Shivnarine Chanderpaul says he is looking forward to returning to Derbyshire next year - and hopes to play a crucial part as the Club attempts to bounce back at the first attempt. The West Indies international compiled 1,298 runs at a shade over 42 in all competitions in his first stint in Derby, hitting a top score of 129 against Surrey at the County Ground in May.
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul says he is looking forward to returning to Derbyshire next year - and hopes to play a crucial part as the Club attempts to bounce back at the first attempt. The West Indies international compiled 1,298 runs at a shade over 42 in all competitions in his first stint in Derby, hitting a top score of 129 against Surrey at the County Ground in May.
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Shiv Chanderpaul is a proud man and a true professional and he knows that he did not live up to his usually high standards. And so he is correct in indicating that he is looking forward to returning to Derbyshire and playing a crucial role in helping the club get back to Division 1.
Having said that, Shiv must now turn his focus on test cricket, and in the 5 tests he will be playing against India and New Zealand, Shiv's goal should be to score at least 2 hundreds.
Shiv only scored one hundred in 15 matches for Derbyshire----so he is clearly overdue for a couple of 3 figure scores.
The logic of most posters here is that Chanderpaul should go on and on like Tendulkar .
Some are saying that he is rated # 2 in the world and there fore he should stay on .
By this logic Sobers with an average of 58 should have also have played longer , he was rated in the top ten when he walked away.
DOUBLE STANDARD
Posters here are always diminishing the achievement of the West indies regarding their 6 consecutive test wins as being against minnows yet so called Statistician Rev AL bundy is touting Chanderpaul 70 average in the last 6 test matches as being such a big deal