West Indies veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul's long Test career looks over, with the 40-year-old reportedly to be overlooked for next month's two matches against Australia.

Chanderpaul is just 45 runs from Brian Lara's record 11,912 Test runs by a West Indian but poor form appears set to deny him the chance to eclipse that tally.

Test veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul. Credit:Getty Images

In 164 Tests Chanderpaul has scored 11,867 Test runs at 51.37 including 30 centuries.

Chanderpaul has scored five hundreds in 20 Tests against Australia, including a 69-ball ton in 2003.