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Joshua de Silva upon receipt of the Test cap. Photo: Windies Cricket
You can never be judged by the color of your skin. Even after that, racism has taken hold in the minds of some people around the world. Blacks are victims of oppression. Once again, the opposite is happening. For example, when you think of the West Indies cricket team, the face of a black cricketer comes to the fore. Joshua de Silva is going to play for this team this time. Today is his test debut against New Zealand.
Before Joshua, a 1973 Caribbean white cricketer played test cricket for the West Indies. This is Jeff Greenidge. Whose career has stopped after playing only 5 tests. He then played the last of his career at the Brandon Nash 21 Test in 2011. However, he was born, raised and played first-class cricket in Australia. So Jeff Greenidge is being compared to Joshua, 22.
Born in Trinidad, Joshua’s ancestral home is in Portugal. Joshua loved soccer as a child. However, at the age of 18, he decided to pursue a career as a cricketer. After overcoming several stages of cricket for ages, he took his place in the Trinidad team. He moved to England in 2016 to play cricket for the club under the Kieron Pollard Scholarship Program. After returning to the country, he paved the way for the national team by hitting an average of more than fifty in national cricket.
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