“We had problems with our contracts”, Bravo added.
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“People were wondering, whether we would play this tournament or not, we had issues with the board”.
“All we want is some respect and equal treatment”. But all of us came together; these 15 men put adversity aside, played this type of cricket in front of such passionate fans. “I would like to thank the Almighty as it would not have been possible without His blessings”.
“Really happy for this win, it’s something we’ll cherish for a long time”. I think we had enough as players. Somebody stepped up every game and took responsibility. “We have a lot more to do and we will just have to intensify those efforts to make sure that those plans are institutionalised and rolled out across the region so we have the production of good players through the systems we are putting in place”.
“Big time reception, home coming”, Charles said in a video posted on Facebook on Tuesday, while Sammy said Anthony had announced that the island’s premier cricketing ground had will now be known as the Darren Sammy National Cricket stadium. In three short and ill-conceived sentences I paid lip service to the other teams, casually remarking that West Indies were “short of brains but have IPL history in their ranks”. This is for all the fans in the Caribbean.
Sammy courted controversy when he hit out at the WICB for its lack of support and praised Prime Minister of Grenada Dr. Keith Mitchell and CARICOM for messages of support which inspired his team. They are very small-minded people, especially the president as I said before. “I don’t know when I’m going to be playing for West Indies again, I want to thank my team, thanks my coaching staff. This is for the CHAMPIONS”, he said, referring to the Dwayne Bravo song”.
“We had a new manager in this tournament”.
“We left the Caribbean with a six-step goal for the Cup”. “We’ve gotten emails, we’ve gotten calls…”
The affable St Lucian was also able to bring the best out of strong personalities such as Chris Gayle, a centurion in the Windies’ opening Super 10 win over England, and Marlon Samuels – the man of the match in the final just as he had been against Sri Lanka in 2012.
For Sammy, it was the “never say die” attitude that became their key to success.
Warne had criticized Samuels for his dismissal in the semi-final against India and slammed it as “poor and disappointing”. “All I can say is, it wasn’t by chance that this happened”, he said.
Asked if he was at peace with himself following the contractual row with the WICB that overshadowed his team’s tournament preparations, a grinning Sammy replied: “I’m always at peace with myself, always”.
“We did not have enough runs on the board”. That probably made all the difference between the Indians from the west being the best Indians. “We played this entire tournament without caps”.
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The Windies went into the last over needing 19 to win and with expert death bowler Ben Stokes handed the ball, it looked like England would see out the win. “I believe was rather unfortunate”. “We are not eligible for selection”, he said.
