Joshua Da Silva
Da Silva batting at Perth Stadium in December 2022
Personal information
Full name
Joshua Da Silva
Born (1998-06-19) 19 June 1998
Port Of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper-batter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 321)11 December 2020 v New Zealand
Last Test8 March 2023 v South Africa
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 22 2 51 19
Runs scored 857 14 2,386 586
Batting average 27.64 7.00 31.39 34.47
100s/50s 1/3 0/0 3/11 1/3
Top score 100* 9 136* 103*
Catches/stumpings 86/5 1/1 133/7 28/2
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 May 2023

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]

In October 2022 Da Silva was named in the West Indies Squad for the 2 match test series in Australia scheduled for December 2022. [22] Da Silva started the tour against the PM’s XI in a warm up match with scores of 25 and 52* with the bat and taking 2 catches and a stumping with the gloves. In a match that would eventuate in a draw. [23] In the first test in Perth Da Silva took 3 catches but struggled with the bat combining for 12 runs off both innings. In a match the West Indies lost. [24]

On 10 May 2023 Da Silva was named captain of the Windies A for their upcoming tour of Bangladesh.[25]

On the 20th of December 2023 Da Silva was named in the West Indies test squad to tour Australia in January 2024. [26]

References

  1. ↑ "Who is Joshua Da Silva and is he a future West Indies opener?". Wisden. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 "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. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. 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.
  22. ↑ "Tagenarine Chanderpaul gets maiden call-up as West Indies announce Test squad for Australia series". Cricket Times. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  23. ↑ "Prime Minister's XI v West Indies Men, PM's XI v West Indies - Men | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  24. ↑ "AUS vs WI, West Indies in Australia 2022/23, 1st Test at Perth, November 30 - December 04, 2022 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  25. ↑ Ragoonanan, Devika (10 May 2023). "Da Silva to lead WI 'A' on Test Tour against Bangladesh 'A' – Caribbean Life". www.caribbeanlife.com. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  26. ↑ "West Indies Test Squad named for Tour of Australia | Windies Cricket news". Windies. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
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