Playing Style
I have the term allrounder because I bowl, I bat and I field, but in reality I'm not really one thing or the other.
—Darren Sammy, June 2007Sammy has a reputation for bowling long spells and his medium-fast pace bowling is used to support strike bowlers. He has commented that "We all have roles in the team and I've clearly understood what my role is in the team, which is to build pressure and be the workhorse of the team. I've accepted that and that's how I've played throughout my career." He aims to do this by bowling dot balls to create pressure. Sammy feels that because he is a support bowler batsmen relax against him and are more prone to make mistakes. A consistent bowler, though he does not move the ball much Sammy delivers the ball with an upright seam and uses the crease to vary his angle of delivery. As a batsman, his strike-rate in ODIs of 103.65 is the highest amongst West Indian players who have faced at least 500 deliveries, and in ODI innings of at least 25 runs holds the second, third, and fourth highest strike rates of West Indian players.
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