by Dexter Theodore
Twenty-three year old all-rounder, Darren Sammy, made cricketing history at Old Trafford yesterday when he became the first Saint Lucian ever to play test cricket.
England won the toss and decided to bat and progressed quite smoothly, after losing Strauss early.
Eventually it was the turn of the debutant to take the ball. Sammy started with a nervous first over, then followed that with a maiden which helped to get rid of the butterflies in his stomach. Thereafter he settled into a disciplined line and length which soon reaped rich reward when he had Cook caught at backward point, flailing at a delivery which nipped away and peeled off his outside edge.
Sammy finished his first day in Test cricket with the well-deserved figures of 17-7-32-1 and the distinction of being the most economical West Indian bowler on show, with an economy rate of 1.88.
