Shimron Hetmyer was left out of the West Indies squad for the T20 World Cup after missing a flight. The CWI Selection Panel reach the decision. When Shimron Hetmyer miss his re-scheduled trip to Australia. Which had been moved from Saturday, October 1, at his request.
CWI has named Shamarh Brooks as Shimron Hetmyer’s substitute on the roster for the ICC T20 World Cup 2022. After the latter missed his re-scheduled travel to Australia. “Cricket West Indies (CWI) has today informed the International Cricket Council (ICC) that Shamarh Brooks has replaced Shimron Hetmyer in the West Indies Squad for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup in Australia,” the CWI stated in a statement.
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The Panel of CWI decides to replace Shimron Hetmeyer.
The Panel of CWI decides to replace Shimron Hetmeyer, the middle order hitter by Shamarh Brooks. Because Shimron Hetmeyer missed his rescheduled flight to Australia.
Hetmyer informed Jimmy Adams, the director of cricket, this morning he would not be able to make his way to the airport in time for his departure to New York this afternoon.
“This afternoon we informed the CWI Board of Directors that the Selection Panel had unanimously decided to replace Shimron Hetmyer with Shamarh Brooks in our T20 World Cup squad. Whilst we change Shimron’s flight from Saturday to Monday due to family reasons. It was clear to him that if there were any further delays and issues with his travel to Australia then we would have no choice but to replace him in the squad. As we are not preparing to compromise. The team’s ability to prepare for this extremely important global event,” Adams states.
“Shamarh has been a part of our recent T20 International squads and delivered strong performances in the latter stages of the recently concluded CPL. He will fly out as soon as possible this week to Australia and I wish him and all the squad all the very best for the tournament,” he added.
Starting on October 17, West Indies will play Scotland in the T20 World Cup opener. They are in Group B with Ireland, Scotland, and Zimbabwe. The Windies got remove from the competition in the Super 12 round the previous year.