Chanderpaul completed his century in four hours and it hardly mattered that Franklyn Rose irresponsibly gave away his wicket with a lunge to mid-wicket off Kabir.
He is Franklyn Stephenson, and he is the best to have never played for the West Indies, all because of one decision he and his teammates made 30 years ago.
After a slow start to the New Zealand innings, Nathan Astle and Craig Spearman looked to replicate the performances of the West Indies openers when they hit Franklyn Rose for 15 runs off his third over.