KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) — Opener Kraigg Brathwaite has credited his hero Shivnarine Chanderpaul for helping him to his maiden Test double-century against Bangladesh here Saturday.

The 21-year-old Brathwaite spent 38 nervous balls in the 190s before finally breaking the shackles by sweeping off-spinner Mahmudullah to the ropes to reach his landmark.

He was unbeaten on 205 at the close of the second day of the first Test, with West Indies on 407 for three at Arnos Vale.

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Hug that up..Alyuh know who I am talking about

Kudos to Kraigg for his double-century and giving credit to Chanderpaul. A good example of Chanderpaul the team player.

Puuu-haa haa

Gwan selflessPaul

Yall know Lara would have run that youth out!! or declare with him on 99

KB to the SC to the haters!!

Future WI batting coach that Tiga.

In reply to Jonesy

where are the usual suspects ....gone cuntry.

In reply to Dan_De_Lyan

They went for Prozak, Andrews, Viagara or whatever going cure the bunning

In reply to nickoutr

you should add soft grease to that list

hahahahahaha! good time to invest in Pharma stocks!!

Kraig is a good Cawmere boy who knows about propriety. That said I would not expect him to say in an interview that Shiv made him nervous in his quest for a double by batting slow and making the bowlers feel they were on top.

In reply to sudden

Perhaps he should have said it if he felt it...or is he just Bhaj-ing?

In reply to runout

Shiv is Kraig's cricketing idol. What do you expect?

In reply to sudden

In reply to sudden... well from you ... nothing, nothing at all positive.

In reply to sudden
Dude, if Kraig is level headed, and sees in Shiv qualities that can propel his game, then great.

But you can't blame Shiv for adding stability and encouragement to Kraig...just imagine Kraig batting and wickets falling all over the place...ala 1st session day 3?

In reply to natty_forever

Except for batting with his pupil there was nothing positive about Shiv's batting that day. Perhaps you can point to something. There is a lot to be said about Kraig bigging up his cricketing idol tho

In reply to sudden... well the second part of your post was lost due to the first part. A see you trying.

Everyone will agreee that Shiv had a bad day at the office on Friday....but after spending over 20 years at your craft, aren't you entitled to at least that?

Who would have known this better than Shiv himself? However that is what resilience, determination, pride and professionalism is all about!

Shiv the consumate professional batsman.

In reply to sudden

In reply to sudden

hope you enjoyed the senna omelette

In reply to Gupta

Well thank god for Kraig

look people quiet down..the kid likes Shiv and uses him as inspiration...noting wrong with that....we all get our inspiration from somewhere....he made a good choice and most of all he put the work in to be where he is today....great job KB..keep it going kid and be proud of who you are....

In reply to Master_Blaster

agreed..np there

The issue is the ungratefulness shown towards shiv by some bloggers.

Even that blogger who has a PHD in pitch rolling and outfield setting.