Of all contributing factors to the West Indies Under-19 cricket team’s success at the just concluded World Cup, Shimron Hetmyer’s captaincy stands out for its excellence.
No doubt, the batsmen, bowlers, fielding, and coaching staff were equally important to the team winning the Region’s first junior World Cup crown, but Hetmyer’s commanding performance marshalling his troops in Bangladesh was, a cut above anything else enjoyed by West indies teams for several years.
The struggles by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to unearth a worthy leader for its senior teams have become the butt of jokes of late, as five players have been used at the helm of the