Sunil Walford Ambris (born 23 March 1993) is a
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ian professional cricketer who has played for the
Windward Islands
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and the
Combined Campuses and Colleges
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in West Indian domestic cricket, as well as representing the
St Lucia Zouks
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franchise in the
Caribbean Premier League
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(CPL). He was the first player to be dismissed hit-wicket twice in consecutive Tests and the first to be dismissed hit-wicket on test debut.
Domestic career
At the
2012–13 Caribbean Twenty20, Ambris played two matches for the Combined Campuses, against the
Leeward Islands
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and
Jamaica
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. His
first-class debut came during the
2013–14 Regional Four Day Competition, when he played for the Windward Islands against
Guyana
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. In his first innings, Ambris scored 114 runs from 200 balls, eventually being named man of the match. He finished his debut season with 468 runs from six matches, making him the Windwards' leading run-scorer behind
Devon Smith
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.
In March 2017, during the
2016–17 Regional Four Day Competition, he scored a double century for the Windward Islands against the
Leeward Islands
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In the
2016–17 Regional Super50
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, he was the top run-scorer for the Windward Islands, scoring more than double the number of runs of any of his teammates, with 423 in total.
In October 2018,
Cricket West Indies
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(CWI) awarded him a development contract for the 2018–19 season.
International career
Ambris played for the
West Indies under-19s at the
2012 Under-19 World Cup in Australia. Against
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, he scored 91 from 43 balls, including nine fours and seven sixes.
In June 2017, he was added to the West Indies
One Day International
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(ODI) squad, ahead of the third match
against India, but he did not play.
He made his ODI debut for the West Indies
against England on 29 September 2017, scoring an unbeaten 38 from 27 balls.
In November 2017, he was named in the West Indies
Test
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squad for their series
against New Zealand.
He made his Test debut for the West Indies against New Zealand on 1 December 2017 and became the sixth batsmen to be out
hit wicket
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off the first ball, and the first to be dismissed in this manner on Test debut.
In the second innings, he opened his account with a six and became only the sixth batsman in Test cricket to do so. On 10 December 2017, he got out hit wicket again in the second innings in the second Test against New Zealand and became the first player to be dismissed hit-wicket twice in consecutive Tests.
In the second innings, he retired hurt (not out) after he fractured his forearm.
In May 2019,
Cricket West Indies
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(CWI) named him as one of ten reserve players in the
West Indies' squad for the
2019 Cricket World Cup
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. On 24 June 2019, Ambris was added to the West Indies's squad, after
Andre Russell
Andre Dwayne Russell (born 29 April 1988) is a Jamaican who has played international cricket for West Indies cricket team, West Indies and for Jamaica national cricket team, Jamaica in domestic cricket as an all rounder (cricket), all-rounder. ...
was ruled out of the team with a knee injury.
In June 2020, Ambris was named as one of eleven reserve players in the West Indies' Test squad, for their series
against England. The Test series was originally scheduled to start in May 2020, but was moved back to July 2020 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
References
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1993 births
Living people
West Indies Test cricketers
West Indies One Day International cricketers
Combined Campuses and Colleges cricketers
Saint Lucia Kings cricketers
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines cricketers
Windward Islands cricketers
Cricketers at the 2019 Cricket World Cup
Wicket-keepers