Cornwall is 26, and has been impressing in domestic cricket in the West Indies over the last few years. He is an all-rounder, with 260 wickets and 2224 runs in 55 matches for Leeward Islands. He’s been talked off as one of West Indies’ potential international stars for a while, and at long last, he’s got his call up. A look at his journey.

The early years

Cornwall usually towers over the rest of the field at 6’6”. He has struggled with his weight, and though that hasn’t affected his cricket – evident by his excellent returns – he has had to defend his physique in the past.

“There are many ways in terms of fitness – you have cricket fitness, and physical fitness,” he said in June, according to the Antigua Observer. “People may use that as an excuse, but that doesn’t affect me in any way. I just have to keep pushing.” A programme was set up by the WICB to help him deal with the weight.

In 2017, Cornwall was involved in an on-field altercation with Kieron Pollard during the CPL. Cornwall, playing for St Lucia Stars, hammered a 44-ball 78, but was hit in the stomach by a paceman during the knock. He subsequently retired hurt, unable to run between the wickets, but Pollard, the Barbados Trident captain, was displeased, believing Cornwall was retiring hurt from fatigue.

It’s been a long and hard road, in which he’s constantly had to prove himself and battle against assumptions made purely on appearances, and it might finally be coming to fruition.