West Indies, England, India, Pakistan

12td Dec
Vs Pakistan
Battingdnb
Bowling8-014-2
13th Dec
Vs England
Battingdnb
Bowling9.5-1-51-1
16th Dec
Vs India
Battingdnb
Bowling7-1-24-0
FINAL 19th Dec
Vs England
Battingdnb
Bowling9.1-1-39-1

1998

Home series Vs England

29 Mar
Barbados
Batting0
Bowling10-0-57-1
1st Apr
Barbados
Batting1no
Bowling10-1-51-1

This was the first series in West Indies played in coloured clothing. The West Indies players got to choose their own numbers, and Courtney was no 33. Anyone know why?

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1999

Home series vs Australia

11th April
St Vincent
Batting2
Bowling8-1-37-0
18th April
Trinidad
Batting1
Bowling10-0-37-2
21st Apr
Guyana
Battingdnb
Bowling6-0-32-0

World Cup 1999 in England

Courtney didn't play in any of WI warm up matches.

First round

16th May, Bristol
Vs Pakistan
Batting0no
Bowling19-3-28-3
21st May, Dublin
Vs Bangladesh
Battingdnb
Bowling10-0-25-4
24th May, Southampton
Vs New Zealand
Battingdnb
Bowling10-1-27-1
27th May, Leicester
Vs Scotland
Battingdnb
Bowling7-1-7-3
30th May, Old Trafford
Vs Australia
Batting6
Bowling10-3-25-0

West Indies failed to qualify for the next round.

Averages

BattingM
5
I
2
NO
1
R
6
HS
6
Av
6
BowlingO
47
M
8
R
108
W
11
Av
9.81
BB
4-25

To Singapore for Coca Cola Cup

2nd Sept
Vs Zimbabwe
Battingdnb
Bowling10-4-31-1
7th Sept
Final vs India
Battingdnb
Bowling7-1-21-1
8th Sept
Final vs India (replay)
Battingdnb
Bowling10-2-19-1

The final on 7th sept was abandoned because of rain so a new final was played on 8th Sept.

To Canada for DMC cup

11th Sept, Toronto
vs India
Batting1
Bowling7-2-20-1
12th Sept, Toronto
Vs India
Battingdnb
Bowling7-2-13-0
14th Sept Toronto
vs India
Batting0no
Bowling10-1-30-2
16th Sept, Toronto
Vs Pakistan
Battingdnb
Bowling10-0-43-1
18th Sept, Toronto
Vs Pakistan
Batting1
Bowling10-4-40-0
19th Sept, Toronto
vs Pakistan
Batting0no
Bowling7-1-24-1

2000

To New Zealand

2nd Jan
Auckland
Battingdnb
Bowling10-0-48-1
4th Jan
Taupo
Batting0
Bowling6-0-32-0
11th Jan
Christchurch
Batting18
Bowling10-0-70-1

Last updated 12th Jan 2000

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