TAROUBA, Trinidad, (CMC) – West Indies head coach Daren Sammy said he is not concerned by the constant criticism which he faces and is only focused on moving the regional side forward in all formats.

Sammy made the comments following the West Indies’ historic One Day International (ODI) series victory over Pakistan on Tuesday, where they won the third and final ODI by a massive 202 runs to clinch the three-match series 2-1.

It was their first bilateral ODI series win over their Asian opponents in 34 years, their first against them at home since 1988 and their first ODI series win in 2025.
However, the West Indies have endured a tough start to 2025.
They were swept by England 3-0 in both the ODI and T20I series, trounced 5-0 and 3-0 by Australia in the Test and T20I series respectively, and also lost the T20I series to Pakistan 2-1.

Those string of results led to numerous calls for Sammy to be sacked, including those from former West Indies players.
But speaking in a post-match press conference on Tuesday, Sammy said he was not distracted by those on the outside.
“I know what I’m trying to do, what we as a team the goal we set out for ourselves.
“I don’t equate one person or a couple persons who have a platform talking about West Indies cricket as the opinions of all these fans you see coming out to watch. You see what a victory does for the West Indian people,” Sammy said.

“All these people who come in these stands, they don’t have a social media voice where they speak, and they still come out to support the guys.
“So, for me, understanding the purpose, understanding why I’m here, why my team is here, and we put our heads down and come everyday and try and put in an honest day’s work.
“I’ve never actually been one to listen to noise, this has been me throughout my career. When I was playing, when I was captain and now that I’m coach, everything that I’ve done early has built me and prepared me for what’s going on now,” he maintained.

Sammy said while he had goals which he wanted the West Indies to achieve, he was also realistic about the timeline in when they could be achieved.
“I have to be confident in the plans that we put in place, but I also have to be realistic.

“The reality of West Indies cricket is we were number 10 in the world in ODI cricket. We’ve been number eight in Test cricket for donkey odd years. If anybody expected a new coach, anybody, it doesn’t have to be me, could come in and work miracles then Jesus would be coming tomorrow, but that’s not going to happen,” Sammy said.
“For me it’s putting a plan in place, trusting the process, obviously you need support from different areas of the game…a lot of things have to go right, but what we can do with the ability and skills that we have is work the best that we can and that’s what we’re out here doing.”