The West Indies includes the islands bordering the Caribbean Sea, plus the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, which are surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean. Historically, the term "West India" was sometimes used to mean all these islands as well.

It is often divided up by association with European countries:

• British West Indies
• Dutch West Indies
• French West Indies
• Spanish West Indies
• Danish West Indies

It may further refer to

• Dutch West India Company, a chartered company of Dutch merchants, founded in 1621
• West Indies cricket team
• West Indies Federation, a short-lived federation of former British colonies in the Caribbean
• West India

See also[link]

• Indies
• The West Indian, a 1771 play by Richard Cumberland

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  Indian subcontinent

  Indies

  Western New Guinea

The Indies is a term that has been used to describe the lands of South and Southeast Asia,^[1] occupying all of the present India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and also Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Brunei, Singapore, the Philippines, East Timor, Malaysia and most of Indonesia. In a more restricted sense, the Indies can be used to refer to the islands of Southeastern Asia, especially the Malay Archipelago.^[1][2] The name "Indies" is derived from the river Indus and is used to connote parts of Asia that come under Indian cultural influence (except Vietnam which comes under the Sinosphere).

Dutch-held colonies in the area were known as the Dutch East Indies before Indonesian independence, while Spanish-held colonies were known as the Spanish East Indies before the Philippines' independence. The East Indies may also include Indochina, the Philippine Islands, Brunei, Singapore and East Timor. It does not, however, include western New Guinea (West Papua), which is part of Melanesia.

The inhabitants of the East Indies are sometimes called East Indians, distinguishing them both from inhabitants of the Caribbean (which is also called the West Indies) and from the indigenous peoples of the Americas who are often called "American Indians." However, the peoples of the East Indies comprise a wide variety of cultural diversity, and the inhabitants do not consider themselves as belonging to a single ethnic group. Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam are the most popular religions throughout the region, while Christianity, Sikhism, Jainism and various other traditional beliefs and practices are also prominent in some areas. The major languages in this area draw from a wide variety of language families, and should not be confused with the term Indic, which refers only to a group of Indo-Iranian languages from South Asia.

The extensive East Indies are subdivided into two sections (from a European perspective), archaically called Hither India and Further India. The first is the former British India, the second is modern Southeast Asia or the ASEAN Bloc.

Regions of the East Indies are sometimes known by the colonial empire they once belonged to, hence, British East Indies refers to Malaysia, the Dutch East Indies means Indonesia, and Spanish East Indies means the Philippines.

Historically, the king of Abyssinia (modern Ethiopia) was identified with "Prester John of the Indies", since that part of the world was imagined to be one of "Three Indias".

History[link]

Exploration of these regions by European powers first began in the late 15th century and early 16th century, led by the Portuguese explorers. These regions became important sources of trading goods, particularly cotton, indigo and spices after the establishment of European trading companies designed for the specific purpose: the British East India Company and Dutch East India Company, among others, in the 17th century.

The New World was initially thought to be the easternmost part of the Indies by explorer Christopher Columbus, who had grossly underestimated the westerly distance from Europe to Asia. Later, to avoid confusion, the New World came to be called the "West Indies", while the original Indies came to be called the "East Indies".

The racial designation East Indian was once primarily used to describe people of all of the East Indies, but more recently, it has been used widely to refer to an Indian from India, in order to avoid the potential confusion from the term American Indian who were once simply referred to as Indians (see the Native American name controversy for more information).

See also[link]

• Greater India
• Indian (disambiguation)
• Malay Archipelago
• Discovery of the Americas
• Spanish East Indies
• West Indies

References[link]

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Kieron Pollard

Personal information
Full name	Kieron Adrian Pollard
Born	(1987-05-12) 12 May 1987 (age 25) Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	West Indies
ODI debut (cap 134)	10 April 2007 v South Africa
Last ODI	25 March 2012 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 27)	20 June 2008 v Australia
Last T20I	27 March 2012 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006–present	Trindad and Tobago
2009–2011	South Australia
2010–present	Mumbai Indians
2010–2011	Somerset
2012	Dhaka Gladiators
Career statistics
Competition	ODI	T20I	FC	LA
Matches	56	21	22	78
Runs scored	1,288	244	1,316	1,960
Batting average	26.28	16.26	37.60	30.62
100s/50s	2/4	0/1	3/6	2/10
Top score	119	54*	174	119
Balls bowled	1,487	264	643	1,985
Wickets	38	11	7	67
Bowling average	35.28	34.18	49.85	25.94
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	n/a	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	3/27	2/22	2/29	4/32
Catches/stumpings	25/–	12/–	33/–	40/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 March 2012

Kieron Adrian Pollard (born 12 May 1987) is an international cricketer who plays for the West Indies. An aggressive all-rounder, Pollard provides medium-fast pace bowling and big-hitting from the middle-order. After shining during the 2009 Champions League Twenty20, he was signed by both the Southern Redbacks and Somerset for their domestic Twenty20 campaigns. He was the joint highest paid player in the 2010 Indian Premier League, playing for Mumbai Indians.

Career[link]

Early life and career[link]

Pollard was born in Tacarigua, Trinidad where he was raised, along with two younger sisters, in a poor home by his single mother. Speaking about it, Pollard reflects "It was pretty tough, it wasn't ideal getting up and your mum say 'We only have X amount of money'."^[1] After representing Trinidad and Tobago in the 2005 TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge, he was selected as part of the West Indies Under-19 cricket team to tour Pakistan. Pollard top-scored for the West Indies in the first youth One Day International (ODI), scoring 53 runs off 49 balls.^[2] Pollard made another half-century in the second match, but didn't manage to make double figures in either of last two games. He was named in the West Indies squad for the 2006 U/19 Cricket World Cup, held in Sri Lanka, where he only managed to make 19–runs in his four innings,^[3] though he did manage to take two wickets in a defeat to Australia.^[4]

Kieron Pollard bowling for Somerset during the 2010 FPt20.

During the 2006 English season he came to England to play for Haxey CC in Lincolnshire; he played five games for the club before he was recalled by Trinidad and Tobago to play in the Stanford Twenty20.^[5] Pollard made his senior debut for Trinidad and Tobago in the twenty20 competition against the Cayman Islands in July 2006. He finished the tournament with a respectable return of six wickets, and starred in the semi-final against Nevis, scoring 83 runs off just 38 balls, an innings which included 7 sixes to book Trinidad and Tobago's place in the final.^[6] He made his first-class debut six months later against Barbados, and marked the occasion with a century. As in the Twenty20, his innings contained a large number of boundaries, with 86 of his 126 runs coming from either fours or sixes.^[7] A score of 46 not out on his List A debut ensured that Pollard was in the selector's minds for the upcoming World Cup, and he described it as "a dream come true" when he was selected in the provisional 30-man squad for the tournament.^[8] Pollard's "dream run" continued with half-centuries in both four-day and 50-over matches against Guyana, followed by his second first-class century, coming against the Leeward Islands.^[9] Against Jamaica, Pollard showed his bowling ability, claiming four wickets in his seven overs to claim his fifth man of the match award in his 15th major cricket match. Trinidad and Tobago remained unbeaten in the 2006–07 KFC Cup, beating Windward Islands in the final to claim the trophy. Pollard finished as the competition's leading run-scorer, making 261 runs from his seven innings at an average of over 40.^[10]

2007 World Cup[link]

The impressive start to Pollard's career prompted his 'surprise selection' as part of the 15-man squad to compete in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, keeping more experienced players out of the team.^[11] Pollard played in both warm-up matches for the West Indies, making 14 runs and claiming two wickets against Kenya,^[12] and scoring two runs in a heavy defeat to India a few days later.^[13] He wasn't selected to play in the initial group-stage, eventually making his debut in a 'high-stakes game' against South Africa in the super-eights stage of the competition. Pollard's selection was one of a number of questions raised about Lara's captaincy during the match, which the West Indies lost by 67 runs.^[14] Pollard bowled three wicket-less overs in the match, and scored 10 runs in the West Indies unsuccessful run-chase.^[15]

Lucrative summer[link]

Although named in the provisional 30-man squad for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20,^[16] Pollard failed to make the cut for the tournament. The absence of Pollard and Lendl Simmons from the West Indies performance squad in 2007–08 was described as "baffling" by Tony Cozier, describing how the pair "had been seemingly identified as among those for the future but have quickly been shunted aside."^[17] Pollard was disappointing as Trinidad and Tobago won the 2007–08 Stanford Twenty20, averaging nine from his three innings.^[18]

Kieron Pollard batting for Somerset during the 2010 FPt20.

Pollard was recalled to the West Indies ODI squad for the series against Sri Lanka. The match was rained off after 18.2 overs of the West Indian run-chase with Pollard not required to bat.^[19] He retained his place in the squad for the home series against Australia, but after scores of 11 and 0 in the first two matches, he was dropped for the final three.

Despite his poor form in the previous season's Stanford Twenty20, Pollard was named as part of the initial 32-member Stanford Superstars Twenty20 squad. The squad would provide the starters for the US$20 million winner-takes-all match against England later in the year.^[20] After a series of practice matches, Pollard was included in the team for the warm-up match against his Trinidad and Tobago side, where he made 24 runs off 14 balls and claimed the wicket of captain Daren Ganga.^[21] He followed this up with a nine-ball 27 against Middlesex, including three consecutive sixes in the last over.^[22] In the final, Pollard claimed the wickets of Andrew Flintoff and Luke Wright to help limit England to a total of 99, which Super Stars openers Chris Gayle and Andre Fletcher chased down in 12.4 overs.^[23]

Later career[link]

The 2008–09 West Indies Cricket Board Cup saw an improvement in Pollard's bowling, as he claimed nine wickets in the competition with a bowling average of 14.22.^[24] An all-round performance against Jamaica in the semi-finals, in which he took three wickets and made 76, earnt Trinidad and Tobago a place in the final, and Pollard the man of the match award.^[25]

In the 2009 Champions league T-20 for Trinidad & Tobago, Pollard hit 54 runs in just 18 balls in the 15th match against New South Wales in Hyderabad. This earned the man of the match award and his side a crucial win. His display of hitting was so impressive that NSW approached Pollard after the game and attempted to sign him for themselves.^[26]

Pollard also represents the South Australian Redbacks in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. He also signed for Somerset County Cricket Club for the 2010 Friends Provident t20.^[27]

Indian Premier League[link]

Pollard's impressive performance in the 2009 Champions League Twenty20 and the Big Bash led to him being one of the most sought after players at the 2010 IPL auction. After some aggressive bidding, the Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore all bid the maximum allowed; $750,000. A 'silent-tiebreaker' was won by the Mumbai Indians, which retained him in 2011 IPL.

ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2010[link]

After his impressive performance at Indian Premier League for the Mumbai Indians, the West Indian all-rounder was picked in the West Indian squad for 2010 ICC World Twenty20.

Domestic 2010 season[link]

Pollard had a successful 2010 Friends Provident t20 for Somerset, helping them to the final of the competition on August 14, 2010. He scored 354 runs during the competition at 32.18 - the second highest Somerset batting average - including two half centuries at a strike rate of 175.24 runs per 100 balls. He also took 29 wickets at 15.10, second among all Somerset's bowlers.^[28] He took an impressive catch on the boundary in the semi final against Nottinghamshire,^[29] and then scored 22 from seven balls in the final match against Hampshire, including two sixes and a four, before Dominic Cork injured him with a bouncer that required hospital treatment.^[30][31]

On the back of Pollard's domestic performance he was offered a central contract which he turned down because that would force him to be available for West Indies selection all the time and Pollard wanted to play Twenty20 cricket as well. Despite this his good performances meant that he was selected for the West Indies in the ODI and Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka as several high profile names such as Denesh Ramdin and Ramnaresh Sarwan had been dropped.^[32]

Records[link]

One Day International Centuries[link]

One Day International Centuries of Kieron Pollard[33]
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	119	51	India	Chennai, India	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium	2011	Lost
2	102	55	Australia	Gros Islet, St Lucia	Beausejour Stadium	2012	Won

References[link]

External links[link]

• Player profile: Kieron Pollard from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Kieron Pollard from CricketArchive

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Darren Michael Bravo (born 6 February 1989 in Santa Cruz, Trinidad) is a West Indian cricketer who plays domestic cricket for Trinidad and Tobago and has appeared for the West Indies cricket team in One Day International (ODI) cricket and Test cricket. A left-handed batsman, he is focused and determined, like his role model he too is a strong off side player his batting style has drawn comparisons with Brian Lara.^[1][2][3] In fact, Brian Lara and Bravo's mother are first cousins^[4] meaning Bravo and Brian Lara are first cousins once removed. He is also the younger half brother of Dwayne Bravo.

Career[link]

Early career[link]

Having played under-19 level cricket for Trinidad and Tobago Bravo made his first team debut in January 2007, he scored seven in a one-day match against Guyana.^[5] He made his first-class debut three days later against the Leeward Islands and scored eight. After another single figure score in his next match against the Windward Islands he made no other appearances in the 2006/07 season.^[6] He returned to the under-19 team for the TCL Under-19 Challenge and finished the tournament as leading run scorer, in five matches scoring 419 runs at an average of 59.85.^[7]

In preparation for the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup the West Indies under-19s competed in the 2007/08 KFC Cup. Bravo played for the side in two matches, the first saw his team dismissed for a one-day record low total of 18,^[8] Bravo was one of six players who was dismissed without scoring.^[9] Bravo described it as a learning experience saying: "Collins was getting a lot of movement and Edwards was bowling very fast. It was difficult to get them away but the experience was good for us and it came in handy in the other games."^[10] At the under-19 World Cup Bravo played in all five of West Indies matches scoring 165 runs at 55.^[11] In the plate final against Nepal he took three wickets for nine runs (3/9) and scored 24 not out.^[12] Bravo finished the 2007/08 season with two first-class matches but failed to score a substantial innings with a best of 29.

In October 2008, Bravo was a member of the Trinidad and Tobago squad for the Stanford Series. Having failed to play in the first match against the Super Stars he came into the side for the next match against Middlesex and scored 27 not out including hitting the winning runs with a six over long-on.^[13] His domestic form in the 2008/09 season was much improved from the previous season, in the WICB Cup which Trinidad and Tobago won he scored 41 in the semi-final run chase against Jamaica and added 20 in the final against Barbados.^[14][15] In first-class cricket he scored 97 against Barbados, in a team score of 264 he was the last man out after 330 minutes of batting.^[16] Later in the month of January he scored a maiden first-class century against the Windward Islands, his innings of 105 included 13 fours and a six.^[17] The form led to his selection for West Indies A however an injury meant he missed the fixture against the England tourists.^[18] On his return to first-class cricket Bravo scored a second century of the season, against Barbados he added 111 and shared a 250 run partnership for the fourth wicket with Kieron Pollard.^[19] In the following match against Jamaica he scored 41 and 70 also equalling a Trinidad and Tobago record by taking five catches in the second innings.^[20] Older brother Dwayne praised his form saying: "He had been good with the bat and I am happy to see that he has been very consistent this season".^[21] Dwayne failed to pass 30 in his final four matches of the season but still ended the season with 605 runs at 43.21.^[22]

International breakthrough[link]

In June 2009, Bravo was called-up to the West Indies squad for the first two ODIs of the series with India.^[23] He made his international debut in the first ODI at Sabina Park scoring 19 from 16 balls including two fours from the first two deliveries he faced.^[24] On debut Bravo scored 58 from 159 balls against Sri Lanka. He went on to hit 80 in the second Test and 68 in the third Test to leave him with a tour average of 68.66.

The West Indies first engagement after the 2011 World Cup was hosting Pakistan at home. In the two-Test series, Bravo was the only West Indies batsman to score over 100 runs.^[25] In October the West Indies toured Bangladesh. After contributing scores of 2 and 24 not out in the drawn first Test,^[26] Bravo scored his maiden Test century in the second to help his team to a 1–0 series victory. The innings of 195 from 297 balls was the ninth highest score by a West Indian batsman in the subcontinent.^[27][28]

Though Bravo was bought by the Deccan Chargers for $100,000 at the 2012 Indian Premier League auction,^[29] but missed the competition because it clashed with Australia's tour of the West Indies in March and April. After scoring just 48 runs in the five-match ODI series, Bravo was dropped for the T20Is against the same opponent so he could return to domestic cricket to find form ahead of the Test series.^[30] With 184 runs in three Tests, Bravo was the West Indies' second-highest run-scorer in the series behind Shivnarine Chanderpaul and sixth overall.^[31]

Test centuries[link]

• In the column Runs, * indicates being not out.
• The column title Match refers to the Match Number of his career.

Darren Bravo's Test centuries
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	195	10	Bangladesh	Mirpur, Bangladesh	Shere Bangla National Stadium	2011	Won
2	136	12	India	Kolkata, India	Eden Gardens	2011	Lost
3	166	13	India	Mumbai, India	Wankhede Stadium	2011	Drawn

References[link]

External links[link]

• Cricinfo Profile

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Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Personal information
Born	(1974-08-16) 16 August 1974 (age 37) Unity Village, Guyana
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm leg break
Role	Batsman
Relations	Lawrence Prittipaul (cousin)
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut	17 March 1994 v England
Last Test	28 April 2012 v Australia
ODI debut	17 October 1994 v India
Last ODI	23 March 2011 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1991–present	Guyana
2007–09	Durham
2008	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2010	Lancashire
2011–present	Warwickshire
2012–present	Khulna Royal Bengal
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	140	268	282	385
Runs scored	10,055	8,778	20,765	12,293
Batting average	50.02	41.60	55.52	41.67
100s/50s	25/59	11/59	62/102	12/88
Top score	203*	150	303*	150
Balls bowled	1,740	740	4,694	1,681
Wickets	9	14	57	56
Bowling average	98.11	45.42	43.70	24.78
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0	0	0
Best bowling	1/2	3/18	4/22	4/22
Catches/stumpings	57/–	73/–	154/–	109/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 April 2012

Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul (born 16 August 1974) is a cricketer, and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. He is the first Indo-Caribbean to play 100 Tests for the West Indies and has captained them in 14 Tests and 16 One Day Internationals. Chanderpaul is currently ranked number one test batsman in the world in the ICC official rankings.^[1]

Career[link]

A West Indian cricketer of Indian origin, the left-handed Chanderpaul is known for his doggedness and ability to stick on the wicket for long hours. He is known in the cricketing world for his unorthodox front-on batting stance, although he shifts his body into a more conventional position when he plays the ball, thus making him a prolific scorer on both sides of the wicket. His stance allows him to get most of his runs behind the wicket. Chanderpaul is renowned for playing left arm spin bowlers by getting his pad outside the line of off-stump, and hiding his bat behind the pad, in imitation of a shot, but without the risk of edging the ball. Chanderpaul's first notable impact on Test cricket was as being the last batting partner of Brian Lara when Lara broke Gary Sobers' record of 365 not out in the fifth and final Test against England in 1993–94. Lara went on to make 375 before he was caught off Andrew Caddick's bowling, sharing a 219-run stand with Chanderpaul, who was left not out on 75.

Chanderpaul made his first Test century in his 19th Test match – after having scored 15 half-centuries in the preceding 18 matches. In the third of a five-Test series against India in 1996–97, he made 137* at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. He also featured with his Guyanese counterpart, and former West Indian vice captain Ramnaresh Sarwan, making 104 in chasing a world record 418 to win in the fourth innings of the final Test match versus Australia in 2002–03.

Chanderpaul's best first class score is 303* versus Jamaica for Guyana, and, despite his reputation as a dogged batsman, he has also made the fourth fastest century in Test cricket, scoring three figures in just 69 balls at the Bourda, Guyana, also in the 2002–03 series against Australia.^[2]

He was named captain of West Indies in the first Test versus South Africa in March 2005 in Guyana, after seven senior players including captain Brian Lara were dropped in a sponsorship row. He emulated Graham Dowling to become only the second player to make a double century on debut as a Test captain, scoring an unbeaten 200 and making a sporting declaration in the first Test. It was announced that Lara would return to the team for the second Test, but Chanderpaul would retain the captaincy for the rest of the series. He was named to the squad of twenty for the World XI to face Australia in the Super Test in October 2005, but when the squad was cut to fourteen names in August his name was not mentioned.

Chanderpaul remains one of the most recognisable faces in all of the West Indies, particularly his native Guyana, and he has come a long way from his first fifty in his first Test versus England in 1993–94 at Bourda to his current status as a former captain.

In April 2006, Chanderpaul resigned as West Indies captain in order to concentrate on his batting. He captained a weak West Indies team, and his record was not a successful one. In fourteen Tests he won one and lost ten with three draws. In sixteen One Day Internationals, he won two and lost fourteen. Later in the month the captaincy was restored to veteran batsman Brian Lara.

Chanderpaul has recently reached the milestone of 100 Test caps, the 8th West Indian to do so and the first of East Indian descent.

2007 Tour of England[link]

With the Lara era of West Indian cricket reaching a conclusion, Chanderpaul emerged as the West Indies senior batsman. In the 2007 West Indies tour of England, Chanderpaul averaged 148.66 with the bat. This included two undefeated centuries in the third and fourth Tests. His 116 not out in the third Test, almost won the game for the tourists, until wickets of tail-end batsmen began to fall quickly, leaving him stranded, as England completed a 60-run victory. During the third Test match Chanderpaul went past 7,000 runs in Test cricket, a feat only accomplished by six other West Indians: Brian Lara, Sir Vivian Richards, Sir Garfield Sobers, Desmond Haynes, Gordon Greenidge and Clive Lloyd. He was jointly named Man of the Series alongside England's Monty Panesar. Despite batting at number 5 in the Tests, he was promoted to number 3 in the following One Day International series.

His success saw him signed up by Durham for the second half of the 2007 English county season. For his efforts in England in 2007, and other batting performances, Chanderpaul was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2008. Chanderpaul's efforts with the bat continue to win him many accolades as he was named ICC player of the year for 2008.

2008 Sri Lankan and Australian tours to the Caribbean[link]

In 2008 Chanderpaul continued in his form during the Sri Lankan and Australian tours of the Caribbean. During the 2008 season he rose to be ranked 5th in the Test batting rankings. By the end of the third test against Australia, Chanderpaul became the fourth West Indian batsman to accomplish 8,000 runs in Test cricket as well as rising in the ranks to 2nd of the ICC test rankings, just 4 points shy of becoming the world's number 1 ranked batsman. In the Test match series against the Australians, Chanderpaul had amassed 442 runs in 6 innings, in 3 of which he had remained not out, at an average of 147.33, including two centuries and three half-centuries. From the West Indies second innings in the first Test, he was not dismissed until the final day of the series – more than 1,000 minutes of batting without losing his wicket-the fourth time he has achieved this feat in Test cricket.

Records[link]

An innings-by-innings breakdown of Chanderpaul's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).

Chanderpaul holds a number of batting records, in particular:

• Chanderpaul is one of only six players to have gone 1,000 minutes in Test cricket without conceding his wicket. He has done this four times, and is the only player to have done so more than once.
• He is also the only batsman in the history of Test cricket to have faced 1,000 consecutive balls without getting out.
• He is the one of only four batsmen to have averaged more than 100 in two different calendar years (*qualification 400 runs) and the only one other than Sir Donald Bradman to do so in consecutive years.
• Chanderpaul has scored the fourth fastest Test Hundred off 69 balls in the history of the game against Australia at Georgetown, Guyana.
• He is currently the highest run scorer for the West Indies, with over 10,000 test runs, having overtaken Viv Richards on 17 May 2009, and Brian Lara on 17 May 2012.
• He is one of only three players to score half-centuries in seven consecutive Test innings.
• He is the second West Indies batsman after Brian Lara (11,953 runs) to score 10,000 or more runs in test cricket.
• He is the most capped Test player of West Indian Cricket history as he has now stood in 140 Test Matches.

Test centuries[link]

The following table illustrates a summary of the Test centuries scored by Shivnarine Chanderpaul.

• In the column Runs, * indicates being not out.
• The column title Match refers to the Match Number of his career.

Test Centuries of Shivnarine Chanderpaul[6]
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	137*	19	India	Bridgetown, Barbados	Kensington Oval	1997	Won
2	118	28	England	Georgetown, Guyana	Bourda	1998	Won
3	140	52	India	Georgetown, Guyana	Bourda	2002	Drawn
4	101*	54	India	Bridgetown, Barbados	Kensington Oval	2002	Won
5	136*	55	India	St. John's, Antigua	Antigua Recreation Ground	2002	Drawn
6	140	61	India	Kolkata, India	Eden Gardens	2002	Drawn
7	100	64	Australia	Georgetown, Guyana	Bourda	2003	Lost
8	104	66	Australia	St. John's, Antigua	Antigua Recreation Ground	2003	Won
9	109	70	South Africa	Durban, South Africa	Kingsmead	2003	Lost
10	101*	76	Bangladesh	Kingston, Jamaica	Sabina Park	2004	Won
11	128*	77	England	London, England	Lord's	2004	Lost
12	203*	81	South Africa	Georgetown, Guyana	Bourda	2005	Drawn
13	127	84	South Africa	St. John's, Antigua	Antigua Recreation Ground	2005	Drawn
14	153*	85	Pakistan	Bridgetown, Barbados	Kensington Oval	2005	Won
15	116*	103	England	Manchester, England	Old Trafford	2007	Lost
16	136*	104	England	Chester-le-Street, England	Riverside Ground	2007	Lost
17	104	105	South Africa	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	St George's Park	2007	Won
18	118	110	Australia	Kingston, Jamaica	Sabina Park	2008	Lost
19	107*	111	Australia	North Sound, Antigua	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium	2008	Drawn
20	126*	114	New Zealand	Napier, New Zealand	McLean Park	2008	Drawn
21	147*	119	England	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	Queen's Park Oval	2009	Drawn
22	166	125	South Africa	Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis	Warner Park	2010	Drawn
23	116*	133	India	Roseau, Dominica	Windsor Park	2011	Drawn
24	118	136	India	Delhi, India	Feroz Shah Kotla	2011	Lost
25	103*	138	Australia	Bridgetown, Barbados	Kensington Oval	2012	Lost