No plan for white-ball players to take over Test team, says Windies head coach

Despite plans to introduce more white-ball players in the West Indies Test team, all-format Head Coach Daren Sammy says he has no intentions to disregard the players who have previously been part of the red-ball setup.

St Lucian Sammy takes charge of the men’s Test team on April 1, replacing Jamaican Andre Coley whose stint ended in January. Notwithstanding historic Test match wins against Australia and Pakistan which resulted in drawn series, the Caribbean side struggled during Coley’s 20-month tenure. They failed to win any of their seven series, suffering losses to England, India and twice to South Africa and drawing at home with Bangladesh.

However, Sammy is adamant that there won’t be wholesale changes to the Test team.

“Don’t get me wrong, I hear the people with chatter [about] white-ball players. I’ve never said I’m going to make the Test team a white-ball team, I’ve never said that. Let’s get that clear,” he said.