Very strange news is coming from the corridors of cricket which states that the explosive West Indian batter Shimron Hetmyer has been dropped from the T20 World Cup Squad after he missed a rescheduled flight to Australia.
Hetmyer was captaining Guyana Amazon Warriors in the recently concluded CPL. Earlier Hetmyer was set to fly for Australia on October 1 and but he requested the West Indies Cricket Board for another flight on October 3 due citing personal reasons. At the latter’s request, CWI booked a flight for him on Monday(3rd October) but then he informed Jimmy Adams, the director of cricket for West Indies that he would not be traveling to Australia on the rescheduled day as well. According to CWI’s official statement, “The decision by the CWI selection panel was made as Shimron Hetmyer missed his re-scheduled flight to Australia, which had been changed from Saturday 1 October at his request, due to family reasons.”
The statement also says – “With flight availability a real challenge, a seat was found for him to leave Guyana today, Monday 3 October, meaning he would, unfortunately, miss the 1st T20 International (T20I) against Australia on Wednesday 5 October at the Metricon Stadium. This morning, Mr. Hetmyer, informed the Director of Cricket that he would not be able to get to the airport in time for his flight this afternoon to New York.”
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The interesting part is Cricket West Indies did not waste a single moment and they have named Shamrah Brooks as the replacement of Hetmyer. The source says that Brooks will fly to Australia after this week and he will not be participating in the first 2 T20I games against Australia.
