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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Bridgetown (Barbados), May 26 (IANS)&nbsp;Chief selector Clive Lloyd says allowing Shiv Chanderpaul to continue playing in order to surpass Brian Lara as the highest run-getter in West Indies cricket was not a good enough reason to retain the veteran left-hander.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nChanderpaul was on Sunday axed from the West Indies squad for next month&rsquo;s two-Test series against Australia, a decision that is likely to end the player&rsquo;s illustrious 21-year, 164-Test career with him 87 runs shy of overtaking Lara&rsquo;s 11,953. He has scored 11,867 runs at an average of 51, with 30 Test centuries, reports CMC.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve taken that into consideration but that should never be the sole reason why you want to choose somebody,&rdquo; said the legendary former West Indies captain.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&ldquo;As you may notice, he has been given quite a lot of games to probably try and get close to that and he hasn&rsquo;t looked the part that&rsquo;s why we&rsquo;ve decided that now is the time to change.&rdquo;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nIn explaining Chanderpaul&rsquo;s axing, Lloyd said the player had experienced a &ldquo;rapid decline&rdquo;, averaging just 16 from his last 11 innings. And with the Guyanese already in the twilight of his career at age 40, Lloyd said the panel had also taken a decision to infuse the team with younger players.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nEven if Chanderpaul extended his first class career, Lloyd said the focus would remain on developing younger players.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&ldquo;If he decides to continue, people have done that before. They&rsquo;ve not been selected but they&rsquo;ve continued to play first class cricket. Our aim as selectors is to continue to play our young players and give them that exposure and you can&rsquo;t get better exposure than playing against one of the best teams in the world, probably the second best team in the world (in Australia),&quot; Lloyd explained.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&ldquo;They will be tested and that&rsquo;s what it&rsquo;s all about. Going forward, we want to play our youngsters and a lot of them are doing well and we feel now is the time to give them that exposure.&rdquo;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nLloyd said they were several young hopefuls knocking on the door like Shai Hope, wicketkeeper-batsman Shane Dowrich and Tyrone Theophile.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe 21-year-old Hope made his debut in the third Test against England, scoring five and nine, as West Indies pulled off a series levelling five-wicket victory. Dowrich, who averages 35 in first class cricket, and Theophile, who averages 27, are both in the President&rsquo;s XI squad to face Australia in a three-day game which bowls off Wednesday in Antigua.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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