Joseph, 24, had already made an impression on the opening day in Adelaide when he struck 36 in a last-wicket stand of 55 with Kemar Roach.
But it surely was when he was given the ball for the ninth over of Australia’s innings that he wrote himself a spot within the sport’s historical past. Hitting a very good size outdoors off together with his first supply, he drew Smith – opening for the primary time in Exams – into taking part in and the thick edge was effectively held at third slip.
Joseph, who’s from the small village of Baracara in Guyana, was one among three debutants included in West Indies’ facet, alongside Kavem Hodge and Justin Greaves. He had made a mark on final 12 months’s tour of South Africa the place he claimed 12 wickets for West Indies A.
“I first bumped into him dwell final 12 months when West Indies had been taking part in in Guyana and I caught a sight of him within the nets and he has hustle, bustle and actually comes at you,” Ian Bishop advised ESPNcricinfo earlier than the sequence. “There’s lots of excessive hopes for him due to his angle and due to his bodily capabilities.”
