48 Facts About Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul CCH was born on 16 August 1974 and is a Guyanese cricket coach and former captain of the West Indies cricket team.

Shivnarine 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.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul captained West Indies in 14 Tests and 16 One Day Internationals.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul 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 by the International Cricket Council.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul made his international debut at the age of 19, but did not score a century in international cricket for three years, prompting some criticism.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul announced his retirement from international cricket in 2016, without a farewell, at the age of 41.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul is currently serving as head coach of the USA senior women's and the USA Under-19 women's teams.

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

Shivnarine Chanderpaul was born to Indo-Guyanese parents Kamraj and Uma Chanderpaul in Unity Village, Guyana on 16 August 1974.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul's ancestors moved from India to the West Indies as indentured labours under the indentured labour system.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul appeared for the club's under-16 side while only ten.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul was later given an opportunity at the Georgetown Cricket Club.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul was run out for a duck in his first innings, but scored 90 runs in the second.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul achieved his maiden first-class century in April 1993, playing for the West Indies Board President's XI against the touring Pakistanis.

In March 2008, Shivnarine Chanderpaul caused some controversy when, after batting for Guyana on the first day of a Carib Beer Series match, he left to attend the WIPA awards, and did not arrive to play the following day.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul was 78 not out when he left the match, without notifying his team's manager or coach.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul was recorded as retiring out on the scorecard, and later returned on the third day.

At the ceremony, Shivnarine Chanderpaul was very successful, winning three awards as the international, Test and ODI cricketer of the year.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul was the team's most successful batsman during the Test series, scoring 372 runs at a batting average of 124.00, including a score of 203 not out in the first Test, at Trent Bridge in Nottingham.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul bowled 16 overs in England's first innings without taking a wicket, and scored 62 runs in the West Indies reply.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul played four Tests during his debut series, and was third amongst West Indian batsmen in terms of both runs scored and batting average, getting 288 runs at 57.60.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul reached the milestone in his nineteenth Test, scoring 137 against India.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored a further century in each of 1998, in a Test match against England, and 1999, in an ODI against South Africa.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul was in the news for late-night partying; on one occasion in 1999, he shot a policeman in the mistaken belief that he was a thief.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul's career took a turn for the positive in 2000, when he had surgery on his foot to remove a floating bone.

Free of his foot injury, Shivnarine Chanderpaul enjoyed the best series of his career to that point when he scored centuries in three of the five Test matches against India.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul subsequently suffered what ESPNcricinfo described as "an indifferent run"; despite scoring centuries against South Africa and Bangladesh, he averaged just over 35 across eighteen innings, of which six were against either Bangladesh or Zimbabwe.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul remained not out on each occasion, scoring 128 runs in the first innings, and 97 in the second, but the West Indies were beaten by over 200 runs in the contest.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul remained 203 not out when he declared the West Indies innings closed; the joint-highest score of his Test career.

Only a resolute batting performance from Jacques Kallis rescues a draw for South Africa in the match, although Shivnarine Chanderpaul was criticised for both the timing of his declaration, and later, negative field placings.

Less than a year after taking on the captaincy, Shivnarine Chanderpaul resigned the position, citing a desire to concentrate on his batting.

In early 2007, Shivnarine Chanderpaul recorded his second highest score in ODI cricket, hitting 149 not out in a losing cause against India.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul was especially praised by Wisden for his third instance of batting for 1,000 or more minutes without being dismissed, and for his century in the third Test on a difficult pitch.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored another century in the fourth match of the series, and was named as the man of the match, despite an England victory.

In 2008 Shivnarine Chanderpaul continued in his form during the Sri Lankan and Australian tours of the Caribbean.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul eventually picked as part of the 2008 ICC test team of the year and bestowed with the 2008 ICC Cricketer of the Year award.

In December 2013, Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored his 29th test century against New Zealand in the 3rd test match at Hamilton to equal Donald Bradman's number of centuries.

On 23 January 2016, Shivnarine Chanderpaul announced his retirement from international cricket.

Aged 41 at the announcement, Shivnarine Chanderpaul did not play for West Indies since May 2015, and his subsequent exclusion was cited to be a result of poor performances in the home series against England, in which he averaged 15.33 in 3 matches.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul was dropped from the WICB contract in December 2015, signalling the selectors' intention to move forward with younger players, despite the fragility of the West Indies middle order.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul is well known for his unorthodox batting stance, in which he stands facing the bowler, as opposed to most batsmen who stand side-on.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul adopts this stance in order to see the ball clearly with both eyes, something he developed as a child when facing hostile fast bowling.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul was first selected for the West Indies based on his attacking style of play; he cites Rohan Kanhai as one of his early influences.

On 27 January 2017, Shivnarine Chanderpaul signed a Kolpak deal with Lancashire.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul is still committed to playing First Class cricket for his native Guyana for the foreseeable future.

In July 2022, Shivnarine Chanderpaul was appointed head coach of the United States women's national cricket team.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul resigned from USA Cricket after coaching the USA under-19 women to the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored 30 Test centuries, including two double centuries, and reached the 100-mark 11 times in One Day International matches.