Giving an insight into the deep recesses of his heart when he aggressively accosted Steve Waugh during a Test rubber between the West Indies and Australia 16 years ago, former spearhead Curtly Ambrose said he wanted to bash up the ex-Aussie skipper to pulp.
Going down memory lane, Ambrose recalled Waugh said something to him that he took affront to, and at first, he thought he should ignore it, but in the heat of the moment, he decided to give back as good as he had received.
"I am not one of those guys who really got into any confrontations with cricketers. My stare does a lot for me, I always believed that I prefer to let the ball do all the talking for me. The incident with Steve Waugh... I always respected him highly and it was the heat of the moment really," said Ambrose.
"There was very fierce competition between Australia and the West Indies. We were down 0-1 in the series, there was a bit of pressure and we were on the brink of losing our number one tag. He just said
something to me that I didn't like. I thought he should have shown me a little more respect.
"My impression was to let it go but then thinking about it I said no. I decided to retaliate a bit. In that heat of the moment I really wanted to physically beat him. But the fine thing is it happened on the day, for a brief moment, and ended there. Nothing else was said after that," he added.
In the 1995 series, after scoring 65 not out in the drawn second Test at Antigua, Waugh sent the Caribbean pacemen scurrying on a green pitch at Trinidad suited to their hostile bowling during the Third Test.
In the first innings, he scored an unbeaten 63 of Australia's 128 and had a mid-pitch confrontation with Ambrose.
After Waugh had evaded a bouncer from Ambrose, the pair exchanged glares. The former Australian skipper swore and told the legendary pacer to return to his bowling mark.
Ambrose had to be physically dragged away by his captain Richie Richardson.
Going down memory lane, Ambrose recalled Waugh said something to him that he took affront to, and at first, he thought he should ignore it, but in the heat of the moment, he decided to give back as good as he had received.
"I am not one of those guys who really got into any confrontations with cricketers. My stare does a lot for me, I always believed that I prefer to let the ball do all the talking for me. The incident with Steve Waugh... I always respected him highly and it was the heat of the moment really," said Ambrose.
"There was very fierce competition between Australia and the West Indies. We were down 0-1 in the series, there was a bit of pressure and we were on the brink of losing our number one tag. He just said
something to me that I didn't like. I thought he should have shown me a little more respect.
"My impression was to let it go but then thinking about it I said no. I decided to retaliate a bit. In that heat of the moment I really wanted to physically beat him. But the fine thing is it happened on the day, for a brief moment, and ended there. Nothing else was said after that," he added.
In the 1995 series, after scoring 65 not out in the drawn second Test at Antigua, Waugh sent the Caribbean pacemen scurrying on a green pitch at Trinidad suited to their hostile bowling during the Third Test.
In the first innings, he scored an unbeaten 63 of Australia's 128 and had a mid-pitch confrontation with Ambrose.
After Waugh had evaded a bouncer from Ambrose, the pair exchanged glares. The former Australian skipper swore and told the legendary pacer to return to his bowling mark.
Ambrose had to be physically dragged away by his captain Richie Richardson.
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