Shamar Joseph wants the best of both worlds
He is only 24, has endured a tough life growing up and is currently raising two toddlers with a young partner. One can’t possibly blame Shamar Joseph for wanting the best of both worlds —“play all three formats for the West Indies” and also remain fit enough to ply his trade across the globe in franchise cricket.
“Look I haven’t made up my mind (if preference given),” the pace sensation, who has come in as a replacement for Mark Wood in Lucknow Super Giants team, said.
“I will like to play around the world to enhance my skills but if there are other opportunities (T20 Leagues), I will make myself available,” Joseph said, “I have confidence in my fitness and that won’t be a problem for me.” “Definitely my fitness will be
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important since I have a long career ahead of mine, I would definitely like to play all three formats for the West Indies whenever I am available. I will definitely make that time for them,” said the youngster.
“It is a transformation from red ball to white ball cricket. There will be other (technical) changes and I get to learn from every opportunity that I get. I enjoyed playing Tests and now I will look to improve my white ball game. I am talking to all the experienced players, who are seniors and have played a certain amount of IPL, learning from them and enjoying being in the moment,” said the fast bowler.
“Definitely, Kemar and I had a lot of conversations about IPL when we were in Australia. Ambrose, after the (Australia) Tests, also gave me some good advice.
“Life has been great so far. There has been all sorts of kind comments. It is my performance that brought me here. Happy to be here.”