Darren Sammy has been appointed head coach of the West Indies men’s team across all formats. Cricket West Indies (CWI) Director of Cricket Miles Bascombe made the announcement during a press conference in St Vincent. Sammy will officially take charge of the Test team from April 1, 2025. But during this period he will be the coach of the limited overs team.
The team’s performance has improved in limited overs cricket.
Former West Indies captain Darren Sammy will replace Andre Kohli as the head coach of the red ball team. Under Sammy’s captaincy, West Indies won two T20 World Cups in 2012 and 2016. Since the appointment of the coach in 2023, the performance of the West Indies team in limited overs cricket has improved. Since then Darren Sammy has been receiving a lot of praise. There have been changes in the West Indies limited overs team since he became coach.
West Indies Cricket did this tweet
Cricket West Indies confirmed the news on its official “CWI Director of Cricket Miles Bascombe made the announcement at a press conference in St Vincent.”
Big challenge against Sammy
Sammy has made significant contributions to West Indies cricket as a player and captain. In modern cricket, under his captaincy, West Indies made a splash in T20 cricket. After becoming the coach, he has also made changes in the limited overs team of West Indies. The new players in the team are continuously performing well. In such a situation, the challenge will be to improve the Test team again. The recent performance of the West Indies team in red ball cricket has not been anything special.
