Chanderpaul crosses Border

Veteran West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul celebrates his century on the second day of the third Test against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton yesterday. PHOTO: AFP

Veteran West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul was hailed "a legend" Friday after overtaking Australian Allan Border as the sixth highest all-time run scorer in Test cricket.
His 122 not out in the third Test against New Zealand was also his 29th century and his 17th unbeaten, putting him one ahead of Indian great Sachin Tendulkar as the batsman with the most unbeaten Test hundreds.
Chanderpaul now has 11,199 runs from his 153 Tests.
Border scored 11,174 runs from 156 Tests before he retired in March 1994, the same month the 39-year-old Chanderpaul made his debut.
As the West Indies and New Zealand players saluted Chanderpaul -- Denesh Ramdin described him as "a legend" and Kane Williamson said "he's class you can learn a lot from" -- Chanderpaul preferred to acknowledge Border.
"AB is a great man and scored a lot of runs against us in the past and we have a lot of fast bowlers. I'm happy to get up there. Those are great guys up there," he said.