Darren Sammy to become honorary citizen of Pakistan
Former West Indies Captain, Darren Sammy gestures wearing a traditional turban at Gaddafi
stadium in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March 5, 2017. Associated Press / K.M. Chaudary, File
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Caribbean Life, Feb. 28-Mar. 5, 2020 51
By Nelson A. King
Former West Indies captain,
Darren Sammy, who
has played a major role in the
return of top-flight cricket to
Pakistan, will become an honorary
citizen of Pakistan on
March 23.
“The country has decided to
express its gratitude in style
by extending an honorary citizenship
to the former West
Indies captain,” said ESPNcricinfo
on Feb. 22.
It said Arif Alvi, the Pakistan
president, has agreed to
Sammy receiving the Nishane
Pakistan, the country’s top
civilian award, in Islamabad.
ESPNcricinfo said the notion
of Sammy receiving Pakistani
honorary citizenship was initiated
by Javed Afridi, the owner
of Peshawar Zalmi, the team
Sammy has represented since
the start of the Pakistan Super
League (PSL) in 2016.
The Pakistan Cricket Board
(PCB) followed up on it with
the federal government in light
of Sammy’s “invaluable contribution
to cricket in Pakistan,”
ESPNcricinfo said.
It said that St. Lucian-born
Sammy, 36, has been Zalmi’s
premier marquee player from
the beginning of the PSL.
Ahead of the second edition,
ESPNcricinfo said Shahid
Afridi, who led the team
in the first season, stepped
down and handed the reins to
Sammy, and he has led them
since. The team won the title
in 2017 and was the losing
finalists in 2018 and 2019.
“More than that, though, it’s
Sammy’s support to the Pakistan
cause that has endeared
him to people in the country,”
ESPNcricinfo said, stating
that Sammy was the first
to agree to tour Pakistan when
the PCB wanted to bring the
PSL final to the country.
Then, when an ICC World
XI was lined up tour Pakistan
for three T20Is in September
2017, Sammy — a part of that
squad — spoke to the other
tourists as part of a security
briefing, ESPNcricinfo said.
At the time, ESPNcricinfo
quoted Sammy as saying: “I
did brief them quickly about
my experience in Lahore for
the PSL final.
“We’ve had the best security
team, who have also briefed
them,” Sammy said. “Like I
said before, it’s important. I
get to play in front of my fans
in St. Lucia and around the
world, and we see how passionate
they are. And to get an
opportunity after so long, they
are all happy to be part of that
process.
“First thing I said to guys
after the PSL final — apart
from all the security and the
protocol — once I stepped on
the field, it felt like playing
in St. Lucia,” Sammy added.
“That is my honest experience.
The crowd was just hungry for
cricket, to see their icons and
role models play in the game.
“That is what it felt like,”
he continued. “That is what I
briefed the players when the
coach Andy Flower asked me
about my experience.”
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