Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Will it be their last World Cup?




Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies)
His batting - based on a crabby technique and intense concentration - would appear tailor made for Test cricket and not for the limited overs game but Chanderpaul has surprised one and all by figuring in the top 15 run-getters in ODIs.

Adjusting himself to the needs of the side and the slam bang variety of batting associated with limited overs cricket, the pugnacious left-hander has scored 8648 runs at an average of almost 42 at a decent strike rate of 71 - with 11 hundreds and 59 fifties and a highest score of 150.
But somehow he has not done justice to his reputation and experience in the World Cup. Despite playing in four such competitions, his aggregate is well below the 900-run mark, with just one hundred against Ireland in 2007.

One can somehow see Chanderpaul set the record right this time around, but at 36 this should be his last chance to do so. One just cannot see him around till the 2015 World Cup when he will be in his 41st year.

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