Alzarri Shaheim Joseph (born 20 November 1996) is an Antiguan

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er who plays for the

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and ODIs. He plays for

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and the

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in West Indian domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who is a right-arm fast bowler and a right handed batsman who was selected by the

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franchise as a replacement for

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for the

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(IPL) season. In 2016, Joseph was named Antigua and Barbuda Sportsman of the Year award.

Domestic career

A West Indies under-19s player, Joseph made his first-class debut for the Leewards during the

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. Against

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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

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, 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

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, which saw him named man of the match. In October 2019, he was named in the Leeward Islands' squad for the

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tournament.

International career

In July 2016 he was added to the West Indies

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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

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(ODI) debut for the West Indies against Pakistan on 2 October 2016. In October 2018,

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(CWI) awarded him a contract across all formats of cricket for the 2018–19 season. He received plaudits when, during the 2nd Test match against

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in early 2019, Joseph carried on playing, in spite of the news after the 2nd day's play that his mother had died. In June 2020, Joseph was named in the West Indies' Test squad, for their series against England. The Test series was originally scheduled to start in May 2020, but was moved back to July 2020 due to the

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. Joseph scored his maiden Test fifty on 5 December 2020, scoring 86 runs in the second innings of a big loss against New Zealand. In June 2022, Joseph was named in the West Indies'

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(T20I) squad for their series against Bangladesh. The following month, he was also named in the West Indies' T20I squad, this time for their series against India. He made his T20I debut on 29 July 2022, for the West Indies against

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T20 career

In March 2019, Joseph was selected for the

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(IPL). On 6 April 2019, he made his IPL debut against the

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and took the figures of 6/12, the best bowling figures for a debutant, beating

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's 5/17 in

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. These were also the best bowling figures in the IPL, breaking the eleven-year-old record held by

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(6/14) and the second best T20 bowling figures after

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(6/7). He also became only the second player to take a

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on IPL debut, after Andrew Tye. His bowling figures remain the best in a T20 at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Amsterdam Knights in the inaugural edition of the

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cricket tournament. However, the following month the tournament was cancelled. He was released by the Mumbai Indians ahead of the 2020 IPL auction. In July 2020, he was named in the

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squad for the

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. He went unsold in the 2021 IPL auction. In February 2022, he was bought by the

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in the

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for the

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tournament.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Joseph, Alzarri 1996 births Living people West Indies Test cricketers West Indies One Day International cricketers West Indies Twenty20 International cricketers Antigua and Barbuda cricketers Leeward Islands cricketers St Kitts and Nevis Patriots cricketers West Indies under-19 cricketers Mumbai Indians cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Gujarat Titans cricketers