Seamer Matthew Fisher: 'I don't want to be a one-cap wonder'

It took Matthew Fisher just two balls to announce his arrival in international cricket.

The Yorkshire seamer was not even supposed to play in England's second Test against West Indies, only being told he was to replace the unwell Craig Overton 80 minutes before the start in Barbados.

But there he was at the iconic Kensington Oval, being tossed the new ball at the Joel Garner End on the second evening and, after John Campbell drove his first delivery for four, he had him caught behind next up to spark pandemonium on the pitch.

'It was pretty surreal,' reflects Fisher a fortnight on, having swapped the Caribbean sun for snow in Yorkshire. 'I quite like a plan and a structure and when chaos is brought upon you, I am not as comfortable with it.

'So it was all a bit of a rollercoaster and I felt like in my first spell, I didn't know what my arms and legs were doing. It was a mixture of nerves and excitement.

'But to get that first wicket felt amazing. I knew where my mum and family were in the stands so I was palming everyone off to run towards them. It was a special moment for them and for me.'

Amid those frenzied celebrations, Fisher still found time to poignantly point to the sky – a tribute to his later father Phil, who died of bowel cancer when the York-born bowler was only 14.

Barbados, he says, was his dad's favourite place, having twice taken his family there on tour with their local cricket club, Sheriff Hutton Bridge.

'I never thought, 'If I get my first wicket, this is how I will celebrate', it was just instinct,' admits the 24-year-old.

'I've always said I have more connection with him at cricket so getting that first one, all the hard work that he put in with me back at the club, it was all worth it in that