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Joseph taking new roles of Windies vice-captain, enforcer in stride

NORTH SOUND, Antigua – Strike bowler Alzarri Joseph said it will be “business as usual” when he takes up the new role of West Indies vice-captain for the three One-day Internationals against England, starting on Sunday in his homeland of Antigua.The 27-year-old Antiguan fast bowler was elevated to the position after leading the Leeward Islands Hurricanes to the final of the West Indies Super50 Cup last month, which was won by hosts Trinidad & Tobago Red Force.“My role on the field does not necessarily change, but in terms of the vice-captaincy, I think it’s something that I’ll cherish for a little,” Joseph told CWI Media.

“For me, it will be about facilitating the captain as much as I can and sharing my advice and seeing how well I can work with him to make the team a lot more successful.”
Joseph said leading the Hurricanes was an eye-opening experience, but he had plenty of help from the senior players, which also made his job as the lead fast bowler much easier.
“It was good,” he said. “I had a lot of guys around me that had captained before, so they helped me to play that role as efficiently as I can, but I also had my own philosophy that I wanted to bring to the team, and the guys really bought in to it.

“Once you are a bowler, you are your own captain when you have the ball, so for me, it was just about doing my job and asking the rest of the guys to back me up. When I was not bowling, I had to make sure that everyone else was on the right path and executing our plans.”

Sounds like a chap who knows what he is about. He and Shai should make a good infield management duo!

In reply to cumberland

The thing is most of these guys can talk well.

Let’s see what they do when the match starts

In reply to sgtdjones

Always a potential all-rounder and has been mentored for a number of years, time now come for him to lead from the front.

In reply to sgtdjones

Good choice this. Alzarri Joseph is a useful cricketer