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Cricket West Indies (CWI) should appoint Guyanese batsman Shimron Hetmyer as the new white-ball captain after the disappointing run of Kieron Pollard at the ICC T20 World Cup and, generally, for the men in Maroon.

This assertion has come from former CWI President Dave Cameron who believes that the current CWI leadership is not looking at the precedent of players’ leadership records when selecting captains.

“We felt as an organization that Hetmyer would be a future leader for West Indies. The way he conducted himself when we won the 2016 Under-19 World Cup and coming through the ranks,” Cameron said while speaking as a guest on Line & Length on SPORTSMAX.

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

I second DD.

I have had enuff of those Tits

In reply to sudden

"Yuh big idiot!"...end of quote.

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Agree....but Pooran , not a bad choice...

In reply to sudden

I guess neither sgtjones nor XDFIX were in a hurry to get us the scoop! Usually they are on the ball with breaking news out of TNT & JA!

Hetty and Pooran are the future and if I had to choose I would go with Hetty, but Pollard still has a lot of cricket left in him he is a good leader and strategically sound on the field, was too bad he was dealt a crap hand with the T20WC selections.

Come in Jumpy, come in!

In reply to Ninetenjack
Pollard should be mentor of youngsters like Hety & Pooran... provided Pollard upgrade his performance and fitness in the international circles.....

In reply to sudden

we running the show now......and our players are actually, like......good

In reply to Jumpstart

And therein lies the problem, Jumpy.

Wake up and smell the roses, please.

In reply to Jumpstart

What have you done for me lately

In reply to Jumpstart

?????????
was this post made under a herbal influence?

In reply to Drapsey

You mean smell the tits

In reply to Jumpstart

Communities who breed hate never thrive— see Beetham, Barrackpore

In reply to Barry

Just like your community lorry la barry lanjakodaka. It is the reason white always show u skunts ur real place.

DEDING WID LAF SKUNT.

I said the same thing about three weeks ago, and some people were in disagreement, Hetmyer has the persona to lead, however since Pooran is already the VC it would be awkward to appoint Hetmyer without giving Pooran a run

In reply to bolls

You like the talk about breeding right? You get pregnant yet

In reply to Barry

CHEEDNEY GOT. SHE WANT MORE AND MORE SKUNT. WHERE AS U DWELL SOME WHERE IN US PRISONS CLEANING THE WASHROOMS.

DEDING WID LAF LORRY LA BARRY LANJA KODAKA.

Pollard's captaincy was not the reason for the rot we have been seeing of late. Hetmyer has shown that he has the potential to lead a team as was shown when he led the U-19 team to their maiden title in 2016. However, making him captain at this point in time makes little sense when Pollard has done a decent job thus far. Furthermore, Pooran has done well for the times Pollard wasn't in the role. It would send the wrong message to the team and would be an unwise decision. The further Cameron stays from this team, the better.

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

What Cammy is saying now and what he did while in office are two different things!

In reply to StumpCam

Stumpy....

Who cares what the Big Idiot thinks....he had his run and failed.

It would actually be good if Hety were VC of one team (say ODI) and Pooran is VC for T-20s. That at least gives a choice when Pollard leaves (and surprisingly he did not even offer to leave after the WC debacle). It is still amazing that Hety is not captain of Warriors after being an international captain.

In reply to VoopsandOut

Not a bad idea Voops. However, it seems like Pooran is being groomed to take over from Pollard.

In reply to sgtdjones

thank you, thank you, thank you.......that man should be afraid nobody conducts a forensic audit into his tenure. totally irrelevant. Just look at who cameron had as his vp....a man accused of corruption by international news agencies

In reply to Jumpstart

Jack Warner was never DD’s VP.

In reply to sudden

shit stirrer par excellence

In reply to sudden

Nanthan is not de same one who was negotiating with an iranian fugitive who wanted diplomatic immunity?

In reply to Jumpstart

And that allegation has what to do with cricket? Man cah yuh tit skunt do

In reply to powen001

I asked you a question the other day and you didn’t answer, why

In reply to sudden

Yeah.......is not some 2x9 political party accusing him......is several international news agencies, one being Al Jazeera which he and his PM have been featured on.....as late as August of this year

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Guess he was looking at that and not looking at the fact that the World Cup winning team in 2016 didn't have uniforms before the tournament

In reply to Jumpstart

That is as important to WI cricket as Jack Warner thieving FIFA money

You all realise that this is just another rant from Dave Cameron who has always fought against Gayle, Pollard, Bravo and then also turned against Sammy. Dave would do anything to see Pollard being discarded. There is no need to change Pollard as captain because if a bad world cup. I support a comment in this thread that maybe Hetmyer could be made vice captain of the ODI team and Pooran remain as vice captain of the T20I team. That to me would make sense. Dave, in my view, just continues to be a very vindictive miserable little man who hates not being relevant.

In reply to b4u8me2

Exactly. A rant from a totally irrelevant man. When he could appoint RTN as capo and a subsequently disastrous tenure, you know he knows nothing

Why does Dave think he has to comment on selection? Especially being so out of favour with West Indian people?

In reply to b4u8me2


Pollard needs to be replaced as white ball captain bo matter what Dave says.


Start with the T20s

In reply to InHindsight

because of one bad tournament? rubbish

Ohhh, Remember the Name. I couldn't figure out what the acronym meant initially. That appointment made no sense and was a slap in the face to Sammy. I respect Carlos Brathwaite's attitude as a player and he is a true team man. However, he was far from ready for the role and should never have been placed in that position just because of his heroics in 2016.

In reply to Windiesfan78

because it was solely a decision based on spite

In reply to Windiesfan78

because it was solely a decision based on spite

Gotta agree with Jump on both counts:
1. Pollard was not the reason for us winning only one match in the recently concluded t20 World Cup. Having Pooran or Hetmyer as the captain wouldn't have made much of a difference in my humble opinion.

2. I also believe it was a decision out of spite dismissing Sammy as captain for one simple reason. During the interview in 2016, Sammy made a comment about the rift between the players and the WICB. He stated that he wasn't sure if he would still be captain after this. This was said live on television before an audience of millions. It would have been too obvious to dismiss Sammy for the next series. So the decision was made to drop him when the team failed again under his captaincy. I think it happened after the series we lost against Pakistan.

In reply to Jumpstart



The T20 WC was just the nail on the coffin. I can given you many reasons

Don't worry my vote goes for your other hommie Pooran. Smh

In reply to Windiesfan78

Pollard a leader is a big reason WI did so badly in the WC.

I'll give you a few reasons for now:

1 Squad selected

2 The singleminded approach to how WI play it T20s

3 There are better alternatives for leader

4 Arrogant and stubborn leader if you ask
me

5 Not a very good tactician (again my
opinion)

In reply to InHindsight

Pollard is arrogant yes but outside of Pooran, who do you think would have done better? Remember we have to take a look at experience. I am not a big fan of Pollard but his record before the recently concluded t20 has been decent.

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

This is the kind of Jackassery that needs to be avoided. This white ball red ball nonsense needs to be avoided. Williamson, Kohli, Rohit etc are all Multi format players and those are the kind of players we need to develop

In reply to InHindsight

results wise he has done very well........whitewashed SL, beat Australia 4-1, beat SL at home last year in the t20 series. And both the t20 series and the odi series in india had to be decided by the final matches of those series....i call that progress

In reply to Jumpstart

There yuh go. I am still waiting for the suggestions in terms of who is a better choice at the moment. If our results continue to go downhill from here and he is not contributing, then it is time to find a replacement.

In reply to Windiesfan78

Pollard is still the man. The ODI team is very young and oter than the core( Hope, Pooran and Hety)...they are in need of guidance. The world cup was s debacle, nobody is not saying that, but it does not make pollard a poor captain

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Bull. Pooran has a winning T20 record as captain.

Check out this interview on Sports Max:

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Cameron still relevant?
Hety should have been given leadership long time ago, but even for the Guyana teamshe seems to be avoided. How was he made U-19 though?

In reply to jacksparrow

Shows what WI thinks 9f succession planning.

I am curious why so many deem Pooran to be better captain material than Hetmeyer.

In reply to mikelegend

In all fairness to Hetmyer, he hasn't been given the opportunity to prove himself. Pooran on the other hand has done well when given the chance to captain the team.

In reply to Windiesfan78

All Hetmeyer has done was win an INTERNATIONAL tournament when given the opportunity…surely that ability should have been harnessed.

All politics all the time.