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Jayden Seales (born 10 September 2001) is a Trinidadian cricketer.[1] Seales made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in June 2021.[2]

Jayden Seales

Personal information
Full name	Jayden Nigel Tristen Seales
Born	(2001-09-10) 10 September 2001 (age 21)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium fast
Role	Bowler
Relations	Jalarnie Seales (cousin)
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut (cap 326)	10 June 2021 v South Africa
Last Test	24 June 2022 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 212)	4 June 2022 v Netherlands
Last ODI	27 July 2022 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2020-present	Trinbago Knight Riders
2021	Jaffna Kings
2022	Trinidad and Tobago
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20 Matches 9 13 10 19 Runs scored 36 80 16 1 Batting average 5.14 6.15 16.00 – 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 13 33 16* 1* Balls bowled 1,446 1,973 461 332 Wickets 36 48 8 27 Bowling average 21.77 21.58 52.25 17.11 5 wickets in innings 1 2 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 5/55 5/49 3/40 4/13 Catches/stumpings 3/– 5/– 3/– 11/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 July 2022

Career

He made his Twenty20 debut on 18 August 2020, for the Trinbago Knight Riders in the 2020 Caribbean Premier League,[3] taking one wicket in the match.[4] Prior to his T20 debut, he was named in the West Indies' squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[5] He made his first-class debut on 11 December 2020, for the West Indies A against New Zealand A, during the West Indies tour of New Zealand.[6] He made his List A debut on 17 February 2021, for Trinidad and Tobago, in the 2020–21 Super50 Cup.[7]

In March 2021, Cricket West Indies (CWI) named Seales as a developmental player for the first Test match against Sri Lanka.[8] In June 2021, Seales was named in a 17-man provisional squad for the Test series against South Africa.[9] Prior to his selection, Seales had only played in ten professional matches, including just one first-class fixture.[10] On 8 June 2021, CWI named Seales in the squad for the first Test against South Africa.[11] On being named in the squad, Seales said that it was a "a dream come true" and hoped that he would be selected for the match.[12] Seales made his Test debut on 6 June 2021, for the West Indies against South Africa.[13] Despite a heavy defeat for the West Indies in the match, Seales took three wickets, including a wicket in the first over he bowled.[14]

In August 2021, in the first match against Pakistan, Seales took his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket, with 5/55 in the second innings.[15] In doing so, he became the youngest cricketer from the West Indies to take a five-wicket haul in Tests, breaking Alf Valentine's record set in 1950.[16]

In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Jaffna Kings following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[17]

In December 2021, he was named in the West Indies' One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Ireland.[18] In May 2022, he was named in the West Indies ODI squads for their series against the Netherlands and Pakistan.[19] He made his ODI debut on 4 June 2022, for the West Indies against the Netherlands.[20]

References

External links

• Jayden Seales at ESPNcricinfo

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