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Reports have surfaced that Shimron Hetmyer was not on the contracted list of 15 players by Guyana Harpy Eagles for the coming year after the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Professional Player draft on June 17.

High-placed sources indicated to News Room Sport that Hetmyer opted out of contract, but Guyana Cricket Board President (GCB) and CWI Director, Bissoondyal Singh, indicated that is not the case, but rather “there was a mutual agreement.”

“He has never refused a contract.” Singh told News Room Sport on the sidelines of an event on Tuesday.

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Dukes, what is the real truth here?

In reply to sudden

I do not know what the real truth is in this situation.However I would say that whatever the President of the Guyana Cricket Board says is unlikely to be the truth.

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

A number of interesting tidbits in that quote

“High placed sources”. As opposed to “low placed”?

“There was a mutual agreement” “he has never refused a contract”

Some serious politic speak there.

Could be Interpreted a number of ways:
We never offered him a contract therefore he couldn’t refuse something that wasn’t offered.

We offered a contract. He countered with his own offer and we could not come to an agreement so we both walked away

We offfered a contract and he said he have baby to mind now

We offered a contract and he failed his fitness test thereby disqualifying him from the contract so he never refused.

And so on and so on and so on.

In reply to imusic

In reply to imusic

Cud it simply be dat dey agreed dat his contract cud be offered to a deserving youngster?

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Which would also mean Hetmyer has either been overlooked for an international retainer or has refused one.

Come een Anthony ....

In reply to Maispwi

Definitely. As I said…..politic speak

He’s done.

Unless he decides to discipline himself and tow the line, his career is over.

He can play ipl and big bash for all he cares

In reply to brians_da_best

yall calling people done at 25?
yuh know many ppl nah even start at 25


what were you up to at 25?

In reply to doosra

If he's going to go focus solely on T/20 cricket and go globetrotting then his test and odi career is over.

In reply to WICFan

i dont follow closely but wasnt he available sometime and was not picked?

and then decided he wasnt available recently?

In reply to doosra

Failed fitness tests, injuries, security concerns, bubble fatigue, paternity leave.

Been various reasons over the last couple of years why he hasn't played as much international cricket as he should.

In reply to WICFan

he will sort it out

In reply to doosra
Just laugh

In reply to Dukes

Do you know the GCB president.

In reply to doosra

This is the kind of attitude that creates prima Donna’s

Brian Lara had 2 world records at 25. Feeerer and nadal had multiple grand slams. Etc etc

Hety chose cricket as his career and so far he hasn’t respected the game nor has he done justice to his career.

If he doesn’t mend his ways, his playing days for the West Indies could be over.

IPL etc he can still go on but again, don’t these guys want to play for their country at all?

In reply to brians_da_best

You said this as if it is a really bad thing to do

In reply to Kay

No It’s not, but it’s sad isn’t it that these young talents just want to go play club cricket in other countries, at the cost of representing their countries

In reply to doosra

Hety is the most talented batsman in the Caribbean
I do hope he stay focus and willing to play all three formats am sure he is good enough
He is my favorite batsman, I really wish him well in future
His ODI stats show he can bat.
His ODI century against Eng In Barbados was a gem.

In reply to brians_da_best

Man allyuh weird

Let the man chose what he want nah... even if that means being a pd

He ent up in you and me place with a sal bag for rice

I ent see he at cwi's either

Let the young man figure himself out and decide how he wants to live his life...

We all do

In reply to brians_da_best


Either way, CWI laughing all the way to the bank with their 10%