Perhaps they felt his batting was over-reliant upon the cut. Ambrose has scored 11,349 first-class runs, of which 8,414 have come for Warwickshire, in a career run tally of 16,902. After a half-century on debut, he made a century at Wellington in his second match that turned the series in England's favour. But he was unable to sustain that form and, by the time England left for their tour of India, he was Prior's reserve once again. "Throughout making the decision to retire, he's always thought about the impact it will have on the team and is completely modest about the important role he's played in the club's history. He soon signed for Sussex and, as naturally gifted keeper and batsman, he made his first-class debut the following year and, by 2003, the year Sussex won the first Championship title in their history, he had gained the lion's share of the keeping duties from Matt Prior. December 1, 1982, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, Major teams England, Sussex, Warwickshire. I have always tried to put the club and the team first and to not make this decision now would go against that.". Tim Ambrose, the Warwickshire wicketkeeper, has announced that he will retire from the professional game at the end of the 2020 season. Warwickshire's ex-England wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose is to retire at the end of the 2020 county season. How to get into cricket - the thrill of the big hit, the rush of taking the catch, the skill of bowling. Warwickshire's players, including new signing Tim Bresnan, 35, and fellow England international Ian Bell, 38, returned to training earlier this week. Warwickshire sport director Paul Farbrace said: "Tim has been one of the great wicketkeeper-batsmen of the modern game. He also scored more than 900 runs at an average in excess of 40. But in an age when many keepers are manufactured, Ambrose was highly accomplished with the gloves and, by jettisoning him when he was just 26, England probably never saw the best of him. There are players who get overshadowed by some of their colleagues, and then there are some who don't get enough opportunities to create a shadow of their own. His Test debut came in New Zealand. George Dobell, Ambrose was part of the Division Two-winning side in 2018, Tim Ambrose attempts to dismiss Brendan Taylor. A model professional. "It is a difficult thing to accept as I would love to play another 20 years, if it was at all possible," said Ambrose. In the last of his 11 Tests, in Barbados in early 2009, Ambrose made an unbeaten 76 and kept tidily enough in tricky conditions as West Indies batted for the best part of 200 overs. To help make this website better, to improve and personalize your experience and for advertising purposes, are you happy to accept cookies and other technologies. Warwickshire's former England wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose will retire at the end of the 2020 season. Tim Ambrose could be forgiven for considering himself the forgotten man of English cricket. For that reason, Ambrose took the decision to leave Sussex at the end of 2005 and make a new start at Warwickshire. On and off the field, he will be hugely missed. Warwickshire were patient, though. He later revealed he had been suffering from an episode of depression and, by the end of that season with his contract finished and his love for the game ebbing, he cleared his locker at Edgbaston in expectation that his career was over. A revised format for the delayed and truncated 2020 season, which is scheduled to begin on 1 August, is currently being worked on. Find out more in our, New Zealand Women tour of Australia, 2020, vs New Zealand at Seddon Park, Mar 05, 2008, vs West Indies at Kensington Oval, Feb 26, 2009, vs New Zealand at Riverside Ground, Jun 15, 2008, vs India at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Dec 02, 2008, vs New Zealand at Emirates Old Trafford, Jun 13, 2008. Perhaps they felt that he was prone to fluctuations in form that rendered him somewhat unreliable. Born on 01 December 1982, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, Tim Ambrose moved to England at the age of 17 and established himself as a powerful wicket-keeper batsman at Sussex. Sent back to county cricket and ordered to score more runs, he duly made a century for England Lions against the touring West Indies and another against Hampshire in the Championship. Tim Ambrose's retirement as a player brought the end of an era at Warwickshire. 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There are players who get overshadowed by some of their colleagues, and then there are some who don't get enough opportunities to create a shadow of their own. Even though there were times when he took the gloves from Prior for Sussex and England, Prior always returned stronger to reclaim his position.

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