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Young Warriors Cricket salutes their young star Shimron Hetmyer
The Young Warriors Cricket Club based in the village of Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice is
Shimron Hetmyer with the U-19 World Cup.
extending congratulations to their young opener and fast emerging batsman Shimron Hetmyer for leading the West Indies under-19 team to victory against pre-tournament favorites India and lift the winning trophy and establishing supremacy in youth cricket in the world.
A release from the club stated that, Hetmyer’s talent was spotted from as early as the tender age of 6 when he used to accompany his elder brother Seon, himself a former national youth batsman who has a regional youth hundred under his belt, to the ground in the afternoons. He was destined for greatness for he was a naturally born talent, the release continued.
The club, which was resuscitated in the year 2000, has over the years produced many outstanding cricketers such as Damodar Daesrath, Gajanand Singh, Richard Ramdeen and many more but unfortunately none went on to make the West Indies senior team. The club is however confident that Shimron will be the first to don the senior team colours. His progress from a kid was closely monitored by his coach Hubern Evans who is a former national senior cricketer.
Even though Shimron might have not scored as many runs as he is capable of, he led smartly and played some crucial innings. He scores so fast that he makes life easier for the other batsmen and is the first time that West Indies has ever won the youth World Cup.
The YWCC encourages Shimron to stay focused and that this is the beginning of a new phase in his career. He is also advised to keep his feet grounded and don’t let this get to his head. At the same time, taking into consideration the current poor state of West Indies senior cricket, the club calls on the WICB to keep this pool of players and even fast track some of them into the senior team.
The club is planning a big welcome motorcade for Shimron when he arrives in Berbice on Wednesday, February 17, 2016. The club calls on all Berbicians to join the event to honour this son of the soil. Interested persons can contact Hubern Evans on 623-6875, Sahadeo Singh on 617-1103 and Rafeek Kassim on 612-0944.
The club said that Shimron has done his family, his club, his county, his country and the Caribbean proud.
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