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.
Sunday, Aug 05, 2007
By RAMACHANDRA GUHA
It’s tough batting for 1,000 minutes without getting dismissed. Shivnarine Chanderpaul has done it thrice.
Photo: AFP
Rare grit: Shivnarine Chanderpaul kisses the wicket after scoring 100 runs against England during the fourth cricket test at The Riverside.
When Shivnarine Chanderpaul made his Test debut, back in the early 1990s, I recall reading a profile of him that spoke of the advice given to him when he was growing up. “Dee man Gavaskar,” his father told young Shiv, “Dee man Gavas kar, if he make more than fifty, he always get to a hundred.”
Sunday, April 01, 2007, by Kunal Pradhan
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| Chanderpaul |
In rural Guyana, palm trees mingle homogeneously with wooden houses on stilts and open green fields. The idyllic countryside beckons, enticing us to delve deeper as village after village is overtaken by the whizzing automobile on the highway going east from Georgetown to New Amsterdam.
Congratulations to Shiv for averaging 50+ in Test Cricket
Shivnarine Chanderpaul – Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2008.