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West IndiesBowler
Shamar Joseph
- Age
- 27y 73d
- Bats
- Left-hand
- Bowls
- Right-arm fast
- Age
- 27y 73d
- Bats
- Left-hand
- Bowls
- Right-arm fast
Shamar Joseph is a fast bowler from Guyana whose arrival in international cricket drew attention across the globe. He grew up in a remote village that only gained Internet access in 2018, and he developed his pace bowling there by using fruit and melted plastic bottles in place of proper cricket balls. Only a year before his first appearance for West Indies, he was earning a living as a security guard.
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His introduction to Test cricket came in the 2023-24 series against Australia, and it could hardly have gone better. Bowling with fierce speed, he unsettled the Australian batting line-up, returned figures of 7/68 and was named Man of the Series. West Indies also won a Test match on Australian soil during that tour, which made his remarkable rise from obscurity all the more memorable.
The period after that breakthrough has been harder for him, with injuries and uneven form both getting in the way. He was named in the West Indies T20I squad for the 2024 World Cup but did not play a match during the tournament. Lucknow Super Giants brought him into their IPL side as a replacement for Mark Wood, and in his single appearance for the franchise he did not perform at his best. In the Caribbean Premier League, he has represented Guyana Amazon Warriors since 2023.
Recent form
- Wkts
- 8
- Overs
- 57.3
- Econ
- 6.49
- Best
- 2/41
- 1/52IND30 Sep
- 0/23IND6 Oct
- 0/39IND9 Oct
- 2/54IND11 Oct
- 0/47IND14 Oct
- 1/18IND17 Oct
- 2/41BAN28 Oct
- 1/17BAN28 Oct
- 1/82BAN5 Nov
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