Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer Shiv Chanderpaul,still at the top of the game !
Shiv Chanderpaul, the First Inductee in the American College Cricket Hall of Fame, Courtney Walsh & Lloyd Jodah in pic
Happy 39th birthday to the great Shivnarine Chanderpaul ! The first person in the American College Cricket Hall of Fame.
From the age of 13 Chanderpaul has been a part of the Jodah family, staying 3 days a week with Harry Jodah to play cricket at the venerable Georgetown Cricket Club. At the same time Lloyd Jodah’s brother Errol, & cousins Richie & Moses were also playing at GCC.
The late Colin Michael , Lloyd’s older brother, taught Shiv to play Dominoes.
A loyal, humble and prescient man the iconic Chanderpaul had no hesitation backing American College Cricket, when asked in December 2008. At the time Shiv was ranked # 1 in the world, and had won the Wisden & ICC awards for Cricketer of the Year.
Shiv became, & still is, the ONLY active player to be involved with development of the game in the USA, Canada or any non-major cricket nation – truly a pioneer.
Colleges in the USA & Canada now play for the Shiv Chanderpaul Trophy each year, and TV Asia has become the exclusive broadcast partner; Coca Cola is a Presenting Sponsor & Dish Network a supporting sponsor.
Shiv has also met with college students from University of Florida, University of South Florida and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
In Dec 2012 he announced the launch of the American College Cricket Hall of Fame later was surprised to learn that he was the first Inductee ! Brian Lara, Clive Lloyd, Courtney Walsh & Jimmy Adams were present at the function in NYC.
Shiv with Emry Riddle
Shiv with York College’s Suleman Mohammed
Colin Michael Jodah,center
Shiv with Sai Ramesh (USF)
Sher Tareen (Harvard) with Shiv
