{"id":15000,"date":"2024-01-04T14:31:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15000"},"modified":"2024-01-04T14:31:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:31:35","slug":"shemar-joseph-eager-to-make-mark-in-windies-tour-of-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/shemar-joseph-eager-to-make-mark-in-windies-tour-of-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Shemar Joseph Eager to Make Mark in Windies Tour of Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Guyana and West Indies fast bowler Shemar Joseph expressed his eagerness to make a significant impact in test cricket as he prepares for the Windies tour of Australia scheduled for January 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent interview on the Mason and Guest radio show, Shemar Joseph conveyed his excitement about the call-up to the Windies tour to Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite his joy, he stated that the selection did not come as a surprise, emphasizing that playing for the West Indies has always been his dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 24-year-old fast bowler is one of five Guyanese cricketers included in the 15-man squad announced by Cricket West Indies last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before launching his cricketing career, Joseph worked at a security firm. In his relatively short first-class career, he has already taken two five-wicket hauls and claimed 21 wickets in five matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acknowledging the potential challenges in Australia, Joseph expressed confidence in his abilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Windies squad is set to play a two-Test series in Australia as part of the ICC World Test Championship from January 17 to 29, 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Captain Kraigg Brathwaite will lead the Caribbean unit, with fast bowler Alzarri Joseph serving as the vice-captain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The squad is scheduled to arrive in Australia on December 30 and will undergo a preparation camp from January 2-9. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the camp, they will engage in a four-day First-Class warm-up match against a Cricket Australia XI from January 10-13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guyana and West Indies fast bowler Shemar Joseph expressed his eagerness to make a significant impact in test cricket as he prepares for the Windies tour of Australia scheduled for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15002,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15000\/revisions\/15002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}