Another day and another set of Best Performances articles for our readers and today we could not have brought you a more different best performance of 2 players. They both are so different to each other and yet they both are legends in their own fields. One Is a white ball specialist and the other is an all format great. In this article we will talk about the 2 time T20I World Cup winning captain of West Indies Darren Sammy. This msn has been a legend for West Indies cricket and he led this team to 2 World titles. We will talk about his records below.
Darren Sammy played international cricket from 2007-2017 that means 10 years at the top of international cricket. In this time he played 38 Test Matches for West Indies and scored 1323 runs at an average of over 21 with 5 half centuries and 1 hundred. He also played 126 ODIs for West Indies making 1871 runs at an average of 24.35 with 9 half centuries. He played 68 T20IS where he scored 587 Runs. He has taken 84 wickets in Test cricket, 81 in ODIs and 44 in T20IS meaning s total of more than 200 international Wickets and more than 3500 runs. Let’s look at his Top 5 Best Performances.
106 vs England (2012)
He hit his only international century in this match vs England in 2012. This was a tough pitch to bat on and Darren Sammy showed why he is a great test batter as he came to bat at number 8 and in just 156 balls of batting he made 106 runs and he hit 17 fours and 1 six in this innings meaning a total of 74 runs in boundaries. He was striking at 67.95 which was great considering the pitch and the position. This innings cemented himself as a great batter and gave him a lot of confidence.
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7/66 vs England (2007)
Even though West Indies lost this match Darren Sammy made his mark in his first ever test match where he got his first 5 wicket haul and not only that he got 7 wickets in the second batting innings for England. This was a remarkable performance by him. The match was in the balance and he bowled 21.3 overs of great bowling and got 7 batters out by giving away 6- runs and he has arrived in international cricket.
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5/29 vs Pakistan (2011)
This is the first performance on this list that led to a West Indies win in a test match and it was mainly due to his incredible performance with the ball in this match. In the first innings he took 2 for 16 and then in the all important 4th innings he stepped up for his nation and in 17 overs of bowling he only gave away 29 runs and took 5 wickets and as a result West Indies won this match by 40 runs and he was hailed as a hero by the local fans.
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60 vs Bangladesh (2012)
This was one of his best ODI batting Performances and this led to a good win for West Indies in this ODI as well. West Indies were batting first in this match and Darren Sammy came at 8 to bat and he hit fours and sixes all around the ground as he hit 5 fours and 2 sixes meaning a total of 32 runs in boundaries. His strike rate was 96.77 and he only took 62 balls to make 60* and the West Indies won this match by 75 runs.
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63* vs India (2013)
The last performance on this list is another great batting performance In an ODI match vs India in 2013. In this match West Indies were chasing 289 to win from 50 overs and Darren Sammy was again in the middle when the team needed him and he made 63* from 45 balls while hitting 4 fours and 4 sixes meaning a total of 40 runs in boundaries. His strike rate was an amazing 140 and West Indies won the match by 2 wickets in a thriller.
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