Former T20 World Cup-winning captain Darren Sammy has been appointed as West Indies Men’s all-format coach after taking over the duties of red-ball cricket, adding to his responsibilities as the coach of the ODI and T20I teams.
Sammy was part of the West Indies squad that won the Champions Trophy in 2004 and T20 World Cup editions in 2012 and 2016 in his illustrious career.
Cricket West Indies has announced his appointment on Monday during the Quarterly Press Conference held in St. Vincent.
“Daren Sammy will be the Head Coach of all the Senior Men’s teams as of April 1, 2025. Announcement made by CWI Director of Cricket Miles Bascombe at the Quarterly Press Conference in St Vincent moments ago.”
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Sammy has been the head coach of the West Indies’ White ball coach since May 2023. From April next year, he will assume the responsibility for the test side as well.
“It’s an honour to represent the West Indies in any capacity and with the new role he has mapped out the new direction,” Sammy said at a press conference following the announcement.
“I am really excited about the added responsibility and the new journey, one that I think myself and my team will be prepared for,” he added.
Sammy will be replacing outgoing Andre Coley as the Test head coach after the end of West Indies’s current World test championship cycle.
West Indies are currently in the WTC points table with a 24.24% a points percentage, and are out of contention for the finale at Lord’s next year.
They still have two match test series against Pakistan away from home to be played between 16-28 January 2025.
Sammy’s immediate challenge will be improve the team’s performance in all three formats of the game.
