Darren Sammy

Profile

Darren Sammy has already found a place in St. Lucia’s folklore after becoming the first international cricketer to emerge from the region and represent the West Indies. A handy batsman who can bowl at decent pace, Sammy is a player perfectly suited to the shorter formats of the game.

A member of the Under-19 World Cup squad, Sammy spent a good part of the next two years at the Marylebone Cricket Club before being called up to the senior team in the summer of 2004. He made his ODI debut against New Zealand in a rain abandoned game, but just a game later was dropped. After being left out in the wilderness till 2007, he staged a sensational comeback picking up 8 wickets in his debut Test against England.

Sammy’s leadership skills were also on show as he led the side against Canada in only his 37th ODI and later in the T20I format. Following a good outing in the 2010 World Twenty20, he was surprisingly handed permanent captaincy reigns in October 2010. With the added pressure of batting and bowling, Sammy led the team to a disappointing World Cup in 2011, but a few months later, he granted West Indies their first Test victory in two years, against Pakistan. More laurels followed, as he led the Caribbean men to their first-ever World Twenty20 title in 2012. The following year, Sammy was bought by the Hyderabad for the sixth IPL season.

Fast Facts

• Darren Sammy is the first-ever West Indian to have taken a five-wicket haul in T20s.

 

 

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Career

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