Shimron Hetmyer - 2022 Year in Review

 

 Shimron Hetmyer - 2022 Year in Review

Shimron Hetmyer did not exhibit a major dominant performance in 2022. There were no triple and double centuries. Indeed there were no centuries. Of course, Hetmyer recorded a number of belligerent cameos in IPL 2022. Those performances were good enough for Rajasthan Royals to retain his services for IPL 2023.

This POW is of the opinion Hetmyer’s career is reminiscent of three notable West Indies cricketer of the past. Charles Ollivierre is the first outstanding melanin dominant batsman to represent the West Indies. Charles Ollivierre was a member of the 1900 touring team. He never returned to West Indies cricket. Charles Ollivierre set precedent of abandoning West Indies cricket. The reasons for choice are unknown to this POW. On the other hand 119 years later Shimron Hetmyer has been forced out of West Indies cricket by the administrators. Other than Hilbert Foster, Not one of them, despite his enormous talent, reached out to Shimron Hetmyer. The former iconic internationals that run their mouths about loyalty, pride and winning cricket have not linked with Hetmyer. I his POW thinks if the opportunities were available to Basil Butcher and Seymour Nurse, 1958-1970 they would have chosen franchise cricket of the malfunctions they endured with West Indies cricket. Wilton St Hill comes to mind because of the talent and potential he did not reproduce in the international arena.

Deryck Murray appeared in ten test matches 1963-1973. However, Murray became a consistent performer 1973-1983. Deryck Murray is perhaps, best remembered and adored for his match winning unbroken tenth wicket stand with Andy Roberts against Pakistan in World Cup 1975. Perhaps, Deryck Murray needs to bat one more time for West Indies cricket. This POW suggests Deryck Murray reach out to Shimron Hetmyer. This POW is not surprised the following are completely silent on CWI’s treatment of Hetmyer, 2019-2022. This POW charges the regional bodies are major part of the problem.

1. Kishore Shallow Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control
2. Azim Bassarath and The Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) 
3. Conde Riley and Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) 
4. Wilford “Billy” Heaven and Jamaica cricket Association
5. Bissoondyal Singh   Guyana Cricket Board
6. Enoch Lewis, Leeward Island Cricket Board

 None of those occupants of offices in cricket in the region demanded an inquirey into Jimmy Adams, Roger Harper, Phil Simmons, and Desmond Haynes.

This POW was not alarmed when he read 

“Hetmyer could be lost to West Indies cricket” — Says veteran regional cricket commentator ‘Reds’ Perreira

This POW is not aware Azim Bassarath and/or other CWI and regional administrators, made any statements relative to the observations of Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira some 17 months later the observations of Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira were realized. Hetmyer did not board the transportation to Australia for T20 World Cup 2022. Azim Bassarath chooses to spew venom respecting Hetmyer. Azim Bassarath is never in the best interest of West Indies cricket. Azim Bassarath is the perfect example of the ridiculousness of Cricket West Indies. He circles around Trinidadians. Of coerce most happen to be Indians. However, Azim Bassarath is remarkably silent on the exclusion of spinners from West Indies cricket. Imran Khan, Nikita Miller, Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai, Veerasammy Permaul was outstanding for a number of consecutive years in regional cricket. Yet, they have not been in test teams relative to their performances. In January 2019 Guyana defeated a test player’s dominant Barbados team in Barbados. Chandrapaul Hemraj, Anthony Bramble, and Veerasammy Permaul were dominant. They were omitted from Courtney Browne’s choices for the test team. Of course, not a solitary word from Azim Bassarath. And there was also no condemnation from the five other affiliates. Only GCB and BCB barked their objections. The current regional administrators are experts in the confounded asininity of national, island and ethnic cleavage. Those behaviors are the root cause of the demise of winning West Indies cricket.This POW realized that possibility during the West Indies tour of New Zealand in winter 2019. Hetmyer endured a concussion. Hope was awful. Pooran was not included in the test team. Instead, Harper selected Pooran to represent West Indies A team. Pooran must have disappointed and disgusted. Pooran has not appeared in a first class match since that tour. This POW was perturbed. Were Hetmyer, Hope and Pooran overmatched by the quicks in conditions suitable for fast bowling? The question has not been answered conclusively.

This POW hopes Shimron Hetmyer records tremendous performances in 2023. He hopes West Indies cricket fans demand Hetmyer be in every international match in 2023. This POW recalls reading of Jamaicans forcing West Indies cricket to include George Headley in the test team; even though they knew Headley was well past his prime.  Phil Simmons is gone from West Indies cricket. However, the behaviors which promote losing West Indies cricket are firmly entrenched. Exchanging personnel is not change. It is superficial/ the problems of West Indies cricket 1995-2022 have not been addressed. This POW charges Richard “Ricky” Skerritt, Kishore Shallow, Jason King, Conde’ Riley, Wilford Heaven, Donovan Bennett, Enoch Lewis, Leon "Kuma" Rodney, Azim Bassarath, Arjoon Ramlal, Dwain Gill, Carol James Henry, Bissoondyal Singh   Alanna Medford-Singh, Johnny Grave are all clueless and carless. CWI and its affiliates are guilty of gross incompetence, indifference and negligence. Hence, winning cricket has not been consistently, present in West Indies 1995 -2022. This POW wishes our fast bowlers become as effective as the Andy Roberts bouncer which removed Stephen Camacho and ushered in the rebirth of winning West Indies cricket under Rohan Kanhai in summer 1973. There were only three Barbadians, Gary Sobers, Vanburn Holder, and Keith Boyce in that team. Shimron Hetmyer needs to answer the call of the return to winning West Indies cricket. He gave us a taste in 2016. This dreamer is still salivating.  He needs to lead Guyana teams . Hetmyer needs to bat no lower than number three. He needs to be controlled aggression at the crease. 

Let’s go Hetmyer. Let’s go winning West Indies cricket

This POW in defence of winning West Indies cricket rests his case.