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Shamarh Brooks has been named as Shimron Hetmyer‘s replacement in the squad for the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 after the explosive middle-order batter missed his rescheduled flight to
Australia. The decision was made by the CWI Selection Panel as a result of Hetmyer’s missed
flight, which had been changed from Saturday, October 1 at his request.
According to a statement sent to the International Cricket Council by Cricket West Indies (CWI), Shamarh Brooks will take Shimron Hetmyer’s place in the West Indies team for the next ICC T20 World Cup in Australia (ICC) Shimron Hetmyer missed his flight to Australia that had been changed from Saturday, October 1 at his request due to family obligations, prompting the CWI Selection Panel to make its judgment.
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It was extremely difficult to find a seat for him to leave Guyana on Monday, October 3, so he had to pass on the first T20 International (T20I), On Wednesday, October 5, at the Metricon Stadium, there will be a game vs Australia. Hetmyer informed the director of cricket, Jimmy Adams, this morning that he wouldn’t be able to make it to the airport in time for his flight to New York this afternoon.
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We informed the CWI Board of Directors of the Selection Panel’s decision to replace Shimron Hetmyer with Shamarh Brooks in our T20 World Cup squad this afternoon. Although we
changed Shimron’s flight from Saturday to Monday due to family obligations, we made it clear
to him that we would be forced to replace him if there were any additional issues or delays with
his travel to Australia because we couldn’t risk the team’s ability to train for this significant
international competition, said Adams.
Shamarh participated in our most recent T20 International teams and put out excellent efforts in
the closing rounds of the just-completed CPL. He will travel to Australia as soon as possible this
week, and I wish him and the entire team the best of luck in the competition, he continued.
West Indies will meet Scotland in the T20 World Cup opener on October 17. Along with
Scotland, Zimbabwe, and Ireland, they are in Group B.
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