Daren Sammy

Daren Julius Garvey Sammy SLC, , N.Pk (born 20 December 1983) is a Saint Lucian former cricketer who played international cricket for the West Indies. He is head coach of the West Indies cricket team. On making his One-Day International (ODI) debut against Bangladesh in 2004, Sammy became the first person from 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. 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. Sammy captained Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League from 2017 until 2020, when he stepped down due to fitness. He then agreed to a two-year head coaching contract for Peshawar Zalmi. In August 2016, Sammy was informed he was being dropped as T20I captain of West Indies. In the 2017 Birthday Honours, Sammy was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to sports. For his part in bringing back international cricket to Pakistan, Sammy received the highest civilian medal of Pakistan, Nishan-e-Pakistan in March 2020. He was also awarded honorary Pakistani citizenship by the President of Pakistan Arif Alvi. In June 2021, Sammy was appointed as a member of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Board of Directors...