Joshua Michael Da Silva (born 19 June 1998) is a Trinidadian

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er. He made his domestic debut in 2018 for

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, and his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in December 2020.

Personal life

Da Silva is of Portuguese descent, with his ancestors hailing from

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. Both his mother and paternal grandmother were

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, while his father is a Trinidadian. He was educated at Saint Mary's College in

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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

in the

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on 13 December 2018. In October 2019, he was named in the West Indies Emerging Team for the

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tournament. He made his

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debut on 7 November 2019, for the West Indies Emerging Team in the

tournament. In January 2020, in the opening round of the

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, Da Silva scored his maiden century in first-class cricket, with an unbeaten 113. In July 2020, he was named in the

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squad for the

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(CPL). He made his

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debut on 18 August 2020, for the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the 2020 CPL. In June 2020, Da Silva was named as one of eleven reserve players in the West Indies'

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squad, for their series against England. The Test series was originally scheduled to start in May 2020, but was moved back to July 2020 due to the

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. On the third day of the third Test of the series, Da Silva was used as a substitute wicket-keeper in the match, after

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suffered an on-field injury.

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. Ahead of the second Test of the series, Da Silva was added to the squad for the match as a replacement for

, who left the tour for personal reasons. He made his Test debut for the West Indies, against

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, on 11 December 2020. This made him the first Caribbean-born white player to play Test cricket for the West Indies since

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50 years prior. In December 2020, Da Silva was named in the West Indies'

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(ODI) squad for their series against Bangladesh. He made his ODI debut for the West Indies, against

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, on 20 January 2021. In March 2022, Da Silva scored his maiden Test century, at St George's in Grenada, against England. In October 2022 Da Silva was named in the West Indies Squad for the 2 match test series in Australia scheduled for December 2022. 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. 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. On 10 May 2023 Da Silva was named captain of the Windies A for their upcoming tour of Bangladesh. On the 20th of December 2023 Da Silva was named in the West Indies test squad to tour Australia in January 2024. Da Silva scored a century in the tour match against the Cricket Australia XI in an eventual draw. In the first test in Adelaide, Da Silva completed his 100th dismissal in test cricket after catching Cameron Green off Shemar Joseph’s bowling. However he struggled with the bat scoring combining for only 24 runs in his 2 innings. In the second test at Brisbane, Da Silva scored a match-winning 79. He partnered Kavem Hodge for a 149-run 6th wicket partnership which ultimately brought the West Indies to a competitive first innings total. During the course of the match, he also effected 6 wickets, as West Indies defeated Australia by 8 runs.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Da Silva, Joshua 1998 births Living people West Indies Test cricketers West Indies One Day International cricketers St Kitts and Nevis Patriots cricketers Trinidad and Tobago cricketers West Indies Emerging Team cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) Trinidad and Tobago people of Portuguese descent Wicket-keepers People educated at Saint Mary's College, Trinidad and Tobago