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Nov 09, 2022 Sports
Kaieteur News – The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has congratulated Shivnarine Chanderpaul on being inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame.
In a release the GCB informed that, Shivnarine Chanderpaul made his First-Class debut for Guyana against the Leeward Islands at GCC, Bourda in the 1991-1992 Red Stripe Cup. In his 385 First-Class matches he accumulated 27,545 runs at an average of 53.17 with the highest score of 303 not out against Jamaica at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica. He played 423 List A matches aggregating 13,439 runs at an average of 41.99, with the highest score of 150.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul who most will agree batted courageously and defiantly throughout his career amassed 11,867 runs from 164 Test matches at an astonishing average of 51.37 with the highest score of 203 not out against South Africa at GCC, Bourda. He hit 30 centuries in his Test career and registered two double centuries. He played 268 One Day Internationals (ODIs) aggregating 8,778 runsat an average of 41.41, and a strike rate of 70.74 with the highest score of 150 against South Africa in the 1998 West Indies Tour of South Africa.
Additionally, Shivnarine Chanderpaul recorded strike rates of 98.85 in 22 T20 Internationals and 80.65 from three IPL matches. He was occasionally used for his leg spin to break partnerships and this enabled him to collect 9 Test wickets and 14 ODI wickets.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul who is familiarly called “Tiger” is the father of Tagenarine Chanderpaul known as “Cub” who recently gained selection to the West Indies Test Squad for the 2022 Tour of Australia.
The President and Executive members of the Guyana Cricket Board would like to extend the heartiest congratulations to Shivnarine Chanderpaul for this prestigious induction into the ICC Hall of Fame and look forward to his continued contribution to the development of cricket across the West Indian region and beyond.
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