Cricket West Indies today informed the International Cricket Council that Shamarh Brooks has replaced Shimron Hetmyer in the West Indies Squad for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup in Australia.
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 1st 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 3rd October, meaning he would unfortunately miss the 1st T20 International against Australia on Wednesday 5th October at the Metricon Stadium.
This morning, 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.
Brooks has played eleven T20 internationals for the West Indies, scoring 214 runs with a highest score of 56.