CHANDERPAUL: RETIREMENT Is Not An Option

HERE IS SHIV'S RESPONSE WHEN ASKED IF HE CONSIDERS HIMSELF A GREAT BATSMAN.

Quote:QUESTION: DO YOU SEE YOURSELF AS A GREAT BATSMAN SHIV ?

[size=12pt]SHIV: I have never considered myself a great batsman. I played for many years with Brian Lara. I consider him to be a great batsman. He was a genius. I could never bat like him or play the shots that he played. Brian was a genius. I would never compare myself to Brian.

As a matter of fact, I have never compared myself to any other batsman. I believe I was put on this earth to be a cricketer and a batsman, and that is what I have focused mainly on the past 2 decades. I have always prepared myself to be as good as I possibly can.

Over the years I have created my own style, my own niche. I have adopted a batting approach that works for me. I have not tried to copy others, but I have tried to learn from those I respect. Lara is one batsman I always tried to learn a thing or two from.

With regards to the batting statistics I have accumulated over the years, I am pleased with my performance so far. But I still have some goals I would like to achieve and as long as I am fit and as long as I continue to perform at a high standard I will keep playing.

Once again, I don't consider myself a great. I have always prepared and continue to prepare myself to be as good as possible. I am pleased with my cricket career to date. I would rate myself as a good batsman not a great batsman. Great is for guys like Bradman, Sobers, Richards, Lara and Tendulkar. I am happy being good." Shiv Chanderpaul[/size].

PAGING GOOGLEY:

* Did you read Shiv's modesty and humility in that post above ?

* Please post his comments in the thread in the 2 link below:

http://caribbeancricket.com/topic/1092127

http://caribbeancricket.com/topic/1092121

* Shiv is too modest to admit he has had a great career.

Rev

WHAT VIV RICHARDS SAID ABOUT SHIV:

Quote:"[size=12pt]In a team of inexperienced players, Shivnarine has done as much as any West Indian batsman of the past. I have him up there with the very best - Lara, Sobers. He's at the top of tree as far as I'm concerned because of the teams he has played in." [/size]

[size=12pt]* As Shiv gets closer to 12K, that will make him the highest runs scorer in WI test history,  the HATERS and the MEDIOCRE MINDS will manufacture all the excuses and reasons to detract from his great accomplishments. Great achievers have always been envied by some.[/size]

Rev

* When you look at the Forbes 400, you see 400 billionaires.

* But not all billionaires are the same.

* You have the ELITE billionaire like Gates and Buffet and then you have the ordinary billionaires like Oprah and Trump.

[size=12pt]* It's the same with greatness in cricket. You have the ELITE greats like Bradman, Sobers, Richards, Lara and Tendulkar. And then you have the ORDINARY greats like Ponting, Kallis, Dravid, Sangakkara, Chanderpaul, Gavaskar, Border, Waugh, etc, etc[/size]

Rev

Shiv is Great !

AND all the shifting of the Goalposts will not change that ...

cc.com posters are the worse "lot" mainly the Trinis ! 

http://caribbeancricket.com/topic/1092134

[quote author=ramesh link=topic=92734.msg588717#msg588717 date=1410978729]
Yea , yea and chanderpaul can also walk on water
[/quote]  That is because  Shiv cannot swim

[quote author=ketchim link=topic=92734.msg588809#msg588809 date=1411012818]
Shiv is Great !

AND all the shifting of the Goalposts will not change that ...

cc.com posters are the worse "lot" mainly the Trinis ! 

http://caribbeancricket.com/topic/1092134
[/quote]

Quote:[size=12pt]"In 158 tests to date Shiv Chanderpaul has scored 11,684 runs at an average of 53.11 with 30 hundreds and 65 fifties."[/size]

* [size=14pt]Listen! If Darren Bravo or Kraig Brathwaite or Jermaine Blackwood were to come even close to those great numbers Shiv has put up they would be deemed bonafide West Indian greats.[/size]

* But Shiv is a Guyanese East Indian and his detractors cannot stand the fact that an East Indian has played the most test for the West Indies and will score the most runs for the West Indies.

[size=12pt]* All this crap we are reading by the HATERS over at CC about Shiv not being dominant and so he cannot be deemed a great  is just bullshyt. The truth is it pains them to see the East Indian bai be the # 1 ranked West Indian in most tests played, in most scores over fifty,  and in most runs scored.[/size]

Rev

[size=14pt]HERE IS SHIV AT AGE 22----pay attention to his batting stance back then-----71 runs off 68 balls----that's a STRIKE RATE of 104[/size]

[size=14pt]NOW CHECK OUT SHIV AT AGE 40----totally changed his batting stance---more crablike---but he says it worked for him----and the NUMBERS DON'T LIE.[/size]

Quote:[size=12pt]"For an unorthodox player, he developed a rhythm that worked for him and gave him better balance at the crease, with the gift of timing to boot."[/size]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/v...index.html

Rev