T20 World Cup 2022: Shimron Hetmyer dropped from West Indies squad

Cricket
West
Indies
(CWI)
has
now
announced
Shamarh
Brooks
as
the
replacement
for
Hetmyer
in
the
squad
for
T20
World
Cup
in
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,”
said
CWI
in
a
statement.

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The
decision
by
the
CWI
Selection
Panel
was
made
as
Hetmyer
missed
his
re-scheduled
flight
to
Australia,
which
had
been
changed
from
Saturday,
October
1,
at
his
request,
due
to
family
reasons.

With
flight
availability
a
real
challenge,
a
seat
was
found
for
him
to
leave
Guyana
today,
Monday,
October
3,
meaning
he
would,
unfortunately,
miss
the
1st
T20
International
(T20I)
against
Australia
on
Wednesday,
October
5
at
the
Metricon
Stadium.

However,
Hetmyer,
informed
the
Director
of
Cricket
Jimmy
Adams
that
he
would
not
be
able
to
get
to
the
airport
in
time
for
his
flight
on
Monday
(October
3)
afternoon
to
New
York.

“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,”
said
Adams.

“Whilst
we
changed
Shimron’s
flight
from
Saturday
to
Monday
due
to
family
reasons,
it
was
made
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
prepared
to
compromise
the
team’s
ability
to
prepare
for
this
extremely
important
global
event.”

Brooks,
who
has
been
named
as
Hetmyer’s
replacement
for
the
T20
World
Cup
2022,
will
not
be
part
of
the
two-match
T20I
series,
scheduled
for
October
5
and
October
7
as
he
will
fly
out
to
Australia
later
in
the
week.

“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,”
Adams
added.

West
Indies
will
begin
their
T20
World
Cup
campaign
in
round
1
group
stage
against
Scotland
on
October
17.
They
are
part
of
Group
B
with
Scotland,
Zimbabwe
and
Ireland.

West
Indies
Squad
For
T20
World
Cup
2022:
Nicholas
Pooran
(captain),
Rovman
Powell,
Yannic
Cariah,
Johnson
Charles,
Sheldon
Cottrell,
Jason
Holder,
Akeal
Hosein,
Alzarri
Joseph,
Brandon
King,
Evin
Lewis,
Kyle
Mayers,
Obed
Mccoy,
Raymon
Reifer,
Odean
Smith,
Shamarh
Brooks.