In the name of the father

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He’s the son of a West Indian gun, and youngster Tagenarine Chanderpaul is continuing to make waves in the Caribbean.

As West Indies Cricket gathered to celebrate the achievements of its players over the past 12 months, a series of familiar names dominated proceedings.

Among them were Gayle, Bravo, Narine, and remarkably, the father-son combination of the Chanderpauls.

As Shivnarine Chanderpaul was commended for becoming just the sixth Test cricketer to play 150 Tests, his son, Tagenarine, was being recognised in a category that required much less experience – West Indies Under-19 Player of the Year.

Shivnarine, 39 years old but seemingly ageless, will equal the great Allan Border for Tests played (156) by the end of the West Indies’ current series with New Zealand.

The wristy left-handr now has 29 Test centuries, bettered among West Indians by only Brian Lara (34).

At the other end of the scale, Tagenarine, who celebrated his 18th birthday on the last day of May, has played nine first-class matches for Guyana, with a top score of 43.

Bearing an uncanny resemblance to his father at the crease, Chanderpaul Jr has impressed at national Under-19 level for West Indies and was one of a host of award recipients from West Indian cricket’s night of nights:

UNDER-19 PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Tagenarine Chanderpaul

UNDER-19 TEAM OF THE YEAR: Jamaica

REGIONAL LIMITED-OVERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Shane Shillingford

REGIONAL 4-DAY PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Nikita Miller

REGIONAL 4-DAY TEAM OF THE YEAR: Trinidad & Tobago

EMERGING PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Miguel Cummins

CARIBBEAN TWENTY20 PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Darren Bravo

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Dwayne Bravo

TEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Shivnarine Chanderpaul

TWENTY20 INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Sunil Narine

WOMEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Stafanie Taylor

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Darren Bravo

WICB LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Teddy Griffith

WIPA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Lockhart Sebastien

Special awards were presented to Shivnarine Chanderpaul in honour of playing his 150th Test and Chris Gayle ahead of him playing his 100th Test.