Shivnarine Chanderpaul becomes seventh cricketer to play 300 first-class matches

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Chanderpaul is the second West Indian to reach the milestone

West Indies veteran batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has become the seventh cricketer in history to play 300 first-class matches after Denis Compton, Sachin Tendulkar, Sir Garfield Sobers, Kumar Ranjitsinhji, Graeme Hick and Barry Richards.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: Alastair Cook is on the path to immortalising himself as one of the greatest Test cricketers the world has ever seen, says Brendon McCullum

McCullum believes Cook is well on his way to becoming a legend of the game

England captain Alastair Cook has received high praise from New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum, who noted that his English counterpart was on the path to immortalising himself as one of the greatest Test cricketers the world has ever seen.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: Sir Ian Botham and Nasser Hussain pay tribute to ‘amazing’ Tony Greig

Greig will forever be remembered as one of England’s greatest cricketers and one of the cricketing world’s most respected commentators

Former England captains Sir Ian Botham and Nasser Hussain have become two of the latest cricketers to pay tribute to fellow compatriot Tony Greig, who died of a heart attack at the age of 66.

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