2024-02-13 14:18:23
Shamar Joseph flashed with the ball in his debut Test. He changed in that flash. The course of his cricketing life changed. With his brilliant bowling, West Indies won the Test after 27 years on Australian soil. And he also became ICC’s player of the year after bowling brilliantly in two Tests in January. He made a new history through this. He became the first cricketer in West Indies cricket history to win the ICC Massera Player of the Year award.
On Tuesday afternoon, the ICC announced his name as the Player of the Month for January. In this journey, he surpassed Josh Hazlewood, who took 19 wickets at an average of 11.63 in the series against Shamars, and Olly Pope, who scored 196 runs against India.
Shamar, the young pacer of West Indies, took the light of Padpradwip in the debut series against Australia. Fifer picked up his debut in the Adelaide Test. Then in the Melbourne Test, he created a storm of speed and confused Australia. Picking up 7 wickets in one innings gave Windies a taste of Test victory after 27 years on Australian soil. He took 13 wickets in the series. Scored a total of 57 runs with the bat.
Shamar, who was caught as the fairy-tale prince of West Indies cricket, has now become the ICC’s most important player.
Along with him in this list was Ollie Pope who won England by playing a wonderful innings of 196 runs in the Hyderabad Test against India. There was also Hazlewood of Australia. Who performed brilliantly with the ball in January. He took 19 wickets at an average of 11.63!
Hazlewood took five wickets in two innings of the Sydney Test against Pakistan earlier this month. After that, he took 9 wickets with Fifer in the first two innings of the first Test against the West Indies. And in the losing second test he took 5 wickets.
However, he fell under the shadow of Shamar. This time, the young Turks of the Caribbean are the ICC’s masseras.