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Chanderpaul hit the ball with a control and poise that delighted the 9,000 crowd attending the first competitive match at St Lucia's new stadium. West Indies skipper Carl Hooper was pleased the experiment of asking Shivnarine Chanderpaul to open the batting paid off with a century in the one-day international win over New Zealand. ``We had been thinking of moving him up for a while. He was pretty keen on opening and batting right through the innings, and it worked well for us today,'' said Hooper after his side's six-wicket victory on Saturday in the second game of the five-match series. The West Indies leads the series 1-0. The opening game in Kingston, Jamaica was abandoned because of rain. Hooper said the ploy to move the out-of-form Brian Lara down to number six in the batting order had been a team decision. ``Brian has been struggling for form through the recent series with India and I'd like to say the team, the coach and Brian thought it best if I was promoted up ahead of him,'' said Hooper, who hit 47 at a run-a-ball to provide the perfect foil for Chanderpaul. ``We chased in a manner that was pleasing after New Zealand had set us a target that was not exactly easy,'' said Hooper. New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming said: ``We were in the game for 90 per cent of it, and the 10 per cent we lost we can put back by getting into the swing of it and playing in tight matches like this.'' A stand of 91 between Fleming (89) and the hard-hitting Scott Styris (85) was one of the most encouraging features of New Zealand's display. But the Black Caps were left to rue the catch that wicketkeeper Chris Nevin dropped when Chanderpaul was on nought. ``It hurts if you start to look back and think what could have been...but we have to look forward and think how to create more chances if we want to be competitive,'' Fleming said.
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