WI vs ENG: Bizarre Scenes as Angry Alzarri Joseph Storms Off Field, Leaving West Indies With 10-Men

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In bizarre scenes, an angry Alzarri Joseph stormed off the field following a verbal exchange with skipper Shai Hope, leaving West Indies with 10 men on the field during the 3rd ODI against England on Wednesday (November 6).

The incident took place in the fourth over of the match when Joseph and Hope were not on the same page about the field placement. After the speedster's first delivery, Joseph waved his arms at his skipper, indicating towards the slips cordon in frustration.

A few deliveries later, Joseph dismissed England's Jordan Cox, who gloved the pacy bouncer into the wicketkeeper Hope's gloves. But the wicket failed to improve his mood, forcing coach Darren Sammy trying to calm down the pace bowler from the boundary rope.

After the dramatic over finished, Joseph marched off the field, leaving the West Indies with only ten fielders for the following over. The pacer, however, returned after sitting in the dugout until the end of the over bowled by Matthew Forde.

The commentators were left puzzled by the scenes as West Indies fielded with just 10 fielders for an entire over as Joseph remained in the dressing room. Head coach Sammy and the other staff as well as players tried calming the pacer down.

"Many is the time, as a captain or as a player, that you have a disagreement about something on the field," former England batter Mark Butcher said in commentary.

"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." West Indies great Ian Bishop also echoed the same and hoped the differences were solved as the match is still on.

Joseph was taken out of the attack when he returned, but the change paid dividends for the West Indies, with fellow quick Romario Shepherd striking in his first delivery to remove Jacob Bethell thanks to a brilliant catch at backward point by Roston Chase.

The 27-year-old, however, was soon reintroduced into the attack in the 12th over, but did not look as threatening as his first 2 overs when he clocked close to 150kpmh consistently, troubling the England batters.