Shimron Hetmyer out of World Cup after missing flight, Twitter responds with memes

West Indies dropped Shimron Hetmyer from the squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia after the batter missed a rescheduled flight.

Hetmyer was to initially leave Guyana on Saturday but was allowed by West Indies to delay flying until Monday for family reasons.

The 25-year-old then informed West Indies on Monday that he wouldn't be able to catch the rescheduled flight.


That was then the selectors decided to replace him with Shamarh Brooks.

"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," West Indies director of cricket Jimmy Adams said in a statement.

After the news broke, people on Twitter responded with several memes on the development.





Hetmyer was at the T20 World Cup last year. He's played 50 T20s and averages almost 21. Brooks made his T20 debut last December and he averages 23 from 11 matches.

The West Indies has two T20s against Australia this week, and begins the preliminary round of the T20 World Cup on Oct. 17 against Scotland in Hobart.