Shimron Hetmyer was dropped from the West Indies World T20 squad on Monday after cancelling the Cricket West Indies arranged travel plans twice.
The West Indies side is currently in Australia for two Twenty20 Internationals ahead of the World T20 for which they have to play the qualifiers.
Speaking on the eve of the first Twenty20 on Wednesday, Captain Nicholas Pooran indicated players would face consequences for their actions.
According to a release from CWI, the decision by the 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.
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.
“To be honest, that is not my focus at the moment; I just do not want to give the media anything. Decisions have been made and there are consequences for your actions. At the moment, I just want to focus on why we are here and how we are going to achieve our goals”, the skipper stated.
Just five years ago Barbados and West Indies allrounder Roston Chase was a highly regarded middle order batsman and an extremely handy off-spinner. He was a certainty on the West Indies side and early in his career was named Cricketer-of-the-Year and Test-Cricketer-of-the-Year by the West Indies Players’ Association.
Chase’s test debut for the regional team was in the 2016 home series against a strong India side. In the second game at Sabina Park in Jamaica, he scored an impressive 137 not out and was awarded Player of the Match. Things were looking good for the 30-year-old who, over the proceeding years, would knock off four more centuries and three shy of a dozen half centuries. He complemented this with 104 wickets across the three formats.
However, in a few short years the runs have all but dried up, with some critics claiming that Chase can’t buy a run far less make one. He now averages a paltry 26 in Tests and worse at 24 in one-day internationals (ODI), and has been dropped from the West Indies team across formats.
Yannic Cariah was all smiles as he arrived at the Metricon Stadium for his first training session in Australia. On a cool afternoon he joined team-mates during an intense training session on the scenic Gold Coast. Cariah arrived in Australia as part of the first group of West Indies players to touch down, Down Under. The allrounder is on his first overseas tour with the men’s senior team and expressed great delight to be part of the 15-member squad.
“I’m feeling really great to be in the group for the upcoming series as well as the T20 World Cup to follow. We touched down and the work has started. It is a great honour to represent the people of the region at any level. I’m here and ready to go… any challenges I’m ready for it,” he said.
The right-handed leg-spinner and left-handed batter announced himself on the international stage with a well-crafted half century in the CG United ODI Series against New Zeeland in August. He made topscored with 52 in his first knock at Kensington Oval.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – 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 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. 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.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today released the schedule for the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup 2023, which is set to run from February 10th to 26th in South Africa. The tournament will be contested by 10 teams including the finalists of the 2022 Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier in Ireland and Bangladesh.
Naturally, the tournament bowls off with hosts South Africa taking on Sri Lanka in Cape Town. The capital is one of three host venues, in addition to Paarl and Gqeberha.
Group 1 will include the defending champions, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and the hosts themselves.
In the meantime, the West Indies will feature in Group 2 alongside archrivals, Pakistan and India. The group is completed by England and Ireland.
