LONDON – Fast bowler Alzarri Joseph was thrifty but lacked penetration as Warwickshire kept Worcestershire in the field for the entirety of day one of their County Championship clash on Thursday.

Sent in at Edgbaston, the hosts reached 271 for seven with 21-year-old opener Robert Yates top-scoring with 104 and wicketkeeper Michael Burgess weighing in with 65 not out.

Joseph, in his third match for the club, went wicketless from 18 overs which cost only 49 runs.

“If we are honest, we were poor in the first session,” said Worcestershire captain Joe Leach, who snared two for 51.

“There was a little bit of help in the wicket but we just didn’t capitalize on it.”

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Worcestershire fielders also had four drops, did not help there.

This is the problem I got with AlJo. The boy have to learn to take wickets.
Stop thinking of yourself as a n allrounder til you learn how to bowl.

No bowler takes wickets in every innings he plays. Joseph is being educated, he is getting exposure to different people and techniques, it will make him a better cricketer.

Wait. You think he on a development tour?
This is a professional contract he on.

In reply to MasterP

Dayne forget the man already got exposures, he's been on the west indies team quite a while now

He tries to keep runs down more than getting wickets then he tries to bat like an allrounder to make up for everything but he need to get wickets. He just can't wait everytime for bowlers to get three-fors, four-fors while he get nought. The way he bowls more fit into one day and 20/20s, not tests.

the guy has not been taking wickets even for the wi it a serious problem for a front line bowler and calling this man a all rounder diminishes the term cause heain't taking wickets and scoring a little bit of runs that look good ain't nothing ask shai hope

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

The man looks like he need that Pfizer tablet

So if Joseph starts to fade, who is the next bowler in line to make the team? Is it C Holder, Phillip, McSween, Seales or Smith?

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Temporarily drought; he’ll pick up wickets...