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Jan 24, 2016 Letters
Dear Editor,
Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s resignation in my view came far too late. He should have done so more than 18 months ago when he was overlooked by the selectors in selecting teams for One Day International matches ( ODIs). I am a strong supporter of the Guyanese left hander and I have time and time again suggested to him that he should resign long ago. After his failure against England when he scored 0, 25, 7, 1 and 13 against England and had a miserable tour in South Africa when he scored 91 for the entire series I wrote in the regional newspapers “I think he should resign and call it a day before he is kicked out.” I advise him to quit on a high note, but he ignored my call wanting to surpass Brian Lara’s 11,953since he was only 86 runs away. Lara scored his runs in 131 Tests at an average of 52.88, whileShiv made his 11,867 in 164 Tests at an average of 51.37.
The 41 year old middle order batsman is undoubtedly one of the best batsmen the West Indies has seen. He was described as very safe like money in the bank. He has the record for batting for 1513 minutes and faced 1051 balls without being dismissed. At 19 he partnered Lara in Antigua which allowed the Trinidadian to break Garry Sobers record of 365 runs against England. In his long career he scored 30 Test centuries and 66 half centuries as compared to Brian 34 centuries and 48 fifties. Brian has received an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies, and was awarded the region’s highest honour, Order of the Caribbean Community (OCC) as well as Trinidad and Tobago’s highest award, the Trinity Cross. A park was named in his honour in Port of Spain. Shiv received Guyana’s third highest award, the CCH (Cacique Crown of Honour) and a street in Georgetown was named in his honour by the Mayor, Hamilton Green, who knew the Unity Village born cricketer since he was a teenager.
It is said in some quarters that he was a selfish cricketer, who plays for himself and not his team because he tried to remain “not out” in order to boost his average. However I do not think that there is too much merit in this accusation. However, I cannot place Shiv in the same category with Lara, but he has done extremely well for the region. He captained the Windies in 14 Test matches and 16 One Day International (ODI) matches and was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2008 The Guyana Government and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) should give him a memorable farewell gift. Maybe CARICOM should consider him for an award.
Oscar Ramjeet
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