Butts: Fitness, not age, kept Shiv and Sars out

[WIndiesFans.com]

Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan were also omitted for the series against Pakistan but according to Butts, age had nothing to do with their exclusion.
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[BallOil]

Allyuh see the fitness reports yet? It's about time they give us the reports or their are just facting liars.

[BallOil]

If it was fitness... then why they asked Shiv to retire..eh?

[BallOil]

Here is what Hilaire said bout Gayle...last week

“(Chris) has not yet been invited to do a fitness test and I am sure when the Team Management is ready they will decide on him undergoing a fitness test,” Dr. Hilaire said.

What is holding back the team management?

[badpepper]

If it was fitness... then why they asked Shiv to retire..eh?

Bally, what are the details? I hadn't heard this.

[BallOil]

If it was fitness... then why they asked Shiv to retire..eh?

Bally, what are the details? I hadn't heard this.

Chanderpaul: I haven’t retired from any form of cricket’

Here is a link to the article... and some bits.

-an irate Chanderpaul confirms he was asked to retire from ODIs, citing poor returns over the last year

A fuming Chanderpaul confirmed yesterday afternoon, via telephone, that he was told by the selectors and coach, Ottis Gibson, that his days in coloured clothing are over, as he would not be selected to play in the upcoming ODI home series against Pakistan. He is also not sure of his place in the Test team.

“ I want to make it absolutely clear that I haven’t retired from any form of cricket,” the 36- year- old former West Indies captain vehemently stated.

“ I was told by the selectors and the coach that I would not be selected for one- day cricket, because in the opinion of the coach, I haven’t done anything during the past 12 months.”

“ They just drop me like that. The reason the coach is giving is that I didn’t do anything during the last year, yet I was ranked in the Top 10.

Another thing is that I was shuffled all over the batting order, number five, number seven and all these po sitions and they expect me to perform miracles,” he rebutted.

[BallOil]

Here is Shiv's stats for the last 12 months. He has the highest batting average within this time frame with 8 or more games.

S Chanderpaul 10 9 2 287 67 41.00 490 58.57 0 2 0 11 2

[Westdem]

Dem fcukers are nat really sure as to why they drop Sars and Shiv suh everyday its a different excuse....Fit/Unfit...age...rebuilding...2015...increase de pool of players to compete internationally ETC.....bottom line is dem dropping any players that are overwelhminlg better than Sammy and Gibskunt!!!!

[mikesiva]

Sarwan has been recalled, now that the series has already been lost....

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Is he suddenly fit again?

[mr. cricket]

when have they recalled him??