The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket

Chanders to miss out against Aussies

Sat, May 23, '15

 

Shiv Chanderpaul

Long serving West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul will not face Australia in the upcoming two-Test series in the Caribbean, starting on June 3 in Dominica.

The Guyanese left hander, just 86 runs shy of Brian Lara’s record for the most Test runs, has been overlooked by the regional selectors and as a consequence Lara’s record will stand.

Chanderpaul had two poor series against South Africa in South Africa and England in the West Indies, where he averaged just 16 runs per innings.

T&T Guardian understands that the management of the team tried to get Chanderpaul to call it a day but was met with resistance and as such they had no choice but to go without him.