He is now a member of the West Indies cricket team, which is a multi-national squad, and Shimron Odilon Hetmyer is a Guyanese international cricketer. His right-arm leg-break bowling style is aggressive and hard-hitting, and he bats left-handed. He also bowls right-arm leg-break. As a result of the guidance of his older brother Seon, who had previously played for the county cricket team, Hetmyer was able to cultivate an admirable elegance in his batting approach while growing up in a neighborhood in Berbice that was passionate about cricket.
After achieving remarkable success at the club and county level, he ultimately made his way to the international scene, where he gained great recognition for his centuries. His participation in the West Indies team that competed in the Under-19 “Cricket World Cup” in 2014 was a significant accomplishment for him. Hetmyer served as the captain of the West Indies side that competed in the Under-19 “World Cup” in 2016.
In addition to his participation in the West Indies cricket team, he is also a member of the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Guyana Amazon Warriors, both of which compete in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), respectively when it comes to cricket. The International Cricket Council (ICC) included him on their list of “five breakout stars in men’s cricket” during the year 2018.
Shimron Hetmyer Biography
Name | Shimron Hetmyer |
Full Name | Shimron Odilon Hetmyer |
Date of Birth | 26 December 1996 |
Place of Birth | Cumberland, Guyana |
Other Names | NA |
Nationality | Guyanese |
Father’s Name | Gladston Hetmyer |
Mother’s Name | Ingrid Hetmyer |
Siblings | Seon Hetmyer, Shonelle Hetmyer, Shonette Hetmyer |
Spouse | NA |
Marriage Date | NA |
Children | NA |
Role | Batting |
Batting | Left-handed |
Bowling | Right-arm spin |
ODI Debut | 20 December 2017 vs. New Zealand |
Test Debut | 21 April 2017 vs. Pakistan |
Favourite Food | NA |
Favourite Actor | NA |
Favourite Actress | NA |
Favourite Colour | Blue |
Retirement | Still Playing |
Gladstone Hetmyer and Ingrid Hetmyer welcomed their son Shimron Odilon Hetmyer into the world on December 26, 1996, in Cumberland, which is located in East Berbice-Corentyne, Guyana. The sugar plantations were his father’s place of employment before he retired. In a family with four siblings, he is the youngest. In the years that followed, his older brother, Seon Hetmyer, became a senior inter-county cricket player. He followed in his father’s footsteps and became a cricket player. Additionally, he is the older brother of two sisters named Shonette and Shonelle Hetmyer.
Beginning when he was six years old, he began following his older brother Seon to the cricket matches that he played at the ‘Young Warriors Club’ stadium on the weekends. Because his pitching abilities were immediately apparent, he was able to win over the audience very quickly. The fact that he and his brother are among the few siblings who have earned centuries at the U-19 level places them in an exclusive category.
Rose Hall Estate Primary School, located in Rose Hall, Guyana, was where he pursued his education. It was when he was nine years old that he began playing cricket at the middle school level. Subsequently, he relocated to a school in New Amsterdam known as “Berbice High School,” where he went on to become the captain of the tenth-grade team before he left school. In the year 2007, he became a member of the “Young Warriors Cricket Club,” where he devoted his time to gaining an understanding of the nuances of the game.
Through his diligent work with his instructors, they were able to recognize his innate potential.
2009 was the year that he finally made it into the Berbice Under-15 team, proving that all of his efforts had paid off successfully. Their natural skill led to his selection for the Guyana Under-15 squad even though he had a bad performance overall. As a result of his achievement in the Under-19 inter-zone tournament in BerbicCountyty, he became the only player to score a century at the age of thirteen.
Batting & Fielding Stats
YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Career | 66 | 26 | 1201 | 75 | 33.36 | 778 | 154.37 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 80 | 31 | 0 |
2024 | 6 | 4 | 70 | 27* | 70.00 | 35 | 200.00 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
2023 | 14 | 5 | 300 | 56* | 37.50 | 197 | 152.28 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 0 |
2022 | 15 | 8 | 314 | 59* | 44.86 | 204 | 153.92 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 0 |
2021 | 14 | 6 | 242 | 53* | 34.57 | 144 | 168.05 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
2020 | 12 | 3 | 185 | 45 | 23.12 | 125 | 148.00 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 0 |
2019 | 5 | 0 | 90 | 75 | 18.00 | 73 | 123.28 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
Bowling
YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Career | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
To add insult to injury, he has the distinction of being one of the youngest players to ever play for an Under-19 squad. He participated in a variety of limited-overseas cricket matches during the 2011–12 season, representing both the Berbice U-17 and Guyana U-15 sides. Many people, including viewers and selectors, paid close attention to his efforts. He was a member of the Guyana Under-17 squad during the 2012–2013 season, and he sometimes took wickets for the team.
As a result of his performance in the ‘Regional Under-17 game against Trinidad and Tobago in July 2013, he became the only player to break the century mark throughout the event. He hit 105 runs off of only 65 balls. In addition, he was a member of the Guyana Under-19 squad during the years 2012 to 2014. According to the tournament’s 50-over format, he scored 116 runs versus Windwards Under-19s in the ‘RegionalUnder-19 competition that took place in 2012.
He was a member of the West Indies Under-19 squad that competed against the Bangladesh Under-19 team in several One-Day International matches in Guyana in October 2013. In at least one of these matches, he was a wicketkeeper in addition to being a batter. He played in the batting position. He did not have a good start to his career on the world scene in the beginning. During the 2014 Under-19 ‘World Cup,’ he was eliminated from the competition without scoring in three out of the five games he played.
Shimron was selected by the “Guyana Jaguars” in the draft about the “Professional Cricket League” that was run by the West Indies Cricket Board for the 2015–2016 season. He had a strike rate of 38.15 percent while participating in the “Regional Four Day Competition,” where he scored four half-centuries. It was during the same tournament that he amassed a total of 496 runs, which elevated him to the position of Guyana’s second-highest run-scorer.
His first-class debut for Guyana came on April 11, 2014, when he played against Trinidad and Tobago in Providence. He scored 0 and 4 runs in two innings, respectively, during his first-class debut. The ‘Guyana Amazon Warriors were selected in the draft for the ‘CPL’ squad shortly after the ‘World Cup’ for Young Players in 2016. He ultimately showed his worth by becoming the youngest century in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) when his club faced off against the Jamaica Tallawahs. This came after he had a rough start in the first two seasons of the league.