Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

CCH
Chanderpaul playing for West Indies in 2006
Personal information
Born (1974-08-16) 16 August 1974 (age 50)
Unity Village, Guyana
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleBatsman
RelationsTagenarine Chanderpaul (son)
Lawrence Prittipaul (cousin)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 204)17 March 1994 v England
Last Test1 May 2015 v England
ODI debut (cap 66)17 October 1994 v India
Last ODI23 March 2011 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.6
T20I debut (cap 4)16 February 2006 v New Zealand
Last T20I20 May 2010 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1991/92–2017/18Guyana
2007–2009Durham
2008Royal Challengers Bangalore
2010, 2017–2018Lancashire
2011Warwickshire
2012Khulna Royal Bengal
2012Uva Next
2013Sylhet Royals
2013–2014Derbyshire
2015Guyana Amazon Warriors
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 164 268 385 423
Runs scored 11,867 8,778 27,545 13,439
Batting average 51.37 41.60 53.17 41.99
100s/50s 30/66 11/59 77/144 13/98
Top score 203* 150 303* 150
Balls bowled 1,740 740 4,812 1,681
Wickets 9 14 60 56
Bowling average 98.11 45.42 42.20 24.78
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/2 3/18 4/48 4/22
Catches/stumpings 66/– 73/– 192/– 118/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  West Indies
ICC Champions Trophy
Winner 2004 England
Runner-up 2006 India
Runner-up 1998 Kenya
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 August 2018

Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul CCH (born 16 August 1974) is a Guyanese cricket coach and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. Considered one of the greatest batsmen of his era,[1] Chanderpaul is the 10th highest run scorer of all time in International cricket and the 9th highest in Test cricket. Chanderpaul was a member of the West Indies team that won the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, and in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy Final, he had the highest contribution for West Indies with the bat, scoring 47 runs.

Chanderpaul captained West Indies in 14 Tests and 16 One Day Internationals.[2] A left-handed batsman, Chanderpaul is well known for his unorthodox batting stance, which has been described as crab-like. He scored 20,000 runs in international cricket, and in 2008 he was named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, and awarded Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year) by the International Cricket Council.

He made his international debut at the age of 19, but did not score a century in international cricket for three years, prompting some criticism. Early in his career, he was plagued by injuries, and was even dubbed a hypochondriac until he had a piece of floating bone removed from his foot in 2000. After that he enjoyed consistent form, scoring over 11,000 runs in Test cricket and is the 8th highest run scorer of all time in the format.[3]

Due to poor performances, Chanderpaul was dropped from the West Indies squad in 2015. He announced his retirement from international cricket in 2016, without a farewell, at the age of 41.[4][5]

He is currently serving as head coach of the USA senior women's and the USA Under-19 women's teams.[6] In November 2022, he was inducted to the ICC Hall of Fame.[7]

Chanderpaul was awarded the Cacique's Crown of Honour, the second highest award in the Order of Service of Guyana, in 2009.[8]

  1. ^ "Chanderpaul retires – 'One of the greatest batsmen of our time'". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Numbers Game". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "Records – Test matches – Batting records – Most runs in career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  4. ^ Farrell, Melinda (23 January 2016). "Chanderpaul retires from all cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Reliable yet misunderstood". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Chanderpaul named USA senior and U-19 women's head coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Charlotte Edwards, Abdul Qadir inducted into ICC Hall of Fame". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Shiv receives CCH – Guyana's third highest honour". Stabroek News. 19 March 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2023.