Sammy appointed West Indies' all-format coach

Daren Sammy, the former West Indies captain, has been named the head coach for all senior West Indies men's teams and will take charge of the Test side from April 1, 2025.

The announcement was made by CWI Director of Cricket Miles Bascombe, at the quarterly press conference held in St Vincent.

The 40-year-old Sammy was named the white-ball head coach in May 2023 while Andre Coley took over the reins of the Test team at the same time, having been the interim red-ball head coach earlier. Sammy's white-ball stint began in June with the ODI series against the UAE. Coley, the former wicketkeeper-batter, started off with the home series against India in July last year.

Under Sammy as the white-ball head coach, West Indies won the ODI series against the UAE, Bangladesh and twice against England. But they failed to make the final of the World Cup qualifier, hence losing out on a berth in the 2023 World Cup. The T20I side registered series wins against India, England, and South Africa (twice), and also made it to the Super 8 stage of the T20 World Cup co-hosted by the USA and West Indies.

Meanwhile, the Test team failed to register a single series victory. They lost series to India, England and South Africa while they drew with Australia and Bangladesh. Their best Test performance came against Australia at The Gabba in January 2024, as they bowled Australia out for 207 in a chase of 216. West Indies ended the 2023-25 World Test Championship cycle with only 2 wins from 11 matches, and suffered a total of 7 losses to finish at the bottom.

Cricket West Indies also named a new chief executive officer, with Chris Dehring set to assume the role from February 1, 2025. The position was left vacant when Johnny Grave stepped down from the position in October.