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Full name Darren Julius Garvey Sammy
Born December 20, 1983, Micoud, St Lucia
Current age 24 years 149 days
Major teams West Indies, Northern Windward Islands, St Lucia, University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI, Windward Islands
Playing role All-rounder
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	3	6	0	112	38	18.66	222	50.45	0	14	0	1
ODIs	13	7	1	106	51	17.66	103	102.91	1	5	4	6
T20Is	4	3	2	22	14*	22.00	25	88.00	0	1	1	1
First-class	43	72	5	1640	87	24.47			12			54
List A	61	48	7	936	58	22.82			3			34
Twenty20	6	5	2	44	21	14.66	40	110.00	0	5	1	1

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	3	5	447	237	10	7/66	8/98	23.70	3.18	44.7	0	1
ODIs	13	11	470	401	6	2/2	2/2	66.83	5.11	78.3	0	0
T20Is	4	4	84	94	7	3/21	3/21	13.42	6.71	12.0	0	0
First-class	43		5618	2467	99	7/66		24.91	2.63	56.7	3	6
List A	61		2638	1973	64	4/16	4/16	30.82	4.48	41.2	3	0
Twenty20	6	6	126	133	10	3/21	3/21	13.30	6.33	12.6	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	England v West Indies at Manchester, Jun 7-11, 2007 scorecard
Last Test	South Africa v West Indies at Durban, Jan 10-12, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	New Zealand v West Indies at Southampton, Jul 8, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI	West Indies v Sri Lanka at Gros Islet, Apr 15, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	England v West Indies at The Oval, Jun 28, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I	South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, Jan 18, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	2002/03
Last First-class	Guyana v Windward Islands at Providence, Mar 29-Apr 1, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	2001/02
Last List A	West Indies v Sri Lanka at Gros Islet, Apr 15, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	British Virgin Islands v St Lucia at Coolidge, Jul 12, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, Jan 18, 2008 scorecard

Profile

Darren Julius Garvey Sammy has names invoking images of great leadership. He is the first international cricketer to emerge from St Lucia, an island rediscovering its cricket culture as the new Beausejour Stadium has captured imaginations, so it is a major feat that he has cracked the West Indies squad. Perhaps because St Lucians have not been as engrossed with cricket as other West Indians, it has encouraged their players to become allrounders. Sammy, who spent some time at Lord's with the MCC cricket staff, also showed off his skills as a batsman and right-arm medium-pacer as part of the University of the West Indies Vice-Chancellor's XI. He won a one-day cap in England in 2004 - although there wasn't actually any play in the match, it counted as the toss was made - and was called up late to the Champions Trophy squad in September 2004 after Jermaine Lawson pulled out with a stress-fractured back. In July 2006, he was named as St Lucia's captain for West Indies' first-ever Twenty20 tournament and was recalled for the tour of England in 2007. After missing the first two Tests, Sammy was drafted into the side for his debut at Old Trafford, and celebrated with 7 for 66 in the second innings - a performance that included three wickets in a single over. St Lucian fans had their first opportunity to see Sammy in an ODI in his home country when he played at Gros Islet against Sri Lanka in 2008.
Vaneisa Baksh May 2008

Apr 14, 2008

Darren Sammy samples the Digicel car for a lucky winner
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Apr 9, 2008

Kieron Pollard and Darren Sammy during a training session
© AFP

Apr 9, 2008

Darren Sammy bowls in the nets
© AFP

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