Sammy wants to see some white-ball players in Test squad

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC):

WEST INDIES all-format head coach, Daren Sammy, believes that some of the region’s best T20 and ODI players can help to bolster the Test team.

However, Sammy has made it clear that he does not intend to force any player to play Test cricket if that is not their desire.

Speaking on Monday during a virtual media interaction arranged by Cricket West Indies (CWI), Sammy maintained that some of the Caribbean’s most experienced cricketers were representing the West Indies in only white-ball cricket.

“We are faced with a situation where our players with the most experience…and most exposure to different conditions and the most successful ones are the ones playing white ball.

“Not taking anything away from what Kraigg Brathwaite and company have achieved, but there is a level of consistency that we’ve seen more, and my philosophy is once you’re a batsman, a batsman’s job is to score runs in different conditions,” Sammy said.

“I’m not just going to turn the Test team into a white-ball team, that’s not what I’m about, but I see there are players who are very consistent in our white-ball squads that I feel can add value to the style and the brand that I, as a head coach, want to instill in our cricket.”