 After appearing in early tour games, he was chosen for the first two ODIs, taking three wickets in total, but was omitted from the third.In the Test series, he played in all five matches to take 22 wickets at an average of 20.22; his best figures of four for 58 came in the fourth Test, in which he took seven wickets and was named man of the match.Writing in "Wisden", commentator Tony Cozier described Ambrose as "a ready-made replacement for Garner"; the amount of bounce he generated after the ball pitched "made him a constant menace".