Reproduced compliments of The Nation News April-2005 by PHILIP SPOONER

André Nel showing his delight as he traps West Indies skipper Shivnarine Chanderpaul leg-before.

There was an historic burial at Kensington Oval yesterday as fast bowler André Nel ripped the heart and soul out of the home side.

The big pacer’s six wickets for 32 runs condemned the West Indies to 166 all out as they lost the third Test by an innings and 86 runs with a day to spare. It gave the South Africans an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. < Read More >

Brian Lara (right) and his new skipper Chanderpaul talk during the practice session. The prince was back at his old stomping ground. But when Brian Charles Lara stepped onto the Queen’s Park Oval ground just outside Trinidad’s capital, it was as just another West Indies player, if that is at all possible.

The 34-year-old wonder batsman was in good spirits, and had a number of conversations with coaches and players, including new Windies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul, as the team prepared for the second Digicel Test against South Africa.

Friday 01, April-2005

It was a day to remember for the new-look West Indies cricket team. Wavell Wayne Hinds (right), spearheaded a fightback from the home team with an authoritative unbeaten 188 that crippled the South African bowling attack.
When he reached his hundred, Hinds, 28, was deservedly congratulated by the new man at the helm, Shiv Chanderpaul, who finished a rewarding day for the West Indies with a century of his own on his home ground at Bourda, Guyana. < Read more >

Chanderpaul raises his hands in triumph after reaching three figures at Lord’s on Saturday 25th July 2004.

The man they call “the little Guyanese” came up big yesterday.
Chivnarine Chanderpaul battled England tooth and nail at their historic and imposing home court advantage called Lord’s, and when the dust settled, West Indies had fought their way back into the first Power Test, trailing by only 152 going into today’s fourth day.

Chanderpaul’s knock of 128 not out, his 11th Test ton, if not pretty to watch, was brilliant and equally important to a West Indies team that has been dominated by England the last few months.

He faced 270 balls, and though not producing the kind of fireworks or stylish strokes usually associated with a century so important to a team badly in need of some good luck, those runs saved West Indies from a humiliating loss.

Compliments of the Nation News

Tuesday 25, January-2005 by TONY COZIER in Australia

Residents of a flooded house yesterday using a makeshift bridge to avoid the surging water in east coast Demerara in Guyana.


West Indies cricket vice-captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul has become a victim of the massive flooding that has rocked his homeland Guyana.

The left-handed batsman, who is in Australia with the side for the VB Series, said yesterday that his house (on the East Coast) was four feet under water and that he had lost most of his possessions.

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Sarwan’s unbeaten 106 off 186 balls was worth no less in value, and it was his fifth at this level and second against Bangladesh.

“I just wanted to be positive regardless of what the situation was, not only against Bangladesh, but against any other team,” Sarwan said.

“In the past I found that when I tend to feel around, I tend to get out playing too tentatively. It is something that I have been working on.”