Jayden Seales
West Indian cricketer
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Jayden Nigel Tristen Seales (born 10 September 2001) is a Trinidadian professional cricket right-arm medium-fast bowler who plays for the West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago. As of June 2026[update], he is signed with Antigua and Barbuda Falcons in the Caribbean Premier League. Seales made his senior international debut for the West Indies in 2021.
Trinidad and Tobago
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| Full name | Jayden Nigel Tristen Seales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 September 2001 Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Jalarnie Seales (cousin) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 326) | 10 June 2021 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 18 December 2025 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 212) | 4 June 2022 v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 22 November 2025 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 100) | 19 December 2024 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 13 November 2025 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Trinbago Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020/21–present | Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Jaffna Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Sussex (squad no. 14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Antigua and Barbuda Falcons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
He made his Twenty20 debut on 18 August 2020, for the Trinbago Knight Riders in the 2020 Caribbean Premier League,[1] taking one wicket in the match.[2] Prior to his T20 debut, he was named in the West Indies' squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[3] 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.[4] He made his List A debut on 17 February 2021, for Trinidad and Tobago, in the 2020–21 Super50 Cup.[5]
In March 2021, Cricket West Indies (CWI) named Seales as a developmental player for the first Test match against Sri Lanka.[6] In June 2021, Seales was named in a 17-man provisional squad for the Test series against South Africa.[7] Prior to his selection, Seales had only played in ten professional matches, including just one first-class fixture.[8] On 8 June 2021, CWI named Seales in the squad for the first Test against South Africa.[9] 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.[10] Seales made his Test debut against South Africa on 6 June 2021.[11] Despite a heavy defeat for the West Indies in the match, Seales took three wickets, including a wicket in the first over he bowled.[12]
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.[13] 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.[14]
In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Jaffna Kings following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[15]
In December 2021, he was named in the West Indies' One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Ireland.[16] In May 2022, he was named in the West Indies ODI squads for their series against the Netherlands and Pakistan.[17] He made his ODI debut on 4 June 2022, for the West Indies against the Netherlands.[18]