{"id":19408,"date":"2024-05-03T20:54:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T20:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19408"},"modified":"2024-05-03T20:54:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T20:54:55","slug":"hetmyer-secures-spot-as-joseph-gets-vice-captaincy-in-west-indies-icc-t20-world-cup-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/hetmyer-secures-spot-as-joseph-gets-vice-captaincy-in-west-indies-icc-t20-world-cup-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Hetmyer Secures Spot as Joseph Gets Vice-Captaincy in West Indies ICC T20 World Cup Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>West Indies has unveiled its 15-man squad for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup, jointly hosted in the Caribbean and the USA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by skipper Rovman Powell, the team features Alzarri Joseph as vice-captain and includes five talented Guyanese players: Shimron Hetmyer, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Sherfane Rutherford, and Romario Shepherd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside the Guyanese contingent, the squad comprises Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Jason Holder, Shia Hope, Akeal Hossein, Brandon Joseph, Nicholas Pooran, and Andre Russell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lead selector Desmond Haynes expressed confidence in the team&#8217;s ability to compete and excel on their home turf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the year-long preparation undertaken by the squad and called upon the Caribbean community to rally behind them, recognizing this as their best opportunity to claim the World Cup title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T20 head coach Darren Sammy echoed Haynes&#8217; sentiments, expressing pride in the cohesive unit they have assembled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted the meticulous fine-tuning process undertaken to optimize the squad&#8217;s performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ICC T20 World Cup, scheduled from June 1 to 29, will see five matches hosted in Guyana, including a semifinal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final showdown will take place in Barbados on the 29th, with tickets starting at 600 GY dollars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Indies has unveiled its 15-man squad for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup, jointly hosted in the Caribbean and the USA. Led by skipper Rovman Powell, the team features&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19410,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19408\/revisions\/19410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}