What more can one say about Shivnarine Chanderpaul that has not already been said? Consistent, dependable, determined, dour, doughty, gritty, immovable, professional, rock-like, single-minded and other adjectives to the same effect have all been used repeatedly to describe the batting of the man from Unity and the most recent honorary citizen of Dominica.  Granted, almost no one calls him classical, dazzling, elegant, entertaining, powerful or stylish, but his remarkable powers of concentration, his fighting qualities and his unwillingness to sell his wicket cheaply, as exemplified by his undefeated, match-saving 116 in the Second Test against India, have won him admiration and plaudits around the world.

Warwickshire will become Shivnarine Chanderpaul's third English employers after he completes Test duties in the West Indies