**** Eulogy to Sammy ****

Sammy was selected to do a job and he may have been the ideal candidate because he was a yes man.

Sammy has many very good attributes. He is a trier, he does his best, he is passionate, he is a team man but sadly as a cricketer he is mediocre and especially in tests it is a travesty he has been allowed to lead for so long.

He did not merit a place. He did not have the leadership qualities to ignore his many other cricketing shortcomings as we all did for Brearley.

You cannot blame him that despite his continued failures he was retained in all three formats until fairly recently.

That to me is astonishing.

I do not think he should represent the Windies again in any format but at a stretch let him play in T20s.

Out of courtesy, I thank him and hope the next phase of his life, hopefully without intentional cricket, is a good one.

Bye.

Mail . Sammy never asked to be captain and without a doubt he was mediocre in that role but the way he congratulated  Ramdin showed    class

The St.Lucia Mafia of Hilaire and Hunt :

are solely responsible for his Installation on an unheard of contract basis !

Kwams,

No one really doubted his likeability as a person and to me it s the polite things to do rather than class.

If he had class which for me is integrity, he would have resigned after a year, at the absolute most but 6 months at best, when he realised he was just mediocre.

However he is gone now but sadly not from all formats which I think I the travesty.

Sammy is a legend. He had more classic moments and good knocks over the past 2 years than every WIndian except Shiv.

Trini,


Really? I hope your statement is tongue in cheek!