Daren Julius Garvey Sammy was born on 20 December 1983 and is a Saint Lucian cricketer who played international cricket for the West Indies.
57 Facts About Daren Sammy
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Daren Sammy is currently serving as the head coach of the West Indies cricket team in limited overs cricket.
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Daren Sammy is a two time T20 World Cup winning captain.
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On making his One-Day International debut against Bangladesh in 2004, Sammy became the first person from the island of St Lucia to play international cricket.
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Daren Sammy scored his maiden Test century in May 2012 during a match against England.
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Daren Sammy was a member of the West Indies team that won the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy.
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Daren Sammy is the only captain to have won World T20 twice.
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Daren Sammy captained West Indies to the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 victory against Sri Lanka, West Indies' first major trophy for 8 years.
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Daren Sammy again captained West Indies to victory in the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 against England.
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Daren Sammy captained Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League from 2017 until 2020, when he stepped down due to fitness.
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Daren Sammy then agreed to a two-year head coaching contract for Peshawar Zalmi.
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On 5 August 2016, Daren Sammy was informed he was being dropped as T20I captain of West Indies.
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Daren Sammy was awarded honorary Pakistani citizenship by the President of Pakistan Arif Alvi.
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In June 2021, Daren Sammy was appointed as a member of the Cricket West Indies Board of Directors as an independent non-member director.
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Daren Sammy was a member of the West Indies team to the 2002 Under-19 World Cup, which was held that year in New Zealand; he made 22 runs and took three wickets.
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Daren Sammy bowled six overs in the match without taking a wicket.
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Daren Sammy played one further match in that season's cup, again succumbing for a duck in the first innings and failing to take a wicket.
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At the start of the 2003 season in England, Daren Sammy joined the Marylebone Cricket Club Young Cricketers.
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Whilst still a member of the Young Cricketers, Daren Sammy was called to the West Indies to join the University of the West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI against England in a warm-up match.
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Daren Sammy subsequently earned his first West Indies cap in odd circumstances.
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Daren Sammy claimed his first Test wicket when he dismissed Alastair Cook caught by Dwayne Bravo, but his first innings was unremarkable save for his economy, giving up just 1.88 runs per over off 17 completed overs.
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Daren Sammy continued his excellent debut, capturing the wickets of Steve Harmison and Monty Panesar, before snagging Paul Collingwood to end with seven wickets for 66 runs.
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Daren Sammy had just the tenth highest aggregate on a tour that included matches against Scotland and the Netherlands.
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Daren Sammy was called up to the Stanford Superstars, a team compiled by American billionaire Allen Stanford, when Dwayne Bravo pulled out with an injury.
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Daren Sammy was not slated to play the first game, but Shivnarine Chanderpaul had a neck strain that precluded his participation.
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The WICB announced its central contracts in November 2009, and Daren Sammy was included in the 33-man list.
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Daren Sammy had a forgettable match in front of his home crowd, but overall, Sammy had had a good series.
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Daren Sammy ended with 51 runs in four innings, the fourth highest aggregate for West Indies, and his 12.75 was the seventh best average.
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Daren Sammy had amassed 58 runs, the fifty coming up off just twenty deliveries.
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On 17 October 2010 Daren Sammy was named captain of the West Indies Test team for its tour to Sri Lanka and until the end of the 2011 season, replacing Chris Gayle.
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Daren Sammy took seven wickets in the match, including five in Pakistan's second innings, and was named Man of the Match for his performance.
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Cricinfo recorded that Daren Sammy led with passion and "bowled his heart out"; he finished with seven wickets from three matches at an average of 38.28.
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Daren Sammy missed the first ODI through illness, but returned to captain the side in the remaining two.
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The first Test was curtailed by rain and ended in a draw, and Daren Sammy top-scored for his team.
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Daren Sammy's team won the second match by five wickets, ending a series of 13 defeats against Australia that extended back to 2006.
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Daren Sammy partnered Marlon Samuels in a 204-run stand, the second-highest for the West Indies' seventh wicket.
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Daren Sammy has done enough and should not feel he has one foot in and one foot out as far as the leadership in concerned.
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Daren Sammy has done his bit to provide a winning environment.
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Daren Sammy guided the team to their first Test series victory since 2009 against a Test side other than minnows Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.
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Daren Sammy carried on his good form with the bat, scoring a half-century in the first Test.
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Daren Sammy led the West Indies in the 2012 World Twenty20 hosted by Sri Lanka.
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In March 2016, Daren Sammy captained West Indies to victory in the 2016 edition of ICC World Twenty20, beating England in the final in India.
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At the launch of the Caribbean Premier League Daren Sammy was announced as a franchise player for the 2013 tournament.
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Daren Sammy played professionally in the Indian Premier League for Hyderabad, and he was made captain of that franchise in 2014.
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Daren Sammy was then picked up by Kings XI Punjab for the 2017 tournament.
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Daren Sammy played for Peshawar Zalmi in the inaugural Pakistan Super League in 2016.
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Daren Sammy was reappointed as Zalmi's head coach for the 2023 season.
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In May 2023, Daren Sammy was named as the head coach of the West Indies cricket team in limited overs cricket.
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Daren Sammy has a reputation for bowling long spells and his medium-fast pace bowling is used to support strike bowlers.
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Daren Sammy feels that because he is a support bowler batsmen relax against him and are more prone to make mistakes.
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Daren Sammy said that he got to know that these were derogatory words after having seen popular comedian and satirist Hasan Minhaj's Patriot Act episode on the Black Lives Matter protests happening all across the United States of America following the murder of George Floyd, an African American by the Minneapolis police officials.
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Daren Sammy said that every time he was called that word, there would be laughter and he thought it was something funny and never thought much about it.
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Daren Sammy then released an Instagram video where he said that he has messaged his teammates asking for an explanation before revealing the names of those that called him racist names.
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Daren Sammy's mother wanted him to become a pastor at the local Adventist Church.
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Daren Sammy has four children- Darren, Darjhan, Skai and Xzavier Reign.
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Daren Sammy has started the Darren Sammy Foundation that works with the youth by giving them scholarships among other things.
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Daren Sammy joined Jomboy Media to become a commentator on their cricket series that combines elements of cricket and blitzball into one sport.