Curtly Ambrose in "Wisden", to describe Ambrose as "a shadow of his former self". Any danger that Ambrose might have retired after this series was forestalled when Brian Lara was appointed West Indies captain and immediately spoke to Ambrose and Walsh to ask them to continue in the team. When England toured the West Indies between January and April 1998, he took 30 wickets at 14.26 to top the bowling averages for the series. Many of the pitches during the tour were poor for batting, but Ambrose was very effective, particularly in the second, third and fourth Tests. In addition, he dismissed
Canada national cricket team Canada national cricket team The Canada national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Canada in international cricket. The team is organised by Cricket Canada, which became an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1968. With the United States, Canada was one of the two participants in the first international cricket match, played in New York City in 1844. The annual Canada–U.S. fixture is now known as the Auty Cup. Canada's first international match against a team other than the U.S. came only in 1932, when Australia toured. As with the ICC associate members,