…West Indies, Australia lock horns today
By Brandon Corlette
Guyana’s Shimron Hetmyer is arguably the most talked-about cricketer in recent times. From fans to cricket pundits, to past players and Journalists, Hetmyer has been a topic for discussion.
Being a Journalist, and a Berbician who played local cricket against Hetmyer, it is very pleasing for me to see the left-hander score runs and do well. Whenever I pose a question about Hetmyer in a press conference, it is based on positive reasons, and writing when he fails or succeeds is essential.
Responding to a question posted by Guyana Times Sport in relation to the Guyanese Hetmyer, on the eve of the first T20I against Australia, Pollard said: “Again fellas, in all honesty we have 18 guys on the ground. When Hetty (Hetmyer) was not playing, guys were asking his inclusion. Now he is playing, and he is trying to fulfil a role.”
“Honestly, let’s try to keep him out of the media for two to three days and let’s see if he can perform. He is a guy that is really talented and we have a lot of time for him and we want him to do well. All the time you guys put him out in the media for whatever reasons, let’s please – I am just asking and begging from that perspective, and let him play and let us see if we can reap the rewards of his talent, because he has the talent and we are willing to work. We just want him to succeed,” Pollard said.
In the three matches where Hetmyer returned to the West Indies team, he scored 57 runs in his innings with a high score of 33 against the South Africans.
During the South Africa series, West Indies Head Coach Phil Simmons said Hetmyer was one of the best players of spin in the team. “Hetty, I think, the situation eluded him. He started well against Shamsi and he is one of the guys that is the best player of spin in the team,” Simmons said in a virtual press conference after the third T20I.
