Chanderpaul’s heroics

– one man’s courage re-energized a team and stimulated a
sensational fightback

By Tony Cozier in Kingston

The new spirit of the West Indies team, so encouragingly confirmed over the first two-and-a-half days of the most daunting challenge in international cricket, was, yet again, squandered by individual rashness.

One man stood above the negligence that led to the collapse of four wickets for eight runs just before tea that suddenly transformed a promising position into potential disaster.