Alzarri Joseph’s West Indies career is in jeopardy as Daren Sammy criticizes the pacer’s “unacceptable behaviour”.

West Indies coach Daren Sammy slammed pacer Alzarri Joseph during his fielding performance during the third and final ODI against England in Barbados. Sammy Joseph called Joseph’s on-field behavior “unacceptable” after the West Indies fast bowler left the field in anger during the three-match ODI series decider on November 7.

Drama unfolded during the first innings of the third and final ODI in Barbados on Wednesday. West Indies won the toss and decided to face England first in the ODI series.

West Indies made an early breakthrough, thrashing England at 10/1 after just three overs. However, in the fourth game, Alzarri Joseph and West Indies captain Shai Hope had a heated disagreement over fielding.

Daren Sammy criticized Alzarri Joseph for disrespecting the West Indies team

Frustrated by the fielding, Joseph made his irritation clear and despite taking the wicket of Jordan Cox with a magnificent performance, he showed no emotion and returned to his mark without remarking.

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What followed was even more shocking: Alzarri Joseph walked off during West Indies’ spectacular eight-wicket win over England in the third and final ODI in Barbados, forcing West Indies to continue with just 10 players in the field.

Even West Indies coach Darren Sammy tried to pacify Joseph off the boundary, but the fiery pacer ignored it and went to the dressing room.

The incident left the cricketer stunned, with Daren Sammy voicing his strong objection to the fast bowler’s behavior after the hosts lost the ODI series at home against England 2-1.

Such behavior is unacceptable on my cricket ground: Daren Sammy

The West Indies head coach has made it clear that such behavior is not tolerated in the culture he is trying to build in the West Indies cricket team. He also said that they will talk about Yusif’s behavior.

TalkSPORT quoted Darren Sammy as saying: “This kind of behavior is unacceptable on my cricket ground. We’ll be friends, but that’s not acceptable in the culture I’m trying to build. We will definitely talk about it.”

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West Indies win the ODI series against England

Notably, Joseph finally returned to the field at the start of the sixth game and after a short break, he played solidly to 3, finishing with impressive figures of 2/45 in his 10 overs against England. Despite the drama, West Indies managed to restrict England to 263/8 and eventually won the ODI series at home 2-1.

Later, Brandon King (102) and Keacy Karty (128*) both scored brilliant centuries to dismiss West Indies in 43 overs against England in Barbados with eight wickets in hand. West Indies and England will now face each other in a five-match T20I series starting on November 10 at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.