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West Indies quick sanctioned following Barbados incident ICC World Test Championship
West Indies fast bowler Jayden Seales has been fined 15 percent of his match fee for an incident during the opening day's play of the first Test against Australia in Barbados . The incident occurred during the 55th over of Australia's first innings at Kensington Oval, when Seales gestured to the dressing room after dismissing opposing captain Pat Cummins. It was found to have breached Article 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to 'using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batter upon his/her dismissal during an International Match.' Seales played down the incident when quizzed for more information at stumps on the first day. "It did not really mean anything and it was more a bit of frustration," Seales said. "Pat hit a couple of good shots off me and I just showed him where the dressing room was and there wasn't really anything in it." Seales received the fine and also has one demerit point added to his record, for whom it was the second offence in a 24-month period, taking his tally of demerit points in a 24-month period to two. Seales and the West Indies fast bowlers were in the action again on Thursday as the Caribbean side showed plenty of fight against the reigning ICC World Test Championship runners up. Shai Hope (48) and skipper Roston Chase (44) added 67 for the sixth wicket to help the West Indies open up a 10-run lead on the first innings and Australia's top-order was once again undone as the tourists reached 92/4 and an overall lead of 82. Seales was among the wicket takers late on the second day as he bowled Josh Inglis for 12 for his sixth scalp of the match , with Travis Head (13) and Beau Webster (19) to resume on Friday and the Test match evenly poised. ICC World Test ChampionshipNewsJayden Seales
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West Indies quick hails five-wicket haul his best yet in Tests
West Indies quick Jayden Seales believes his five-wicket haul against Australia on the opening day of the first Test in Barbados was his best effort yet. Seales and fellow pacer Shamar Joseph ripped through the highly-rated Australian batting order to dismiss the tourists for just 180, before the Aussies fought back to have the hosts reeling at 57/4 at stumps following an action-packed opening day to the ICC World Test Championship encounter at Kensington Oval. It was the third time in his short international career that Seales has registered a five-wicket haul and the fiery 23-year-old - who is 10th on the ICC Men's Test Bowler Rankings - said it was his favourite one yet. "This is probably my best five-wicket haul because it wasn't my best day and I didn't feel at my best any time throughout the day," Seales said. "There were times I felt good, but throughout spells I didn't feel like I was in full control of what I wanted to do or was executing or nailing my lengths and lines as consistently as I wanted, so this one is probably my most special one." It was Joseph that did the early damage for the West Indies as he dismissed Sam Konstas and Cameron Green during a blistering opening spell to help reduce Australia to 22/3 and it took a 89-run partnership from Travis Head and Usman Khawaja to wrest the momentum back from the West Indies quicks. "I think that's what opened the game right up for us," Seales said of Joseph's early spell. "Blowing away the top-order is the most important thing in this cricket, and that made it a lot easier for us in the middle and in the back end of the innings, so he did a fantastic job for us today." Head, who top-scored for Australia with 59 and was the only batter on the day to surpass 50, was full of praise for the West Indies' bowling attack. "I thought Jayden bowled exceptionally well," Head said after play. "Alzarri (Joseph) is always there or thereabouts and Shamar again put the ball in the right areas and asked questions. "There were no surprises on what they were able to bring and get things out of the wicket, but vice versa. "We were able to do the same thing tonight (during the final session) and probably makes for an important couple of hours in the morning." ICC World Test ChampionshipNewsJayden Seales
