sammut made his test début for malta on 8 october 2006 in their match against lebanon. his 36-point haul against norway in the 2011 european shield equaled the record for most points scored by a player in an international match, according to the rlef. sammut was named in malta's train-on squad for their 28 october 2016 test match against thailand. the match was cancelled following the death of thailand's king bhumibol adulyadej.