West Indies left-handed batsman Shimron Hetymyer was on Monday scheduled to take part in the Guyana Cricket Board’s inter-county competition being held for the first time in five years after being dropped from India’s T20 World Cup squad Western last week. .
Hetmyer made himself available to play in the 2022 senior men’s 50-day ODI tour after missing a rescheduled flight to join the rest of his Caribbean teammates in Australia, where they played a series Two-match T20 against the hosts in preparation. for the T20 tournament starting next week.
Some of his Windies teammates – all-rounder Romario Shepherd, left-armer Gudakesh Motie and Kevin Sinclair – will join him in the Berbice squad that will face two other county sides, Demerara and Essequibo , and one Guyana. President’s Cricket Board (GCB) XI in the October 10-16 competition at the Georgetown Cricket Club Ground, Bourda.
The GCB said it expected that Hetmyer, the captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the recent Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will be expected to display his class and dominance in the inter-county competitions.
Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced that Hetmyer had been replaced by Shamarh Brooks for the World Cup from October 16 to November 13 after the 25-year-old did not take the flight that was booked from October 1 to 3 at his request.
According to director of cricket Jimmy Adams, Hetmyer had informed CWI that he “would not be able to make it to the airport in time” for the flight to New York that was the first leg of his journey.
“While we changed Shimron’s flight from Saturday to Monday due to family reasons, it was made clear to him that if there were any delays and other problems with his trip to Australia then we would have no choice but to replace him on team, as we are not prepared to compromise the team’s ability to prepare for this extremely important global event,” said Adams.
However, a post on Hetymer’s wife’s Instagram stories, which Hetymer reposted, suggested there was more to the situation.
“There’s always another side to every story told #whatsinthedarkmustcometolight @shetmyer will always support you to love no matter what!” Nirvani Hetmyer wrote.
Neither Hetmyer nor CWI have spoken publicly about the matter since.
