The greatest XI not to have won the cricket World Cup

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#10 Curtly Ambrose

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Curtly Ambrose represented the Windies during their decline period
Curtly Ambrose represented the Windies during their decline period

One of the finest fast bowlers of all time, the 6 foot 8 inches tall Ambrose played in 4 World Cups, but could never win it. His team made it to the semi-final in 1996 but lost to Australia in a thriller.

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Ambrose was a wonderful bowler with unerring accuracy and lively pace and bounce. He was also one the most successful fast bowlers of all time and would walk into the greatest West Indian team ever.

Ambrose played 176 ODIs in his career and took 225 wickets at 24.12. He also had an excellent economy rate of 3.48. Many top batsmen have termed him as the toughest bowler they had faced and had a lot of difficulties dealing with him.

His career was not as long as that of his bowling partner Courtney Walsh, but Ambrose was the better bowler of the two and would have a place in this eleven.

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