ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies white-ball head coach Daren Sammy has been rewarded for his success with the T20 and ODI groups and can now take over the reins of the Check staff from April subsequent yr.
In a shock announcement at Cricket West Indies (CWI) quarterly press convention on Monday, Director of Cricket Miles Bascombe revealed that the board had determined to resume Sammy’s contract and make him head coach of the Check facet.
Which means that the 40-year-old Sammy will take over the place on April 1, 2025, from Andre Coley, appointed head coach of the Check staff in Might 2023.
Coley’s final sequence in cost would be the two-match tour of Pakistan from January 16 to twenty-eight, 2025.
Since taking up as white-ball head coach 18 months in the past, the West Indies’ T20 staff has gained 20 of their 35 matches, whereas the ODI facet gained 15 of its 28 matches.
In distinction, Coley gained only one Check sequence towards Zimbabwe in early 2024 whereas dropping the sequence to India, England, and South Africa.
Bascombe stated the board had been impressed with Sammy’s management and believed he might assist flip the Check staff’s fortunes round.
“Additional to that renewal, publish our present World Check Championship marketing campaign, we’re going to be increasing Mr Sammy’s function to embody all codecs,” Bascombe stated to loud applause.
“So, after we host Australia subsequent summer time, Daren Sammy would be the head coach of all senior males’s groups.
“…We’ve been fairly impressed with how he has chartered the course for our white-ball groups, and he has guided them in direction of consistency of efficiency, and that’s precisely what we wish to see in our Check staff,” he added.
Bascombe additionally lauded Coley for his work and stated he would proceed to obtain help till the tip of his tenure.
“I wish to take this chance to thank Andre Coley, who has served nicely. He nonetheless has to finish his World Check Championship marketing campaign in Pakistan, and he can have our full help,” he stated.
A beaming Sammy stated he was wanting ahead to the problem of enhancing the performances of the Check unit.
He stated he had already recognized areas to be addressed if the West Indies was to grow to be a world power in Check cricket as soon as once more.
“Representing West Indies in any format or place is at all times an honor.
“For me, this information will not be one thing I used to be anticipating. I by no means noticed myself doing teaching, however I need to admit, the best way it’s been going, I’ve developed a a lot stronger ardour and a love for the job,” Sammy stated.
“I imagine in processes, which we’ve been capable of do within the white ball format. With this new function, I’ve already mapped out some areas and processes we should comply with to succeed.
“I’m a affected person man, and as soon as I belief that course of and perceive the requirement from the Director of Cricket, then the plan will get into motion, so I’m excited concerning the added duty and the brand new journey, however one which I believe myself and my staff will likely be ready for,” he added.