The young fast bowler, whose mother died last year when he was playing against England in a Test, has a simple aim: to be West Indies’ most successful bowler in history
Alzarri Joseph is a reluctant interviewee. He’s been snoozing all morning in the Old Trafford Hilton Garden and rolled out of bed just in time to be ushered gently towards a one o’clock Zoom call. He stares dubiously into the camera, gold chains coiling round his neck like protective serpents.
In a West Indies bowling squad bursting with young potential, Joseph is the most exciting: 6ft 4in, 23 years old, rapid, sinuous and with a burning hunger to improve. He is also disciplined, described by someone close to the team as approaching his cricket “almost like a strict businessman” and, in an age of professional extroverts, is gloriously content to be quiet – springing out of his shell only when he is playing dominoes.
Written by Tanya Aldred
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