Darren Sammy criticise WICB for sacking coach Phil Simmons

Sep 14, 2016 at 1:56 PM

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Darren Sammy criticise WICB for sacking coach Phil Simmons

Former West Indies skipper Darren Sammy has blasted the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) on Wednesday after head coach Phil Simmons was sacked just a few days before the team’s departure to the United Arab Emirates for a full-fledged series which is comprised of three Twenty 20 internationals, three One-Day Internationals and two Test matches against Pakistan.

Sammy himself was sacked by WICB despite leading the side to their second World T20 triumph earlier this year in India and was replaced by Carlos Braithwaite as skipper of the T20 team. The 32-year-old all-rounder took to Facebook and Twitter to vent his frustration right after WICB made the announcement sacking  Simmons due to “differences in cultural strategic approach.”

“So after the publicity stunt in Fort Lauderdale the first so call plan to move West Indies Cricket forward is to Fire the Coach just 2days before a tour. ” Sammy wrote on his Facebook page. “Just prove to me what I already knew. If the blind leads the blind they are bound to fall in a pit.”

Simmons was previously  suspended by the WICB last year after he expressed displeasure over the noninclusion of top players like Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo in the ODI squad for the Sri Lanka series. In June, the board also replaced former skipper Clive Lloyd with Courtney Browne as the chairman of selectors, a move was heavily criticized.

Team manager Joel Garner and coaches Henderson Springer and Roddy Estwick will now take over the side for the UAE tour.

 

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