Last Updated on December 20, 2024, 12:02 PM AST by Anthony Morris
Daren Sammy- former West Indies captain from Saint Lucia, has been named as the head coach for all senior West Indies men’s teams.
Cricket West Indies announced on Monday that Sammy would be taking charge of the Test side starting from April.
CWI Director of Cricket Miles Bascombe while speaking at St. Vincent and the Grenadines made the major announcement.
Sammy, who is a two times ICC T20 World Cup Champion of 2012 and 2016 turned 41 years old today.
In May 2024, He was named the white-ball head coach. His white-ball journey started in June with the ODI series of West Indies against the United Arab Emirates.
Under Sammy as the white-ball head coach, the team won the ODI series against the UAE, Bangladesh as well as twice against England, however, they failed to make the final of the World Cup qualifier, hence lost on a berth in last year’s World Cup.
The T20I side registered series wins against England, India and twice against South Africa following which it made it to the Super 8 stage of the T20 World Cup co-hosted by the USA and West Indies.
The renowned player who hails from Saint Lucia has played in 232 international matches and has scored 3781 international runs, took 209 international wickets, 4 five wicket hauls and is the winner of the 2004 Champions Trophy.
Meanwhile, Sammy, while speaking on his appointment, said it is a role that he is prepared to undertake, adding that it is an honour to function in any role for West Indies cricket.
He outlined, “It is always an honour to represent West Indies in any format or any position and for me this is not something that I was expecting and coaching was never something I saw myself doing.”
“But I must admit, the way that it’s been going, I’ve developed a much stronger passion and a love for the job,” he added.
With this new role, Daren Sammy outlined, “I’ve already mapped out some of the areas and some of the processes that we’ll have to follow in order for us to be successful, you know? I’m a patient man and once I trust that process and understand the requirement from the director of cricket, then the plan gets in into action.”
He added that he is very excited about the added responsibility and the new journey, one that he thinks that he and his team will be prepared for.
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