A day after taking a career-altering 7/68 at the Gabba, Shamar Joseph has been signed by the Peshawar Zalmi. The new cricket sensation shocked the world a couple of weeks ago when he claimed the wicket of Steve Smith on his first ball in Test cricket.
He followed that up with his maiden five-haul in the same Test and announced himself to the world. However, that turned out to be just the start. After getting his toe broken and bloodied by Mitchell Starc, Shamar Joseph returned on Day 4 of the AUS vs WI 2nd Test, took a 7-fer, and helped the West Indies win their first test in Australia in 27 years.
His Gabba heroics seemed to have launched his franchise career. The right-arm fast bowler has little to no experience in the shortest format of the game, but his performance in the red-ball has catapulted his T20 career.
Shamar Joseph has played just two T20 matches, both of which occurred in September 2023. After being picked up by the Guyana Amazon Warriors to play in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2023, he played two matches but failed to impress and was eventually dropped.
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