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The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has congratulated Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the veteran middle-order batsman, upon regaining the number one place in the ICC Test Batsmen Ranking.
The 38-year-old cricketer, having performed exceptionally well at the regional level, made his way to international cricket in 1994 and has been a permanent member of the West Indies team since then.
The left-hander was named as the Player of the Series in the recently-concluded two-match Test series against Bangladesh, having scored a double century and an unbeaten 150 in consecutive encounters. The experienced cricketer replaced
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The President of the WICB, Julian Hunte was all praise for the experienced batsman and said that Chanderpaul has been performing exceptionally well for West Indies in 2012. Hunte believes that the gutsy player is a role-model for the
upcoming batsmen.
“On behalf of the WICB as well as cricket lovers across the Caribbean, I want to congratulate Shiv on regaining the number one batting spot in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760
in the Test match arena. Shiv has set very high standards and has maintained those standards,” said WICB president http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Julian-Robert-Hunte-c69628.
The cricketer from Guyana has played 146 Tests and 268 One Day Internationals for the Caribbean and has scored more than 19 thousand runs at the highest stage of the game. On top of that, the middle-order batsman has 38 international
centuries under his belt.
The former West Indies captain has been playing international cricket for almost 18 years now and his consistent performances and the hunger to deliver the goods in international cricket is praised all across the globe, being one of
the most experienced players in world-cricket at the present moment.
The WICB President understands that Chanderpaul has been a thorough professional over the years, who has done wonders for the Caribbean cricket, especially in the longer format of the sport.
The President added, “He continues to demonstrate his commitment to West Indies cricket and his love for the game.”
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