Georgetown (Guyana): West Indies chief selector Clive Lloyd has told veteran batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul that he was omitted from the Caribbean squad which will play against Australia because of declining form.
“The coach and selectors have studied your stats from the last six Tests to date, three against South Africa and three against England. You batted 11 innings and had an aggregate of 183 runs at an average of 16.64,” said Lloyd’s letter to the Guyanese batsman, who boasts of 11,867 runs at an average of 51 with 30 Test centuries.
Chanderpaul averaged 48 when New Zealand toured the Caribbean for three Tests last year and then plundered 270 runs in two Tests against Bangladesh last September without being dismissed. However, his poor form lately has prompted selectors to overlook him, saying they did not think it fitting to pick him simply to offer him a farewell series.
“I tried to contact you on several occasions but you had already left for Guyana. 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,” Lloyd wrote in his letter to the 40-year-old.
In his letter, Lloyd described Chanderpaul as a “great player for the West Indies” who has given “excellent service to the game and to West Indies supporters. We hope that your skills will be utilised in the future and we wish you all the very best”.
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