Simmons sacked as Windies coach

West Indies sacked their head coach Phil Simmons on Tuesday, five months after the team clinched the World Twenty20 title, citing "differences in culture and strategic approach". Simmons, 53, had endured a rocky time in the position and was suspended in September last year after criticising the board's selection policy for the West Indies' tour to Sri Lanka. "In recent times, based on the public pronouncements of the coach and the approach internally, we have identified differences in culture an