Is Ambrose on the Verge of a Comeback?

Former West Indies pace spearhead Curtly Ambrose, who retired from international cricket in 2000 after playing 98 matches, is preparing to make a comeback in English league cricket, according to a Bloomberg report.

Bloomberg said the lanky Antiguan, who took 405 wickets in a spectacular career for the West Indies, will be in England this year with his band -- The New Dread and Baldhead -- and "will probably don his cricket whites for the Kent-based club."

, who sports a career Test best of 8-45 and was known for devastating bursts of hostile bowling, has expressed an interest in playing, Bloomberg quoted friend Richie Richardson as saying. Richardson, the former West Indies captain, is the current captain of the Lashings village club.

"We're going to be in London making a record and I'm sure he will stay on and play a few games later in the summer," Richardson said.

Richardson and Ambrose won't be the first West Indians to play for the Lashings club. Former captains Viv Richards, Brian Lara and Jimmy Adams have also done stints there.