Chanderpaul signs for Lancashire
Published:Thursday | April 22, 2010 | 6:58 PM
West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul will join Lancashire this season as one of two players drafted in to replace Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara.
The left-handed Chanderpaul, a veteran of 123 Tests and 258 One-Day Internationals, will take up the contract at Old Trafford in mid-July and remain for the remainder of the season.
Australian all-rounder Simon Katich is the other player that will help to fill the breach created after Sangakkara opted out because of his commitments to Sri Lanka.
Chanderpaul is expected to boost Lancashire’s batting with his prolific scoring that brought him three centuries in five County games for Durham last season, including a double century.
He will join Lancashire on July 20, after West Indies hosts South Africa in three Tests and five One Day Internationals running from May 17 to June 30.