Sep 19 2008 by Jeff Bowron, Evening Chronicle
WEST Indies star Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit a masterful century, his first of the season for Durham, to put the title-chasing Riversiders in pole position against Sussex.
Shiv to be honoured during England tour
| Wednesday, September 24, 2008 |
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is planning to honour batting star and International Cricket Council (ICC) Player-of-the-Year, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, during next year’s England tour.
The left-handed Chanderpaul became the first West Indies player to be named ICC Cricketer of the Year earlier this month, and the WICB announced yesterday it will honour the Guyanese in a “special recognition ceremony” at the start of the 2009 English tour of the Caribbean.
The WICB, in an official release yesterday, said it was supportive of a proposal for a special recognition ceremony at the beginning of the Test Series against England.
“Whereas Shiv Chanderpaul has been voted by the International Cricket Council as Cricketer of The Year 2008 and has been named to the ICC’s World Test Team of The Year for his outstanding performances… Be it resolved that the WICB equally recognises his special performances and results and hereby heartily congratulates him in making the WICB and West Indians proud,” the release stated.