Corey Collymore Profile
by CricketArchive
DateLine: 20th February 2007
From the new crop of pace bowlers who have succeeded
Walsh and Ambrose Corey Collymore is one of the best. He is not
genuinely quick but his accuracy and stamina mark him out as a bowler
to whom the captain turns to instinctively when things are not going
too well for his side. His success in both forms of the game where he
is a vital clog in the West Indian pace machine clearly underlines his
forte. Unfortunately Collymore has had more than his share of injuries
and consequently has been in and out of the team when under normal
circumstances he would be a regular. Commitment and determination
however have seen shrug off the injuries and perform in stouthearted
fashion on his return. Collymore’s first touch with stardom was when he
had a match haul of nine wickets to bowl West Indies to a seven-wicket
victory over Sri Lanka at Kingston in June 2003. This got him both the
man of the match and the player of the series awards. Two years later
at the same venue he bettered this with 11 for 134 against Pakistan.
The following year he was outstanding against India with a bag of 15
wickets in four Tests. He also is a vital clog in ODIs and has a
five-wicket haul and a four-wicket haul winning the man of the match
award each time while bowling West Indies to victory over Sri Lanka and
India respectively within a few months in 2001
