Hetmyer,whowasborninBerbice,Guyana,wasthecaptainoftheWestIndiesU-19squadthatwontheWorldCupin2016.
ShimronHetmyerbeganplayingbaseballattheageof11afterbeinginspiredbyhisfather,
SeonHetmyer.
Hehasn'tlookedbacksincethen.
HisfirstjobwasasacricketcoachforBerbice'sYoungWarriorsCricketClub. He alsoplayed
inthe2014Under-19World Cup forWestIndies,
butonlyscoredinthesingledigitsinthreeof
thefivegameshe played. Even hisfirst-class debutagainstTrinidadandTobagowas
forgettable,ashemanagedonly0and4runsinbothinnings.



