Sammy: Test retirement is a decision I made and I’m moving on

West Indies’ ambitions to turn around their Test fortunes – Sammy says they are aiming to rise into the top five of the rankings – brought an end to his time as captain then his retirement from the format. However, despite watching his team-mates in the ongoing series against New Zealand, he insisted he has no regrets.

“I wouldn’t say it’s been odd,” he said. “It’s a decision I made and I’m moving on. When I spoke to the selectors about the direction the Test team was heading it became clear to me. I was thinking about retiring anyway, I didn’t see myself going to South Africa [at the end of the year]. Once I heard about the plans it wasn’t difficult for me.

“I’ve been a big advocate that cricket is not about one person – I understood what they were saying. West Indies cricket comes first.”

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Sour Grapes.....

De bugger miss he Soothie as well

In an old fable by Aesop, a hungry fox noticed a bunch of juicy grapes hanging from a vine.

After several failed attempts to reach the grapes, the fox gave up and insisted that he didn't want them anyway because they were probably sour.

Nowadays when somebody expresses sour grapes ;

it means that they put down something simply because they can't have it.

I think Sammy's decision to retire from test cricket was base on emotion base on the fact that he was suddenly removed as captain. I think that he was hurt by the news and to help comfort himself at that time he chose to announce is retirement from that form of cricket.