Shamar Joseph arrives on the IPL stage as proof that Test cricket still matters most

Last month, Shamar Joseph received a phone call that changed his life. You've probably heard the story of the Guyanese boy who left a life of logging and security to pursue his cricketing dream. January saw the fulfillment of a very fanciful fantasy as Joseph ripped through an Australian batting line-up of some repute to secure the West Indian victory in Brisbane for the first time since 1997.

The Baracara boy had ended up well. And yet it says a lot about the modern cricketing landscape that former seamer Ian Bishop worried in the moments after seeing the West Indies ...