ON Tuesday May 19, head of the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) selection panel, Clive Lloyd, in a letter to Shivnarine Chanderpaul, informed him of his axing from the training squad which is set to oppose Australia in a two-Test series from June 3.Chanderpaul, a dedicated servant to West Indies Cricket for the past 21 years, released the letter along with a conversation between him and the recently appointed Head Coach of the side, Phil Simmons, about his current situation.
The letter stated that Lloyd made several attempts to contact the left-handed batsman following the final Test against England which ended on May 4, to have discussions with him before he wrote the letter, but that was to no avail.
In the letter, Lloyd said, “Following your meeting with the coach, Mr Simmons on 4th May 2015, and his subsequent Whatsapp conversations with you, I tried to contact you on several occasions but you had already left for Guyana.”
He continued: “I rang your home telephone number in Guyana and left my details with a male member of the house requesting that you contact me, which he promised to do.
To date, you have not returned my calls and it is rather unfortunate as I did want to have the opportunity to have a discussion with you prior to writing this letter to you.”
“The Coach and the Selectors have studied your stats from the last 6 Test matches to date, 3 against South Africa and 3 against England. You batted 11 innings and had an aggregate of 183 runs at an average of 16.64. In determining the squad for the series against Australia, the selectors have decided to move on with younger players for the future. I therefore regret to inform you that the coach and selectors have decided to omit you from the squad for that series.”
“You have been a great player for the West Indies and have given excellent service to the game and to West Indies supporters all over the world. We hope that your skills will be utilised in the future and we wish you all the very best. We also wish to thank you for your contribution to this game which gave us all our upward mobility.”

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So Shiv was hiding from the selectors?


I guess he thought if they could not find him they cant drop him.


Loyd did not think Joe Grine was really going to give Shiv dat message.

Opinions Throughout Guyana

Roger Harper
“I think that Shiv (Shivnarine Chanderpaul) has come so close to achieving the record for the most Test runs for the West Indies but has fallen short; he’s had 2 pretty tough Test series, he hasn’t performed the way we know that he is capable of performing and I’m sure that he’d be the first to admit that he’s let himself down; by his own lofty standards,”
“But, I think that we’ll all agree that he’s had an outstanding Test career and will go down as one of the best batsmen to have played the game definitely for the West Indies and across the world.”
Harper took the opportunity to wish the left-hander all the best in the future.

President of the Berbice Cricket Board, Anil Beharry:
“I am disappointed in the manner that Chanderpaul was sent off. I think to be fair to both he and the board, the board should have said to him that this series can possibly be his last depending on his performance and performance only.
This would have also given Chanderpaul the opportunity to go after whatever goal he set himself. And we all know Chanderpaul record against Australia. It is outstanding,” the BCB boss said.
“Even though the performance of the Test team was encouraging against England, we should not get carried away and think we have arrived. Let us don’t give ourselves that false sense of security. The WICB is answerable to the people and they need to operate in a more professional and transparent manner. Best luck in the future to Shiv!”


Basil Butcher
“The selectors picked a team and you have to accept it; they have had deliberations about Chanderpaul more than anybody else, and they made a decision because they are looking ahead.”
The former right-hander who played 44 Tests for the West Indies added that they may not see Chanderpaul as part of their programme for the future and as such may have opted to select a youngster in his place.

Clyde Butts
No comment

that letter must be the WI version of the ceremonious farewell Cameron wanted for Shiv and future WI greats!

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Simmons could whatsapp chanders buh Clive calling he house phone?

One ting is constant. Everyting in WI cricket is ah circus.

...to be fair to both he and the board


The president's English grammar matches Chandepaul's recent form

In reply to trev114

In reply to carl0002

"In determining the squad for the series against Australia, the selectors have decided to move on with younger players for the future."

Like who, exactly? Which members of the President's XI team have such brilliant FC stats, that they walk into the side ahead of Shiv?

I think the selectors could've shown that they were bigger men, and given Shiv one more Test, and then honour him after the Test, whether Shiv wanted to retire or not....

It's not like it's going to make a huge difference, whether Shiv plays, or whether he's replaces by proven underperformers like Theophile or Johnson. Neither Theophile nor Johnson are the next Lara in waiting.

Instead, they've chosen the lose-lose option, that only creates more division. Why do we have administrators who always want to prove that they have more power than the players?

Wunna think I gwine let the stress associated with West Indies Cricket plus the nonsense the Government wants to do with the Workers get to me . These Caribbean Countries only know how to treat people BAD !!!


I refuse to invest any emotion in West Indies Cricket. The returns on investment -not encouraging !!!!

In reply to trev114

Shiv is very dedicated to WI cricket.
So based on the letter they send him they should already drafted a letter for Chris Gayle.
Just a simple letter
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Dear Chris Gayle,

Don't fcuking come back!

Thanks,
The selectors
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