Daren Sammy

Daren Sammy
OBE
Sammy playing for the Invitational Prime Minister's XI in Canberra, Australia in 2010
Personal information
Full name
Daren Julius Garvey Sammy
Born (1983-12-20) 20 December 1983 (age 40)
Micoud, Saint Lucia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National sides
Test debut (cap 266)7 June 2007 
West Indies v England
Last Test19 December 2013 
West Indies v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 124)8 July 2004 
West Indies v New Zealand
Last ODI21 March 2015 
West Indies v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.88
T20I debut (cap 14)28 June 2007 
West Indies v England
Last T20I15 September 2017 
World XI v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.88
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2002/03–2016/17Windward Islands
2013–2014Sunrisers Hyderabad
2013–2020St Lucia Zouks
2014Glamorgan
2014Titans
2014/15–2015/16Hobart Hurricanes
2015Royal Challengers Bangalore
2015Nottinghamshire
2015Rangpur Riders
2016–2020Peshawar Zalmi
2016Hampshire
2016–2017Rajshahi Kings
2017Kings XI Punjab
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 38 126 96 191
Runs scored 1,323 1,871 3,549 3,092
Batting average 21.68 24.94 23.81 24.93
100s/50s 1/5 0/9 2/21 0/14
Top score 106 89 121 89
Balls bowled 6,215 4,956 13,744 7,654
Wickets 84 81 217 154
Bowling average 35.79 47.54 28.81 37.98
5 wickets in innings 4 0 10 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 7/66 4/26 7/66 5/16
Catches/stumpings 65/– 67/– 137/– 104/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  West Indies
ICC Champions Trophy
Winner 2004 England
ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Winner 2012 Sri Lanka
Winner 2016 India
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 March 2019

Daren Julius Garvey Sammy OBE (born 20 December 1983) is a Saint Lucian cricketer who played international cricket for the West Indies.[1] He is currently serving as the head coach of the West Indies cricket team in limited overs cricket. On making his One-Day International (ODI) debut against Bangladesh in 2004, Sammy became the first person from the island of St Lucia to play international cricket. Three years later he made his Test debut against England, taking 7/66 which were the best bowling figures for a West Indian in his first Test since Alf Valentine in 1950. Under his captaincy West Indies won the 2012 and 2016 ICC WorldTwenty20. He is the only captain to win the T20 World Cup twice. He was also a member of the West Indies team that won the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy.

Sammy is the only captain to have won World T20 twice. He captained West Indies to the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 victory against Sri Lanka, West Indies' first major trophy for 8 years (having won the ICC Champions trophy against England in 2004).[2] Sammy again captained West Indies to victory in the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 against England.[3] Sammy captained Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League from 2017 until 2020, when he stepped down due to fitness.[4] He then agreed to a two-year head coaching contract for Peshawar Zalmi.[5]

On 5 August 2016, Sammy was informed he was being dropped as T20I captain of West Indies.[6]

In the 2017 Birthday Honours, Sammy was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to sports.[7]

For his part in bringing back international cricket to Pakistan, Sammy received the highest civilian medal of Pakistan, Nishan-e-Pakistan on 23 March 2020. He was also awarded honorary Pakistani citizenship by the President of Pakistan Arif Alvi.[8][9]

In June 2021, Sammy was appointed as a member of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Board of Directors as an independent non-member director.[10][11]

  1. ^ "Daren Sammy Profile - ICC Ranking, Age, Career Info & Stats". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Samuels special the spur for epic West Indies win". Wisden India. 7 October 2012. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015.
  3. ^ Why did Sammy lay into West Indies board soon after winning ICC World T20 title: All you need to know Firstpost
  4. ^ "Peshawar Zalmi win Pakistan Super League 2017". Dawn. 5 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Darren Sammy appointed head coach, Wahab Riaz new captain of Peshawar Zalmi". Dawn. 5 March 2020.
  6. ^ Won't be West Indies' T20I captain anymore: Darren Sammy, Cricbuzz, 5 August 2016, retrieved 5 August 2016
  7. ^ "No. 61968". The London Gazette (7th supplement). 17 June 2017. p. B62.
  8. ^ "Darren Sammy to become honorary citizen of Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Darren Sammy given honorary citizenship of Pakistan on March 23". India Today. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Daren Sammy appointed as a member of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Board of Directors". Cricket World. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Daren Sammy to join CWI's Board of Directors". Cricbuzz. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.