james charles laker took 19 wickets in a test match.
james charles laker took 19 wickets in a test match.
who took 19 wickets in a test match?
james charles laker
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ambrose and walsh missed the mini world cup odi tournament in october 1998, in ambrose's case following damage to his house caused by hurricane georges. they returned to the team for west indies' first ever tour of south africa, and ambrose took 13 wickets in the series at an average of 23.76, but west indies lost every game of the five-match series. in the first test match, ambrose and walsh bowled effectively but lacked support from the other members of the attack. in the second test, the pair again lacked support, but bowled well. the visiting team generally bowled too many bouncers to be effective, but ambrose took eight wickets in the game, including six for 51 in the second innings. he was ineffective in the third test, and despite bowling what geoffrey dean in "wisden" called a "superb opening spell", could not prevent south africa building up a large total against an attack lacking two other main bowlers. ambrose pulled out of the attack himself later in the innings with a back injury, and did not bowl in the second innings. he missed the final test with a hamstring injury. he was fit to play in the first six games of a seven-match odi series, won 6–1 by south africa, and took six wickets. in march 1999, west indies then faced australia in a home series, and contrary to expectations, west indies drew the series 2–2. the outcome of the series was decided by a small group of players, including ambrose, whom mike coward described in "wisden" as "five of the most distinguished cricketers of all time". ambrose took 19 wickets at 22.26, second to walsh in the averages. his best figures came in the fourth and final test, when he took five for 94 in the first innings and eight wickets in the match, but in the third match, although he only took four wickets in total, coward described ambrose as "rampant" and wrote that steve waugh, who scored 199, had to survive "some extraordinary pace bowling from ambrose". he played four of the odis which followed in april, taking three wickets. the following month, ambrose took part in the 1999 world cup in england, and he was the second most economical bowler in the tournament in conceding an average 2.35 runs per over while taking seven wickets at 13.42. west indies went out in the group stages, and matthew engel suggested that the bowlers were tired and judged the team "outright failures".
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