West Indies wicketkeeper-batter Joshua Da Silva has jokingly said that the star pacer Shamar Joseph will have to pay for damaging the roof of the Trent Bridge stadium during day three of the ongoing second Test match against England.
On Day Three of the ongoing second Test at Trent Bridge, the West Indies Cricket Team began at 351/5, trailing the England Cricket Team’s first innings total of 416 by 65 runs. Jason Holder and Joshua Da Silva resumed batting, but the former captain was soon dismissed by Chris Woakes in Nottingham.
Joshua Da Silva jokes about Shamar Joseph’s roof-smashing six at Trent Bridge
Then, Kevin Sinclair, batting at No. 8, was quickly sent back to the pavilion for just four runs by Gus Atkinson. Alzarri Joseph (10) provided brief resistance but also fell to Woakes. Jayden Seales was dismissed on his first ball, leaving the West Indies at 386/9, still 30 runs behind at Trent Bridge.
The last man in, Shamar Joseph, known for his lower-order heroics against Australia at the Gabba, joined Da Silva. He successfully defended Woakes’ hat-trick ball while Da Silva, batting at 44, kept striking at him for most of the time during his 71-run partnership with Joseph (33).
Da Silva (82*) initially dominated, but Joseph soon found his rhythm, hitting boundaries off Woakes and Atkinson during his stay. Actually, Joseph stole the spotlight with a spectacular six that created quite a stir among the fans, both on the field and on social media. The incident took place in the 107th over, bowled by Gus Atkinson at Trent Bridge.
Shamar Joseph on fire with the bat against England
After defending the first delivery bowled by Atkinson, the West Indies pacer launched a short-pitched ball over the square leg side for a huge six. Two balls later, another short ball from Atkinson was sent flying over square leg, and Shamar went for a big shot as the ball soared high and landed on the roof of Trent Bridge, breaking tiles into pieces.
After the ball broke the roof of the stadium, fans had to quickly take cover as the shattered tiles fell, narrowly avoiding injury to the fans. The third short ball of the over resulted in Joseph top-edging the ball, sending it down to the fine leg for a boundary. He added two more boundaries off Shoaib Bashir and Mark Wood before eventually being dismissed for 33 by Mark Wook, helping the West Indies to take a 41-run lead in the ongoing second Test against England.
Here’s the video of Shamar Joseph breaking the roof of Trent Bridge:
Omg that six by Shamar Joseph broke the roof and part of that roof fell on the spectators unbelievable#WTC25 | 📝 #ENGvWI pic.twitter.com/xU8IMTgF5T
— Cinephile (@jithinjustin007) July 20, 2024
Shamar Joseph is going to have to pay for breaking the tiles: Joshua Da Silva
Joshua Da Silva said at the press conference after the end of day’s play: “He was pretty confident but I still had to shield him because he’s still No. 11. He backs himself with the bat, he played some terrific shots, he broke a couple of tiles, which was good to see. But at the end of the day, it was my job to try and get the team as far as we can. He’s going to have to pay for that (On breaking the tiles).”
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