Jayden Seales

Jayden Seales
Personal information
Full name
Jayden Nigel Tristen Seales
Born (2001-09-10) 10 September 2001 (age 23)
Trinidad and Tobago
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
RelationsJalarnie Seales (cousin)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 326)10 June 2021 v South Africa
Last Test15 August 2024 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 212)4 June 2022 v Netherlands
Last ODI1 August 2023 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2020–presentTrinbago Knight Riders
2020/21–presentTrinidad and Tobago
2021Jaffna Kings
2024Sussex (squad no. 14)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 15 10 33 22
Runs scored 74 17 208 18
Batting average 5.28 5.66 6.70 6.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 13 16* 33 16*
Balls bowled 2,440 439 4,893 833
Wickets 62 6 116 16
Bowling average 23.67 74.16 23.78 50.25
5 wickets in innings 2 0 5 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/61 1/21 6/61 3/40
Catches/stumpings 4/– 1/– 8/– 3/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 18 August 2024

Jayden Nigel Tristen Seales (born 10 September 2001) is a Trinidadian cricketer who is mainly a right-arm fast medium bowler.[1] Seales made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in June 2021.[2]

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 against South Africa on 6 June 2021.[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

  1. ^ "20 cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricket Monthly. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Jayden Seales". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. ^ "1st Match, Tarouba, Aug 18 2020, Caribbean Premier League". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  4. ^ "CPL: Jayden Seales takes top wicket in Maiden T20 match". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  5. ^ "West Indies Squad announced for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  6. ^ "2nd unofficial Test, Nelson, Dec 11 - Dec 14 2020, West Indies A tour of New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  7. ^ "10th Match (D/N), Coolidge, Feb 17 2021, Super50 Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  8. ^ "West Indies squad named for first Test against Sri Lanka". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  9. ^ "17-man provisional squad named for the Betway Test Series against South Africa". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Jayden Seales in West Indies Test squad for South Africa series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Squad announced for 1st Betway Test Match against South Africa". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Fast-tracked into 13-man shortlist, Jayden Seales hopes to build on 'dream come true'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  13. ^ "1st Test, Gros Islet, Jun 10 - 14 2021, South Africa tour of West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Jayden Seales provides silver lining as Kraigg Brathwaite rues collapse". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Five-wicket Seales stars as West Indies chase 168 to beat Pakistan". Dunya News. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Seales takes maiden Test five-wicket haul". Loop News. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews miss out on LPL drafts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  18. ^ "West Indies name squads to face Ireland and England in upcoming white-ball series". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  19. ^ "No Holder, Evin Lewis or Hetmyer for West Indies' ODI tours of Netherlands and Pakistan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  20. ^ "3rd ODI, Amstelveen, June 04, 2022, West Indies tour of Netherlands". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2022.