For many Caribbean cricket lovers, it seemed as if Tagenarine Chanderpaul would have followed in his father, Shivnarine’s shoes and transitioned to Test cricket a long time ago but this season of the West Indies Championship has underlined that his time is now.
It is no surprise West Indies have had their struggles with their openers laying a foundation. In the last three years and across 43 innings West Indies are yet to have an opening partnership of over 100. In fact, the Caribbean side has only had six 50-plus partnerships at the top of the order and a highest of 83.