Shivnarine Chanderpaul - A legend in himself - Opinion
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 on the crease for long hours in the longest format of
the game.
Born on August 16, 1974 in Unity Village of Guyana, Chandaerpaul is the first Indo-Caribbean player in the West Indies national team to play 100 plus Test matches. The left-hander maintained the top position on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 batting chart several times and is regarded
as one of the top ranked test players by the International Cricket Council.
The Guyana batsman known for canny deflections and use of soft hands rather than front foot while playing cut shots. His is also famous for a whiplash pull-shot that often crosses the boundary in the blink of eye.
Chanderpaul debuted for West Indies in March 1994 with a Test match against England at Georgetown and went on represent the Windies in 137 Test matches. From his 137 Test appearances, the veteran compiled a tally of 9493 runs at an impressive average of
49.28. The prolific left hander from Guyana has twenty four centuries and fifty six half centuries under his belt with a career best of 203 not out.
Chanderpaul went off to an impressive start to his Test career scoring 15 half centuries in his first 18 matches before notching his maiden Test ton in the 19th appearance.
Chanderpaul's first notable impact on the Test arena was his 219-run stand with legendary Caribbean batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brian-Charles-Lara-c48471 when the latter broke Sir Gary Sobers' record of being the highest individual run scorer in the history of Test cricket. It was Chanderpaul’s
maiden Test series when Lara crossed Sober’s unbeaten 365-run tally during fifth and final Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in 1993–94. Lara went on to score 375 runs before Andrew Caddick claimed his wicket leaving the Chanderpaul unbeaten on 75.
The 37-year-old promising batsman made his One Day International debut against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 at Faridabad on October 17, 1994. By far he has played 268 one-dayers and has 8778 runs under his belt at an average of 41.60 and a strike rate of 70.74. His tally of more
than 8000 runs is laced with 59 half centuries and 11 hundreds, as the left hander holds a quite low conversion rate of around one hundred to every ten fifties.
The hard-hitting left-hander is one of the most recognizable faces from Caribbean. The left handed batsman scored first half century of his career on his Test debut against England in 1993–94 and has come a long way since then to his current status as a
former captain of West Indies.
Besides playing for national team of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stanford-c90880 Superstars.
He has always remained an effective player throughout his career and turned out to be a match winner or match savior at various crucial moments. Give Chanderpaul any pressure cooker situation, he will find a way to safeguard his side.
On the day when all of the West Indies batsmen fail to spark, the Caribbean team management looks up to the Guyana http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-Anthony-Hibbert-c81005 and he rarely lets down his fans and selectors.
The Guyana veteran is 37 but he is still in good form and has a lot to offer to his country and the game.
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