Editing Curtly Ambrose (section)

===Second tour of Australia===
The West Indies toured Australia in 1992–93, recovering from losing the second Test to win the final two matches and take the series 2–1. The team also won the annual [[Australian Tri-Series|World Series Cup]]. In the first three Tests, Ambrose was hampered by pitches which did not suit his bowling and, according to Tony Cozier writing in ''Wisden'', was often unlucky when he bowled,<ref name=Aus92>Cozier (1994), pp. 1,044–47.</ref> although he took five for 66 in the first Test.<ref name=figures/> In the final two Tests, he took 19 wickets.<ref name=Aus92/> In the fourth he took ten wickets, including six for 74 in the first innings; in the second innings, he took three wickets in 19 deliveries and the West Indies won the match by one run. According to Cozier, the captains of both teams, [[Richie Richardson]] and [[Allan Border]], "paid tribute to the man who made the result possible: Ambrose consolidated his reputation as the world's leading bowler".<ref>Cozier (1994), pp. 1,057–58.</ref> On the first day of the decisive final Test, Ambrose took seven wickets at the cost of one run from 32 deliveries and finished with figures of seven for 25. Cozier described it as "one of Test cricket's most devastating spells".<ref name="Cozier 5th Test">Cozier (1994), pp. 1,059–60.</ref> West Indies won by an innings and Ambrose was named man of the series,<ref name="Cozier 5th Test"/> having taken 33 wickets to equal the record in an Australia-West Indies Test series. He topped the West Indian bowling averages with an average of 16.42.<ref name=Aus92/> Cozier described Ambrose's performance as "instrumental in winning [the series]" and his bowling as "flawless".<ref name=Aus92/>

In the one-day tournament, Ambrose took 18 wickets at 13.38.<ref name=ODI/> He took eight wickets in the two-match final—both games were won by the West Indies.<ref name=Aus92/> In the first final, he took five for 32, driven to bowl with more hostility when the Australian batsman [[Dean Jones (cricketer)|Dean Jones]] asked him to remove his white wristbands while bowling. He followed up with three for 26 in the second match to be named player of the finals.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Cozier | first = Tony| title = Wisden Cricketers' Almanack| year = 1994 | editor-last=Engel | editor-first=Matthew| publisher = John Wisden & Co| chapter = Benson and Hedges World Series Cup, 1992–93| location = London| isbn = 0-947766-22-7| page = 1,112–14}}</ref>
After a one-day tournament in South Africa, West Indies returned home for Test and ODI series against Pakistan. The ODI series was drawn,<ref name=ODI/><ref name=P93/> but the West Indies defeated Pakistan 2–0 in the Tests. Ambrose took nine wickets at 23.11 to be fifth in the team bowling averages. The ''Wisden'' report suggested that he was suffering from fatigue after his team's busy schedule, but although not at his best, he continued to take important wickets.<ref name=P93>{{Cite book | last = Rutnagur | first = Dicky| title = Wisden Cricketers' Almanack| year = 1994 | editor-last=Engel | editor-first=Matthew| publisher = John Wisden & Co| chapter = The Pakistanis in the West Indies, 1992–93| location = London| isbn = 0-947766-22-7| page = 1,087–89}}</ref> For Northamptonshire in 1993, Ambrose was second in the team first-class bowling averages with 59 wickets at 20.45.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Radd | first = Andrew| title = Wisden Cricketers' Almanack| year = 1994 | editor-last=Engel | editor-first=Matthew| publisher = John Wisden & Co| chapter = Northamptonshire in 1993| location = London| isbn = 0-947766-22-7| page = 529}}</ref>

Having developed a [[slower ball]], and using the yorker more sparingly,<ref name=Harris>{{Cite news | last = Harris |first = Norman |title = Deadly dark destroyer at the height of his powers | newspaper = The Observer  | location = London  | page = B12 | date = 16 January 1994}}</ref> Ambrose took five wickets in three games as West Indies won an ODI tournament in Sharjah in late October and November 1993.<ref name=ODI/><ref>{{Cite book| title = Wisden Cricketers' Almanack| year = 1995 | editor-last=Engel | editor-first=Matthew| publisher = John Wisden & Co| chapter = Pepsi Champions Trophy, 1993–94| location = London| isbn = 0-947766-24-3|page = 1,139–44}}</ref> The team competed in another tournament, this time in India, later that November. They finished as runners-up, and Ambrose took four wickets in five matches.<ref name=ODI/><ref>{{Cite book| title = Wisden Cricketers' Almanack| year = 1995 | editor-last=Engel | editor-first=Matthew| publisher = John Wisden & Co| chapter = Hero Cup, 1993–94| location = London| isbn = 0-947766-24-3|page = 1,145–54}}</ref> Immediately following this, West Indies toured Sri Lanka to play three ODIs and a Test, a rain-ruined match in which Ambrose took three wickets.<ref>{{Cite book| last = Rutnagur | first = Dicky | title = Wisden Cricketers' Almanack| year = 1995 | editor-last=Engel | editor-first=Matthew| publisher = John Wisden & Co| chapter = The West Indians in Sri Lanka, 1993–94| location = London| isbn = 0-947766-24-3|page = 1,071–76}}</ref>