Ridley Jacobs

{{short description|West Indian cricketer}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Ridley Jacobs

| image =

| country = West Indies

| fullname = Ridley Detamore Jacobs

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|11|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Swetes Village, Antigua and Barbuda

| nickname =

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| batting = Left-handed

| bowling =

| role = Wicket-keeper

| family =

| international = true

| internationalspan = 1996–2004

| testdebutdate = 26 November

| testdebutyear = 1998

| testdebutagainst = South Africa

| testcap = 222

| lasttestdate = 29 July

| lasttestyear = 2004

| lasttestagainst = England

| testshirt =

| odidebutdate = 26 March

| odidebutyear = 1996

| odidebutagainst = New Zealand

| odicap = 76

| lastodidate = 10 July

| lastodiyear = 2004

| lastodiagainst = New Zealand

| odishirt = 7

| club1 = Leeward Islands

| year1 = 1991–2005

| columns = 4

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 65

| runs1 = 2,577

| bat avg1 = 28.31

| 100s/50s1 = 3/14

| top score1 = 118

| deliveries1 = –

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 207/12

| column2 = ODI

| matches2 = 147

| runs2 = 1,865

| bat avg2 = 23.31

| 100s/50s2 = 0/9

| top score2 = 80*

| deliveries2 = –

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| catches/stumpings2 = 160/29

| column3 = FC

| matches3 = 157

| runs3 = 7,518

| bat avg3 = 38.75

| 100s/50s3 = 17/40

| top score3 = 149

| deliveries3 = 6

| wickets3 = 0

| bowl avg3 = –

| fivefor3 = –

| tenfor3 = –

| best bowling3 = –

| catches/stumpings3 = 443/33

| column4 = LA

| matches4 = 222

| runs4 = 3,180

| bat avg4 = 25.64

| 100s/50s4 = 0/16

| top score4 = 85

| deliveries4 = –

| wickets4 = –

| bowl avg4 = –

| fivefor4 = –

| tenfor4 = –

| best bowling4 = –

| catches/stumpings4 = 254/43

| date = 22 October

| year = 2016

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2/2278/2278.html CricketArchive

}}

Ridley Detamore Jacobs (born 26 November 1967) is a former Antiguan cricketer, who played as a left-handed wicketkeeper batsman for the West Indian cricket team in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was the first opening batsman

to carry his bat in the history of Cricket World Cup and was the fourth batsman to do so in a One Day International.{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283150.html|title=Records {{!}} One-Day Internationals {{!}} Batting records {{!}} Carrying bat through a completed innings {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2019-09-08}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26870557/karunaratne-record-sri-lanka-world-cup-low|title=Karunaratne's record in Sri Lanka's World Cup low|date=2019-06-01|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en|access-date=2019-09-08}} Jacobs also picked up 219 dismissals in tests along with 189 in ODIs, which is second only to Jeff Dujon, for the Windies in his international career.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ICC/status/802331041671315458|title=A keeper with 219 Test dismissals and 189 in ODIs, figures only bettered by Jeffrey Dujon for West Indies, Happy Birthday to Ridley Jacobs!|date=25 November 2016|publisher=ICC|website=twitter.com}}