Joseph left the West Indies team without one player for an entire over in 3rd ODI v England.
West Indies’ leading pacer Alzarri Joseph was seen in a bad mood and left the field for one over during the third ODI against England that was played at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. The reason for this was an intense disagreement with Captain Shai Hope about the field placements he was given.
Before the fourth over of the match, Joseph was spotted waving his arms at the two slips set up for England No. 3 batter Jordan Cox. He dismissed Cox for one run from six balls on the fourth ball of the over, but instead of celebrating, he was spotted having a furious conversation with Hope.
After completing his over, which included one wicket, Joseph angrily collected his cap from the umpire and was seen leaving the field in anger. Coach Darren Sammy was seen looking in disbelief at his bowler as Joseph made his way to the pavilion.
This left West Indies with only 10 fielders for one over.
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Joseph returned to the field at the start of the sixth over but did not continue bowling until the 12th. He bowled two more overs before leaving the field after two misfields from his bowling allowed England to score two runs by overthrows. He returned later to bowl two more middle overs before finishing with three in the death.
West Indies head coach Daren Sammy has labeled Alzarri Joseph's behavior during the third ODI against England as "unacceptable".
"Behaviour like that is unacceptable on my cricket field. We will be friends…but in the culture I'm trying to build, that's unacceptable. We will definitely have a chat about that,” Sammy said to TalkSPORT after play.
Former England batter Mark Butcher, who was doing commentary when the incident took place, slammed Joseph’s behavior.
“Many is the times, as a captain or as a player, you have a disagreement about something on the field. But you work that out either behind closed doors or you get on with your job. Your captain asks you to bowl to a field; you bowl to it," Butcher was heard saying.
West Indies won the ODI series 2-1, after winning the third and final ODI by 8 wickets. England was asked to bat first and thanks to half-centuries by Phil Salt (74), and Dan Mousley (58) and contributions by Sam Curran (40) and Jofra Archer (38*), put on 263/8 in 50 overs.
In reply, Brandon King (102) and Keacy Carty (128*) helped West Indies to 267/2 in 43 overs, winning the match and the series.