T20 World Cup: Shimron Hetmyer misses flight, replaced by Shamarh Brooks in West Indies squad
India Today
Shimron Hetmyer missed his flight to Australia for the T20I series and has been replaced by Shamarh Brooks in the West Indies squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup. West Indies will begin their campaign against Scotland on October 17.
Shimron Hetmyer has been replaced by Shamarh Brooks in the West Indies squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia.
The Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced the decision after Hetmyer missed his rescheduled flight to Australia, which had been changed from October 1 at his request due to family reasons. A seat for him to leave Guyana on October 3 was arranged but Hetmyer informed the Director of Cricket that he would not be able to get to the airport in time for his flight.
"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," CWI said in a statement.
"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.
"Shamarh has been a part of our recent T20 International squads and delivered strong performances in the latter stages of the recently concluded CPL. He will fly out as soon as possible this week to Australia."
Nicholas Pooran (c), Rovman Powell, Shamarh Brooks, Yannic Cariah, Johnson Charles, Sheldon Cottrell, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Kyle Mayers, Obed Mccoy, Raymon Reifer, Odean Smith.
West Indies are placed in Group B alongside Scotland, Zimbabwe and Ireland in Round 1 of the competition. Pooran-led side will begin its campaign against Scotland in Hobart on October 17. Ahead of the T20 World Cup, West Indies will play two T20Is against Australia as part of their preparation.
