Darren Sammy brought in an air of positivity: Curtly Ambrose

Former West Indies bowling legend Curtly Ambrose joined up with the West Indies team prior to the start of the World T20 as a bowling consultant. Although the current crop of bowlers don’t send shivers down the spines of most players as he did during his playing days, Ambrose has been instrumental in the job that has been thrust on him by the WICB.

Speaking to cricbuzz Ambrose stated that despite the issues between the players and the WICB, the advertisers of the West Indies cricket untied the players as a team. He also stated that they had immense self belief as well as deliver on the big stage.

Ambrose said, “Yes, the adversities united us as a team. There have been issues with the West Indies Cricket board (WICB) which Darren (Sammy) spoke of on Sunday night and I wouldn’t want to add further.

“At the start of the tournament, not many gave us a chance to win this tournament – but we were fired up as a bunch. We had oodles of self-belief and at no stage we gave up. Also, the performances of our Under-19 team earlier in Bangladesh and our women’s team’s win motivated us to go out there and deliver on Sunday,” he added.

Curtly Ambrose also suggested that Darren Sammy brought in a lot of positive energy and calm into the dressing room and endorsed his leadership skills.

“Darren brought a lot of calm to the dressing room. We have become a team that prays and thanks the Almighty. Darren had led this team to their maiden World T20 title in 2012 and knew what was needed to replicate that performance. He has been an inspirational leader and brought in an air of positivity in the team,” he said.

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