Ridley Detamore Jacobs
26 November 1967, in Swetes Village, Antigua.
Leeward Islands and West Indies.
The first West Indian to score a test century against South Africa with 118 in the year 2002, Jacobs secured his first limited overs international cap at age 29. Two years later, the left-handed wicket-keeper/batsman made his Test debut for West Indies against South Africa in the 1998/1999 series at Johannesburg. He confounded his detractors with a string of sterling performances with bat and gloves from the late 1990s, scoring 2,577 runs in 65 test matches, averaging 28.31, and 1,865 runs in 147 limited-overs internationals, averaging 23.32. The second Windies wicket-keeper to achieve 200 dismissals and score 1,000 runs in Test cricket, he jointly holds the world record of seven catches in an innings. He is ranked in the top two for play in both forms of the game among West Indian wicket-keepers. Jacobs, who has been compared to a Volvo for his sturdiness and reliability, opened the batting in the 1999 World Cup, where his gutsy play allowed him to reach 50 twice, as well as win a Man of the Match Award. The former vice-captain is among few cricketers to play with both the old and new generations of Caribbean cricket stars.
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