Young paceman named in 12-man CWI President’s XI squad following recovery from stress fracture.
The two-day Cricket West Indies (CWI) President’s XI fixture against the visiting Bangladeshis will mark Alzarri Joseph’s return to action after a seven-month layoff.
Joseph, 21, was last out playing representative cricket in New Zealand on the Windies’ tour late last year. A stress fracture injury sustained during a three-day warm-up game against New Zealand A at the beginning of the tour sidelined the young paceman and he played no part in the rest of the series.
“Since April he has been involved in an intense program focused on bowling and strength and conditioning. He also played in an Antigua-based T20 competition last month,” said a CWI statement.
Joseph is one of four players with international experience in the 12-man squad, the others being Shimron Hetmyer, Vishaul Singh and Odean Smith. Shamarh Brooks, the 29-year-old batsman from Barbados, will lead the President’s XI side.
Bangladesh will move straight to the two-Test series after the tour game before playing three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 Internationals.