World Twenty20 2012: West Indies stun Sri Lanka to grab T20 title in Colombo It the West Indies first major trophy since the 1979 World Cup, the Champions Trophy they won in England in 2004 not being a true global tournament like this one or the World Cup. The current players are probably sick of hearing about the legendary exploits of the great West Indies sides under Clive Lloyd and Viv Richards, but this win will give their generation something to be proud of even if it has to be accompanied by an outbreak of Gangnam dancing. "It feels really, really good and we're definitely going to cherish this moment," said Darren Sammy, the West Indies's captain afterwards. This is the best moment for me in cricket and we're going to live it every day of our lives. This is for the Caribbean people. They've craving success for a long time now so they'll party from Jamaica down to Guyana and we know how to party so they'll need a lot of bar tenders. Nobody plays cricket quite like the West Indies, their athletic exuberance exceeding even those teams employing two trainers and a psychologist. But if that spirit had declined in recent times until Darren Sammy, coach Ottis Gibson and manager Richie Richardson have managed to halt and reverse it, something this T20 trophy should provide further shoots of progress. Hopefully the West Indies Board can capitalise upon it without recourse to another tarnished sugar daddy like Allen Stanford. "It's definitely a step in the right direction," agreed Sammy. The belief in the dressing-room has moved from believing we could compete to believing we can win matches against good opposition. Hopefully this will be the start of something good for the West Indies team and the West Indies people. Sammy is a god-fearing captain but if he gave thanks to the almighty he definitely owed some to Samuels too, after the Jamaican played an extraordinary innings. Every bit as potent as Gayle, even if he can't quite match the brooding presence, his was an innings of two halves, one slow one frantic. But if he and Dwayne Bravo were over-fastidious in rebuilding the innings after Gayle had gone lbw to Mendis for three in the sixth over, Samuels certainly made up for it later on with a slew of sixes. His team were 32-2 after ten overs, and looking frozen in the headlights of Mendis's mystery spin and Angelo Mathews" biting seamers. But if Samuel has learnt anything off Gayle, it is that big runs are still possible when you can strike a long ball and strike it a long way he did, especially off Lasith Malinga. Everyone can have an off day but Malinga is one of Sri Lanka's bankers, an unorthodox fast bowler who can sling it with remarkable accuracy. What was curious were his tactics. Having successfully kept Gayle quiet with cutters, he tried to bowl blockhole to Samuels and got it horribly wrong as he was struck for three sixes. That over went for 21 and Samuels collared him again in the 17th, that one going for 19 as he smote him for two more sixes and a four. Samuels was out in the next over, caught at deep mid-wicket pulling Akila Dananjaya, but in a contest where batting had been tentative at best his mauling of Malinga gave West Indies belief that something irie might happen. And with Narine, Badree and Samuels the bowler always threatening it did.