Newsday Reporter
PORT OF SPAIN: Legendary West Indies hasty bowler Sir Andy Roberts does now not assume the appointment of Daren Sammy as head coach of the Test team will lead to any instant success for the regional side.
On December 16 everywhere in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) quarterly press conference held in St Vincent, director of Cricket Miles Bascombe published that Sammy, the white-ball head coach, would shield end over from contemporary head coach of the Test side Andre Coley efficient April 1, 2025.
Sammy’s promotion came on the heels of spectacular results, the put he led the T20 team to victories in 20 of their 35 matches, while the ODI side received 15 of their 28 matches all over his 18 months accountable.
However, speaking on radio home I95.5FM on December 19, the 73-year-broken-down, who took 202 Test wickets in precisely 42 matches, mentioned there first wanted to be a alternate in mindset by the avid gamers if the West Indies was as soon as to return to their glory days. “I don’t watch any coach, any coach making a distinction till the avid gamers can aquire into the idea of what made West Indies cricket huge within the previous,” Sir Andy mentioned.
“Labor, dedication, the appreciate for the game, rethink your recreation on yarn of you would possibly maybe now not enable coaches to be thinking for you on yarn of that appears to be like to be the norm in West Indies cricket.
“The entirety that a coach tells them they appear to mediate that it is miles gospel. Or now not it is essential to work issues out for yourself on yarn of what is gorgeous for me would possibly maybe presumably now not be lovely for you, so that you possess got gotten to grab what is gorgeous for yourself and also it is top to be in a situation to analyse your recreation on the day, on yarn of on daily foundation you obtain up you received’t feel the same,” he added.
Sir Andy lamented the proven fact that regardless of being rooted to the bottom of the Test rankings for decades, West Indies cricket was as soon as mild being fling the same method.
“At the same time as you check West Indies cricket, everywhere in the years that we had been within the doldrums and this present day we’re mild within the doldrums, however our techniques cease related to it was as soon as 15, 20 years ago and it is miles now not a technique that is related to West Indies’ greatness,” Sir Andy maintained.
“We are residing within the previous as a ways as Australia, England, India and all of them (are concerned). They are teaching us easy the system to play cricket now and we had been the ones that they had been following. Now we’re the followers.” CMC
