Darren Sammy

Darren Sammy is a West Indies Cricketer

Darren Sammy, (born 20 December 1983) is a Saint Lucian cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies. He is a two time T20 World Cup winning captain. He plays as a right-handed batsman and a fast-medium bowler. 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. Sammy was appointed West Indies captain in October 2010. He scored his maiden Test century in May 2012 during a match against England.

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). Sammy again captained West Indies to victory in the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 against England. Now Sammy plays in the Pakistan Super League as the captain of Peshawar Zalmi.

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

In the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy he along with Kemar Roach set the record for the highest 10th wicket partnership in ICC Champions Trophy history(51*)

On 6 April 2016, Beauséjour Cricket Ground, a cricket ground located near Gros Islet, St Lucia having a seating capacity of 15,000 was renamed to Daren Sammy Cricket Ground. This was done after Daren Sammy captained the West Indies side in winning the 2016 edition of ICC World Twenty20 in India, their second World T20 title.

In August 2016 he was dropped as T20I captain and the chairman of selectors said he did not merit a place in the West Indies squad. Carlos Brathwaite replaced him for the T20I leadership role.

In August 2017, he was named in a World XI side to play three Twenty20 International matches against Pakistan in the 2017 Independence Cup in Lahore.

In May 2018, he was named as one of the ten marquee players for the first edition of the Global T20 Canada cricket tournament. On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the tournament