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[caption id="attachment_19651" align="alignnone" width="580"] Darren Sammy with the World T20 trophy he won leading the West Indies team.[/caption] Debasis Sen, St Lucia: A protest is being organised by a group of Saint Lucian men and women in light of the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) decision to drop Saint Lucia-born Darren Sammy as captain of the regional team. St. Lucia News Online (SNO) understands that persons are seeking out avid cricket fans to join them in the protest scheduled to take place on Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at the stadium named in his honour. “Saint Lucians are asked to come and show support to the former West Indies Cricket team captain, Darren Sammy, who was slacked off from the team as captain and replaced by Carlos Brathwaite, ” a statement being circulated on social media said. The general sentiment is that Sammy, regarded as the national hero (first cricketer to play for West Indies) has been sacked without any logical reason. They feel he is being made the scapegoat of the dirty politics that is prevailing among the island nations. And the man leading this is none other than selection committee chairman Courtney Browne. Although there is no official statement from WICB as to why the two times World T20 captain has been sacked. [caption id="attachment_19798" align="alignnone" width="580"] West Indies selection committee chairman Courtney Browne with Marlon Samuels and Jason Holder. Image Source: Xtra Time[/caption]   Another common sentiment among the locals is that currently cricket in the Caribbean is being controlled by Barbados. As many as six cricketers are from Barbados who feature in the current test squad. Players like Jason Holder, Carlos Brathwaite, Kraigg Brathwaite, Shane Dorwich, Miguel Cummins and Hope all hail from Barbados. Even the support staff has a huge Bajan influence in the likes of Henderson Springer-fielding coach, Rody Estwick-bowling coach, Jeff Gay-message therapist and former legend Joel Garner- Cricket Operations Manager. The selection committee chairman Courtney Browne and Chief Operations Manager Roland Holder are also from Barbados. According to sources, both Marlon Samuels and Carlos Brathwaite were shortlisted to replace Sammy. But the T20 captaincy was eventually handed to Brathwaite who incidentally hails from Barbados. Experienced Samuels has to fall out as he is not a Bajan. The protest, according to that statement, starts at 10.a.m. and will most likely coincide with scheduled third test match between West Indies and India. Although ticket prices have been reduced, many Saint Lucians have also expressed a willingness to boycott the games, following the announcement that Sammy’s firing. “Calling all St. Lucian’s to boycott the games coming up next week. We not interested, that’s why Reds and the others have been crying on the media, asking persons to attend the games in large numbers. Some St. Lucian’s “Sousea” they will flood the Stadium but not me. This is the first cricket game I’m not attending since international Cricket started in St. Lucia. I will not miss this game!! When I am not going my friends are not coming as well, as of Friday 5th, 4:00pm (43) of us have decided not to attend the games and the rest of the crew will follow the leader!!, “Clare Emmanuel said in a Facebook post. Sammy, an all-rounder cricketer, has been one of the most successful leaders of the West Indies cricket team in all three formats of the game. He was previously relieved of duty as captain of the Test and one-day international teams over the past two years, but in 2012 and 2016, he led the Caribbean outfit to glory in the International Cricket Council World Twenty20 Championships, the only captain to lift that trophy twice.