West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul has become the fifth player to win the coveted Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after being named as the 2008 ICC Cricketer of the Year at the LG ICC Awards ceremony in Dubai.

Chanderpaul, who also made the short-list last year, fought off competition from other nominees Mahela Jayawardena from Sri Lanka, as well as South Africa’s Graeme Smith and Dale Steyn to take the top award.

Posted on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:37:28 GMT at http://caribbeancricket.com/news/2008/09/10/2792