Former Guyana and West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan is questioning the process surrounding the appointment of West Indies white ball head coach Daren Sammy.
In a social media post on Wednesday, Sarwan said that 22 persons applied for the position, but only the identities of the two short-listed candidates were made known to the Cricket West Indies (CWI Board of Directors.
He stated, “The big question is why were the other twenty (20) persons/coaches not made known to CWI directors, and also, why is this a big secret and is being kept away from cricketing public? In the interest of transparency, those names should have been made available, at least to directors of CWI.”
He further noted that Sammy who has little coaching experience was selected over the other shortlisted candidate, Shivnarine Chanderpaul who is a Level 3 certified coach.
Sarwan wrote further, “Chanderpaul is fully qualified with a level III (3) certificate. Sammy, almost zero coaching qualifications. SHOCKINGLY, Darren Sammy confirmed as coach. How is this possible?”
He is calling on CWI president Kishore Shallow, who like Sammy is from the Windward Islands, to make the criteria and method used for the selection of the coach public.
He stated, “The President has a professional and moral obligation to the Caribbean people and, without delay, make public the criteria/method used for the selection of the coach. Is it because Chanderpaul is a Guyanese and Sammy is from Windward Islands?”
