Legendary left-hander Shivnarine Chanderpaul has turn into the newest West Indies participant to be inducted into the Worldwide Cricket Council Corridor-of-Fame.
The 48-year-old was named by the ICC as inductee 107 and was joined by iconic Pakistan leg-spinner Abdul Qadir and England’s multi-time World Cup-winning captain Charlotte Edwards.
A former West Indies captain, Chanderpaul plundered 11,867 runs from 164 Checks with 30 a whole lot at a median of 51.37. In One-Day Internationals, he gathered 8,778 runs from 268 matches with 11 centuries at a median of 41.60.
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul is second on the all-time West Indies run-scoring checklist in Checks and is considered one of simply two gamers – together with Brian Lara – with over 10,000 runs. The Guyanese lies third on the ODI run-scoring charts behind Chris Gayle and Lara.
“It’s a tremendous honor to observe the footsteps of many legends and so many different nice cricketers of the previous,” mentioned Chanderpaul, who performed his final sport for West Indies seven years in the past.
“I’m grateful for the popularity and wish to benefit from the second with household, mates and most significantly the West Indies cricket followers and followers all over the world who passionately supported me all through my profession.”
Cricket West Indies on Tuesday hailed Chanderpaul as “the person for all seasons”, stressing that his “dedication and flexibility” had been two of the qualities behind his excellent profession.
“On behalf of all West Indies cricket stakeholders, I congratulate Shivnarine ‘Shiv’ Chanderpaul for receiving the very best honor of his profession to this point,” mentioned CWI president Ricky Skerritt.
“Shiv’s story exemplifies all that’s good about him and the sport of cricket – his arduous work, dedication, adaptability and his ensuing progress and achievements on and off the sphere.
“His love for the sport is unmatched, and he demonstrated all through his 20 years on the sphere that he was the person for all seasons.”
He continued: “From the early days within the Underneath-19 set-up in Guyana, Shiv showcased his immense batting expertise. He honed his abilities and labored tirelessly to turn into the primary ranked batsman on this planet.
“He embodied the assertion ‘heights of nice males reached and saved weren’t attained by sudden flight’. Shiv toiled arduous to enhance and at each stage was capable of re-invent his sport to satisfy the calls for.
“We salute Shiv for his immense contribution to West Indies cricket and world cricket.”
ICC chief govt, Geoff Allardice mentioned Chanderpaul, together with Edwards and Qadir, have been nice “ambassadors” of the sport.
“The ICC Corridor of Fame continues to have fun the long-lasting people which have formed the historical past of cricket,” he famous.
“Solely the perfect are honored on this means and it’s fantastic to commemorate the lasting contributions of Shivnarine, Charlotte, and Abdul.
“These three ambassadors of our nice sport loved great success on the worldwide stage and are richly deserving of their standing as ICC Corridor of Famers.”
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