Barbados

There were animated scenes during the series decided between host West Indies and England on Wednesday (Nov 6) as pacer Alzarri Joseph left the field in frustration after a dispute erupted between him and skipper Shai Hope. Playing at the Kensington Oval in Barbados, the incident took everyone by surprise highlighting internal disputes within the West Indies camp. Former West Indies captain Daren Sammy has passed his opinion on the incident and reckons, Joseph’s behaviour was unacceptable despite the hosts pocketing the series 2-1.

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Sammy labels Joseph’s behaviour unacceptable

"Behaviour like that is unacceptable on my cricket field," Sammy said to TalkSPORT after play. "We will be friends…but in the culture I'm trying to build, that's unacceptable. We will definitely have a chat about that.”

During the fourth over of the England innings, Joseph was seen in an animated chat with Hope and did not like the placement of the field. On the fourth ball of the same over he dismissed English batter Jordan Cox but refrained from celebrating and returned to the bowling mark in discontent. Tempers boiled at the end of the over when Joseph decided to leave the field without the consent of the captain, umpire and the team management.

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This left the hosts with just 10 players on the field during the fifth over, causing chaos in the team. Eventually, Joseph returned to the field for the sixth over but did not resume bowling until the 12th. He bowled two more overs, before leaving the field again after two misfields off his bowling saw England gain two runs through overthrows. He returned later to bowl two more in the middle overs and his remaining three in the death.

The speedster would end with figures of 45/2 in his 10 overs, but it was his behaviour that caught everyone’s attention.

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Despite this, West Indies managed to beat England by eight wickets and win the series 2-1. Chasing 264 runs to win, Brandon King (102) and Keacy Carty (unbeaten 128), helped reach the target in 43 overs to win the one-sided contest.