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Full name Timothy Raymond Ambrose
Born December 1, 1982, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Current age 26 years 38 days
Major teams England, Sussex, Warwickshire
Nickname Freak
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Height 5 ft 7 in
Education Merewether Selective High, NSW

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

371

102

24.73

868

42.74

ODIs

2.50

29.41

T20Is

First-class

140

4376

251*

34.18

8667

50.49

202

List A

2041

135

29.57

2781

73.39

Twenty20

453

32.35

350

129.42

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

ODIs

T20Is

First-class

1.00

List A

Twenty20

Career statistics

Test debut

New Zealand v England at Hamilton, Mar 5-9, 2008 scorecard

Last Test

England v South Africa at The Oval, Aug 7-11, 2008 scorecard

Test statistics

ODI debut

England v New Zealand at Chester-le-Street, Jun 15, 2008 scorecard

Last ODI

England v New Zealand at Lord's, Jun 28, 2008 scorecard

ODI statistics

Only T20I

England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jun 13, 2008 scorecard

T20I statistics

First-class debut

2001

Last First-class

Warwickshire v Glamorgan at Birmingham, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

2001

Last List A

Derbyshire v Warwickshire at Derby, Sep 13, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Hampshire v Sussex at Southampton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard

Last Twenty20

England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jun 13, 2008 scorecard

Born in New South Wales, Ambrose started out at Sussex and made a positive impression - especially with his hard-hitting batting. However, with Matt Prior on the books he realised regular first-team cricket, and importantly keeping opportunities, would be limited and he moved to Warwickshire at the start of the 2006 season. He had a stop-start beginning to life at Edgbaston as injury restricted his early-season chances in 2006, but in the second half of the summer he gave plenty of examples of his batting ability and he blossomed in fine style during 2007. He was so prolific there was talk of him being an outside bet for the Test and one-day sides - but his former team-mate, Prior, got the nod. However, Prior's disappointing tour of Sri Lanka led to his axing in early 2008 and Ambrose was called up as his replacement for England's series against New Zealand. He started promisingly, too; his counterattacking 102 in the second Test in Wellington turned England's fortunes around and helped swing the series their way. Off the pitch, he is a useful guitarist and nicknamed 'freak' due to everything apparently coming naturally to him.
Andrew McGlashan April 2008

Dec 18, 2008

The England players line up before practice © Getty Images

Aug 7, 2008

Tim Ambrose tastes blood after a blow in the mouth © Getty Images

Aug 2, 2008

Paul Collingwood, Tim Ambrose and Alastair Cook are exasperated as another chance goes begging against South Africa © Getty Images

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