Cricket West Indies has announced that Shimron Hetmyer has been replaced by Shamar Brooks in the Senior Men’s team for the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia.
In a media release, CWI said the decision by the selection panel was made as Hetmyer missed his re-scheduled flight to Australia, which had been changed from Saturday, October 1st at his request, due to family reasons.
With flight availability a real challenge, a seat was found for him to leave Guyana on Monday, October 3rd, meaning he would unfortunately miss the 1st T20 International against Australia on Wednesday at the Metricon Stadium.
The statement added that on Monday morning, Hetmyer informed the Director of Cricket, Jimmy Adams, that he would not be able to get to the airport in time for his flight to New York.
Adams said it was made clear to Hetmyer that if there were any further delays and issues with his travel to Australia then they would have no choice but to replace him in the squad, as CWI is not prepared to compromise the team’s ability to prepare for this extremely important global event.
Additionally, Adams said Brooks has been a part of the recent T20 International squads, and delivered strong performances in the latter stages of the recently concluded CPL.
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