Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s International career in numbers

Shivnarine Chanderpaul was known as one of those batsmen who could bat for long even with little support at the other end and was famous for his unusual batting stance. Chanderpaul was a part of the West Indies team between 1994 and 2015, a period in which the team rarely won having dominating International cricket in the 1970s and 1980s. His International career ended abruptly in 2015 but he continued to feature in County Cricket and in the Caribbean domestic tournaments where he plays along with his son.

On the occasion of Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s birthday, we look at some of the achievements and numbers from his International career:

1 – Chanderpaul is the only player in the history of International cricket to have hit a six on the last possible ball of the game when his team needed exactly six runs to win. The West Indian achieved this feat against Sri Lanka’s Chaminda Vaas in 2008.

He hit four and six off the last two deliveries when his team needed ten to win from two balls. Seven other players in ODI cricket and five players in T20I format hit six on the last ball of the game but not when they needed exactly six for a win.

4 – He faced 27395 balls and batted over 37750 minutes in his Test career which is the 4th most for any player. The likes of Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Jacques Kallis are the other player who faced more deliveries and spent more time at the crease in the longer format.

7 – He scored seven consecutive fifty-plus scores in Test cricket between 2006 and 2007 which is a record. As many as six players including Chanderpaul hit fifty-plus scores in seven consecutive innings which is the most till date.

21y 47d – Chanderpaul’s first and last day in International cricket were spread across 21 years and 47 days. His career is the 2nd longest for a West Indies player after Sir George Headley who featured in 22 Tests across 24 years and 10 days between 1930 and 1954.

69 – His century off 69 balls against Australia in the Georgetown Test in 2003 is the 2nd fastest hundred by a West Indian in Test cricket. Sir Vivian Richards scored a 56-ball hundred in the Antigua Test in 1986 against England.

77 – Shivnarine holds the unfortunate record of being part of more number of defeats in Test cricket. He was involved in as many as 77 Test defeats.

203* – The West Indian batsman scored an unbeaten 203 in his first match as captain in Test cricket against South Africa in 2005. He is one of the two players to have scored a double century on Test captaincy debut till date. Graham Dowling of New Zealand scored 239 in his first match as Test skipper.

427.33 – Chanderpaul’s batting average while scoring a century in ODI cricket of 427.33 is the highest for any player with a minimum of ten centuries. Eight of his 11 ODI tons were unbeaten knocks which boosted his average.

His average of 319.83 while scoring a century in Test cricket is also the highest for any player who has 15 and more centuries in this format.

519 – Chanderpaul witnessed the fall of as many as 519 wickets in Test cricket from the other end. He is the only player have been at the other end when more than 500 of his partners got out.

6883 – His 6883 runs in Test cricket batting at No.5 are the most for any player. The left-hander scored those runs in 151 innings at an average of 56.41 with 19 centuries and 35 fifties.

11867 – Chanderpaul’s tally of 11867 runs in Test cricket is the all-time 8th highest and the 2nd highest among West Indians only behind Brian Lara’s 11953 runs.

His 8778 runs in ODI cricket are the 3rd most among West Indian players after Brian Lara (10405) and Chris Gayle (9727).

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