This does not take anything away from his previous achievements, but where time is of the essence Shiv is not your man. In the current WI line-up we perhaps don’t have a choice because the rest of the team is piss poor! Had we a choice ……

I think u should re-read Mr Eleazer’s letter. He concluded that Shiv should only be picked for the Tests. This therefore means that he is not considering him for the 50 overs game.
As for 20/20, I will pick Shiv before Morton, Dyayne Smith etc. Shiv bats according to the team situation and very few of the current WI players can adjust like him.

However, contrary to some comentators, I have to agree to the greater extent with Mr. Eleazer for several reasons, these include the fact that:
Statistics do not tell the whole story and too often has the approach adopted placed immense pressure on the other batsmen contributing to their failure. From this background, one cannot help but question whether the strategy proposed by the captain and selectors is in approval. From my perspective, your experience can be better utilized in taking control of the more difficult situations, vis a vis the lesser players who need guidance. It is a fact that if all adopts a similar approach, most or all non-test matches will be lost at the half way stage.

A new and invigorating approach is necessary for the shorter games!!!!!

Richie

What 25 overs has to do with 20/20 ????????.

Maybe you need to reread his letter again RP.

Shiv has seemingly been progressively uninterested in shepherding tailenders as we have seen so often, and this has been done with pedestrian bastmanship. This, of course, is predominantly Shiv’s style, since he is more or less a touch player, but it is by this very same demeanour, that people like Mr. Eleazer become concerned of his future in one day cricket.

Au contraire, docdallo reminds us that Shiv has a relatively outstanding one day record and that perhaps we will be better off finding more like him. I tend to believe that if Shiv didn’t feel so burdened by having to carry the West Indies batting almost always, he would have been more consistently aggressive. Lara, some would argue, literally executed the same task with pure aplomb, but then again Lara is Lara.

There is no doubt that Shiv proves more aggressive and productive at the top of the order in one dayers, but I am convinced that his age is negating all of that, and he himself, by choosing to stay in the middle, is content with playing his “normal’ game. Even in England recently, he struggled in the limited overs matches- a fact which was no different in the IPL.

It therefore might not be such a biased proposition to place the Tiger only in Tests. Let him stagnate the opposition, build his average and teach the impetuous youngsters what rewards come from patience.

However, I have often bemoaned his performance in one-day tests. I could not help agreeing with the previous writer, Mr Eleazer. I thought I was the only one who saw through his strategy.

Chanderpaul should only play in test matches.

Joan Browne