Joshua Da Silva

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Joshua Da Silva
Personal information
Full name
Joshua Da Silva
Born (1998-06-19) 19 June 1998 (age 26)
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 321)11 December 2020 v New Zealand
Last Test24 June 2022 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 198)20 January 2021 v Bangladesh
Last ODI22 January 2021 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2018–presentTrinidad and Tobago
2020–presentSt Kitts & Nevis Patriots
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 16 2 38 12
Runs scored 670 14 1,791 345
Batting average 30.45 7.00 30.87 34.50
100s/50s 1/3 0/0 2/10 1/1
Top score 100* 9 113* 103*
Catches/stumpings 57/4 1/1 98/5 16/2
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 August 2022

Joshua Da Silva (born 19 June 1998) is a Trinidadian cricketer.[1] He made his domestic debut in 2018 for Trinidad and Tobago, and his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in December 2020.[2]

Personal life

Da Silva is of Portuguese descent, with his ancestors hailing from Madeira. Both his mother and paternal grandmother were Portuguese Canadians, while his father is a Trinidadian.[3] He was educated at Saint Mary's College in Port of Spain.[2]

Domestic career

Joshua started playing cricket while attending Saint Mary's College and has also played for QPCC (Queens Park Cricket Club)He made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago in the 2018–19 Regional Four Day Competition on 13 December 2018.[4] In October 2019, he was named in the West Indies Emerging Team for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[5] He made his List A debut on 7 November 2019, for the West Indies Emerging Team in the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[6] In January 2020, in the opening round of the 2019–20 West Indies Championship, Da Silva scored his maiden century in first-class cricket, with an unbeaten 113.[7]

In July 2020, he was named in the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League (CPL).[8][9] He made his Twenty20 debut on 18 August 2020, for the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the 2020 CPL.[10]

In June 2020, Da Silva was named as one of eleven reserve players in the West Indies' Test squad, for their series against England.[11] The Test series was originally scheduled to start in May 2020, but was moved back to July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] On the third day of the third Test of the series, Da Silva was used as a substitute wicket-keeper in the match, after Shane Dowrich suffered an on-field injury.[13]

International career

In October 2020, Da Silva was named as one of six reserve players for the West Indies' Test squad for their series against New Zealand.[14] Ahead of the second Test of the series, Da Silva was added to the squad for the match as a replacement for Shane Dowrich,[15] who left the tour due to personal reasons.[16] He made his Test debut for the West Indies, against New Zealand, on 11 December 2020.[17] This made him the first Caribbean-born white player to play Test cricket for the West Indies since Geoff Greenidge 50 years prior.[18]

In December 2020, Da Silva was named in the West Indies' One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Bangladesh.[19] He made his ODI debut for the West Indies, against Bangladesh, on 20 January 2021.[20]

In March 2022, Da Silva scored his maiden Test century, at St George's in Grenada, against England.[21]

References

  1. ^ "Who is Joshua Da Silva and is he a future West Indies opener?". Wisden. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Joshua Da Silva". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  3. ^ Smith, Martin (11 December 2020). "Da Silva's journey to West Indies Test cap". Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. ^ "5th Match, WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament at Tarouba, Dec 13-16 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Strong squad named for WI Emerging Players in Super50 Cup". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Group B (D/N), Super50 Cup at Tarouba, Nov 7 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Da Silva, Carriah crack hundreds for T&T". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  10. ^ "2nd Match (D/N), Tarouba, Aug 18 2020, Caribbean Premier League". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul turn down call-ups for England tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Squad named for Sandals West Indies Tour of England". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Joshua da Silva replaces Shane Dowrich in third England-West Indies Test". Sport Star. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  14. ^ "West Indies name Test and T20I squads for Tour of New Zealand". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Joshua Da Silva called for second Test up as Roach, Dowrich head home". SportsMax. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  16. ^ "West Indies without Kemar Roach, Shane Dowrich for second New Zealand Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  17. ^ "2nd Test, Wellington, Dec 11 - Dec 15 2020, West Indies tour of New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  18. ^ "Da Silva's journey to West Indies Test cap". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  19. ^ "Jason Holder, Kieron Pollard, Shimron Hetmyer among ten West Indies players to pull out of Bangladesh tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  20. ^ "1st ODI (D/N), Dhaka, Jan 20 2021, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  21. ^ Miller, Andrew (26 March 2022). "Joshua Da Silva century leaves toothless England with 93-run deficit". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

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