CMC – WEST Indies fast bowler Shamar Joseph is due to leave the current tour of Sri Lanka and return home to Guyana for personal reasons.
The announcement was made in a statement by Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Thursday, which said no replacement would be named for Joseph.
There is just one more match remaining on the tour, with the third and final One Day International scheduled to be contested on Saturday.
“Shamar Joseph is set to return home for personal reasons from the West Indies men’s tour of Sri Lanka.
“With the squad set to also return to the Caribbean in the coming days, there will be no replacement named for Joseph,” CWI said in the statement.
The 25-year-old Joseph did not feature in the ODI series which the West Indies currently trail 2-0.
He however, played in all three of the T20 matches, where he took two wickets for 88 runs in his nine overs bowled.