Released on: July 17, 2008, 9:05 pm

Press Release Author: Two Up Front

Industry: Marketing

Press Release Summary: Shivnarine Chanderpaul will be showcasing his brilliant
batting skills at this year's Hong Kong Cricket Sixes.

Press Release Body: The West Indies great - currently the second-highest ranked
batsman in the world and reigning Wisden Cricketer of the Year - will appear for the
All-Stars at Kowloon Cricket Club on November 8-9.

"I\'m delighted to be taking part in the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes and I\'m looking
forward to what promises to be another fantastic weekend," said Chanderpaul, 33.

"The event has built up a deserved reputation as the best sixes tournament in the
world, one that is great fun for spectators and players alike, so it will be a
pleasure to be involved.

"The competition promises to be tough, but the All Stars will be doing their very
best to put on a great show and, hopefully, carry off the trophy."

Guyana-born Chanderpaul, 33, has played 112 tests, scoring 19 hundreds and 49 fifties.

He has moved up to second in the International Cricket Council\'s (ICC) test rankings
for batsmen - behind Sri Lanka\'s Kumar Sangakkara - following his remarkable
displays in the West Indies' recent home series against Australia.

The left-hander scored 442 runs from six innings, including two centuries and three
fifties, to be named player of the series despite his team losing 2-0.

Chanderpaul has also compiled eight centuries and 52 fifties in 235 one-day
internationals.

"It's great news for the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes that a player of Shivnarine
Chanderpaul's stature is taking part," said tournament director Mark Burns.

"He's a world class cricketer at the very top of his game and I'm sure Hong Kong
fans are going to enjoy seeing him in action.

Chanderpaul will play alongside former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming in the
All-Stars line-up.

The All-Stars will join nine representative international teams - Australia, New
Zealand, England, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Bangladesh and hosts
Hong Kong.

Sixes organisers, meanwhile, have decided against including Australia's Damien
Martyn and Pakistan's Inzamam-ul-Haq in this year's All-Stars team.

"Both players are contracted to the unofficial Indian Cricket League and we have
decided out of respect for the Indian authorities not to involve them in the Sixes,"
explained Burns.

Planning for the 2008 Sixes is proceeding smoothly with organisers recently
announcing the biggest TV deal in the tournament's history.

An estimated 100 million fans around the world will be able to watch the Sixes live
thanks to a three-year agreement with Dubai-based Taj TV, which will show the
tournament on its Ten Sports outlet.

First held in 1992, the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes continues to be fully sanctioned by
the ICC and is the sport\'s longest-running, best-established and most high-profile
sixes tournament.

Players who have taken part over the past 16 years include Brian Lara, Sachin
Tendulkar, Steve and Mark Waugh, Viv Richards, Andrew Flintoff, Adam Gilchrist and
Wasim Akram.

Profits from the tournament are ploughed directly back into cricket development in
Hong Kong through the Hong Kong Cricket Association.


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