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MORE REMORSE FOR SHIV's SACKING!
Secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board, Anand Sanasie, believes the unceremonious sacking of ace batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul for the upcoming two-Test series against Australia sets a bad precedence with regards the way regional players are being treated.
Chanderpaul, a veteran of a West Indian record 164 Test matches, was dropped by the Clive Lloyd-led Selection Panel, which noted the batsmanรขโฌโขs dip in form over the past two series as the reason for his omission.
Is it the last weรขโฌโขve seen of the trademark celebration after a hundred?
The middle-order stalwart had a rare lean patch, stitching together just 183 runs in his last 11 innings at an average of 16, but many share the view that the former captain deserved a better send-off or should have been afforded the luxury of retiring on his own terms.
During an illustrious career spanning 21 years, Chanderpaul has emerged as the West Indies second highest Test runscorer with 11, 867 runs at an average of 51.37 with 30 hundreds and 66 fifties.
Sanasie, speaking at a GCB press conference recently, was explicit in his views on how the matter was dealt with by the selectors.
รขโฌลWe [GCB] had and weรขโฌโขre having extensive discussions with authorities of the board because we do not feel that this is a good thing. It canรขโฌโขt be a good thing; itรขโฌโขs a bad thing and itรขโฌโขs not a good precedence for players in the future. Players would look at this and say รขโฌหI can give 20 years service and may very well be treated this way,รขโฌย Sanasie, who is also a director on the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), reasoned.