How Chanderpaul and Sarwan have starred for West Indies in the last innings of Tests in recent times
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Chanderpaul rises to career high
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s outstanding performance in the second Test against Australia, in Antigua, which helped secure West Indies a draw, has lifted him to a career-best position of No. 5 in the world rankings.
Tiny Chanderpaul keeps standing tall
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul prefers to do his talking with the bat and after scoring his 19th Test century – equalling Clive Lloyd’s mark – he summed up his outstanding contribution by saying “I’m just doing my job”. In the first two matches of the series Chanderpaul has been almost impossible to remove and his 107 not out was responsible for leading West Indies to a first-innings total of 352.
Courage under fire
Tony Cozier
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The new spirit of the West Indies team, so encouragingly confirmed over the first two and a half days of the most daunting challenge in international cricket, was, yet again, squandered by individual rashness. One man stood above the negligence that led to the collapse of four wickets for eight runs just before tea that suddenly transformed a promising position into potential disaster.
Chanderpaul shows class again
Tony Cozier
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| FINE FORM: Shivnarine Chanderpaul effortlessly smacks another four off the Sri Lanka attack during the second ODI at the Queen’s Park Oval on Saturday. -Photo: ROBERT TAYLOR |
IT was entirely apt that Shivnarine Chanderpaul should have marked the week when his frequently unappreciated worth was recognised by two notable awards with performances that guided the West Indies to two successive, significant victories.