Watch: Alzarri Joseph storms off field after disagreement with skipper Shai Hope

The West Indies’ pacer Alzarri Joseph recently caught every headline after he was captured exiting the field during the third ODI of the ongoing white ball series against England. Joseph was seen storming out of the field after a disagreement with the West Indies skipper Shai Hope. 

The moment happened in the fourth over of the first innings of the game. Joseph, who was having a conversation with Hope over the field placements, disagreed, and much to the spectators’ surprise, Joseph walked off the field due to the argument. 

Bowling the over, Joseph seemed to be frustrated about the slip fielder’s position after his first delivery was deflected onto point. He continued the over with a fiery 148 km/h bouncer that saw the dismissal of Jordan Cox. However, despite the wicket, Joseph did not seem satisfied as he continued to argue with Hope. 

Talking of the same, former England captain Mark Butcher, who was on air during the moment, opined that a bowler’s job is to bowl to the captain’s plans and sort out any differing opinions behind closed doors. 

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“Many time, 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 said on air. 

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West Indies clinch ODI series

Speaking of the game, the West Indies managed to completely dominate England and put in an excellent performance in the third ODI. Both sides came into the series decider, and the game began with England coming in to bat first.

After Phil Salt opened the innings with a knock of 74 runs, the rest of the batters failed to amount to much. However, Dan Mousley and Sam Curran stabilised the innings in the lower middle order as England posted a total of 263 runs in the first innings of the game. 

Hoping to defend the target, England failed to impress with the ball as the Windies made sure that the visitors did not get back into the game. The hosts opened with Brandon King scoring 102 runs in 117 deliveries and Keacy Carty adding 128* runs as the Windies won the game by eight wickets and clinched the series.