Full name Alzarri Shaheim Joseph Current team West Indies cricket team Bowling style Fast bowling | 2014–2016 Leeward Islands Batting style Right-handed | |
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Born 20 November 1996 (age 20) ( 1996-11-20 ) Antigua 2016 St Kitts and Nevis Patriots Similar Shannon Gabriel, Phil Simmons, Eric Simons, Eldine Baptiste | ||
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Alzarri Shaheim Joseph (born 20 November 1996) is an Antiguan cricketer who plays for the Leeward Islands and the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in West Indian domestic cricket. He is a right-arm fast bowler.
A West Indies under-19s player, Joseph made his first-class debut for the Leewards during the 2014–15 Regional Four Day Competition. Against Guyana during the following season, he took a maiden first-class five-wicket haul, 5/99 opening the bowling with Gavin Tonge. The following match, against the Windward Islands, he took another five-wicket haul, 7/46. In December 2015, Joseph was named in the West Indies squad for the 2016 Under-19 World Cup. At the tournament, he took 13 wickets from six matches to finish as his team's leading wicket-taker (and equal third overall). His best performance was 4/30 against Zimbabwe, which saw him named man of the match.
In July 2016 he was added to the West Indies Test squad for their series against India. He made his Test debut on 9 August 2016 in the third match of the series. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for the West Indies against Pakistan on 2 October 2016.
