Test cricket facing T20 test

THE World Twenty20 title was the unquestionable highlight of 2012 for West Indies cricket and, not least, for Darren Sammy whose contribution in the final, as captain and player, earned him the respect previously denied him.

Yet, whatever else, Sammy is clearly a realist. While West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Julian Hunte boasted that West Indies “are world champions again after a period of drought”, Sammy was less gungho.

“The T20 win doesn’t mean West Indies is back on top,”