ICC T20 World Cup 2022: Shimron Hetmyer Dropped From World Cup Squad After Missing Rescheduled Flight

There are only a few more days left for the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 to be held in Australia and some surprising news came from the West Indies team. Shimron Hetmyer was dropped from the T20 World Cup 2022 squad when he failed to board his “rescheduled” trip to Australia. Top-order batsman Shamarh Brooks replaced Hetmyer in the T20 World squad.

Explosive middle-order batsman Shimron Hetmyer has asked Cricket West Indies to reschedule his flight, originally scheduled for October 1, citing personal reasons. CWI had booked him a flight on Monday, October 3, but he informed the Director of Cricket, Jimmy Adams, that he would not be able to get to the airport in time for his flight this afternoon to New York.

Hetmyer, Informed He Would Not Be Able To Get To The Airport In Time For His Flight: CWI

“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,” CWI said in a media release.

“This afternoon we informed the CWI board of directors that the selection panel had unanimously decided to replace Shimron Hetmyer with Shamarh Brooks in our T20 World Cup squad. Whilst we changed Shimron’s flight from Saturday to Monday due to family reasons, it was made clear to him that if there were any further delays and issues with his travel to Australia then we would have no choice but to replace him in the squad, as we are not prepared to compromise the team’s ability to prepare for this extremely important global event,” said Jimmy Adams.

Brooks will not be part of the West Indies squad for the two-match T20 series against Australia and will join the World Cup squad in Melbourne. The Nicholas Pooran-led team will start their T20 World Cup campaign against Scotland on October 17. They are in Group B alongside Scotland, Zimbabwe, and Ireland.

West Indies T20 World Cup Squad: Nicholas Pooran (c), Rovman Powell, Yannic Cariah, Johnson Charles, Sheldon Cottrell, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Kyle Mayers, Obed McCoy, Raymon Reifer, Odean Smith, Shamarh Brooks.

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