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Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle at the Docklands playing for the ICC World XI, 2005
Personal information
Full name
Born
Nickname
Height
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style
Left-handed
Bowling style
Role
International information
National side
Test
West Indies
16 March 2000 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI
45
T20I
debut (cap 6)
Last T20I
Years
Team
1998
Jamaica
present
2005
Worcestershire
20082010
20092011
Western Warriors
2011
present
20112013
Sydney Thunder
2012
Barisal Burners
2008
Stanford Superstars
2011
Matabeleland Tuskers
2013
Jamaica Tallawahs
present
2013
Dhaka Gladiators
2014
Highveld Lions
20152016
2016
present
2015
present
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
T20I
FC
Matches
103
269
46
180
Runs scored
Batting
average
100s/50s
32/61
Top score
333
333
Balls bowled
12,511
Wickets
73
132
Bowling
average
5 wickets
in innings
215
163
117
15
10 wickets in
match
n/a
Best bowling
5/34
5/46
2/15
5/34
Catches/stum
pings
96/
114/ 12/
158/
Christopher Henry "Chris" Gayle (born 21 September 1979) is aJamaican cricketer who plays
international cricket for the West Indies. Considered one of the most powerful batsmen in limitedovers cricket, Gayle has set numerous records in all formats of the game.
He is one of only four players who have scored two triple centuries at Test level: 317 against South
Africa in 2005, and 333 against Sri Lankain 2010. He is known as a big hitter, very often hitting sixes;
in 2012 he became the first player to hit a six off the first ball of a Test match. Playing for Royal
Challengers Bangalore, he scored a 30-ball century, that became the highest individual T20 score
(175 not out).[2][3] It eclipsed the previous mark set by Brendon McCullum of Gujarat Lions. At the
launch of the Caribbean Premier League he was announced as the first franchise player for the
league.[4]
Gayle became the first batsman in World Cup history to score a double century when he reached
200 off 138 balls against Zimbabwe during the2015 World Cup. He finished on 215 runs, which was
the record for highest score in a World Cup until it was broken by Martin Guptill against Gayle's own
team.[5] He is one of the five players to score a double century in ODIs. In March 2016, Gayle
became only the second player (after Brendon McCullum) to hit two Twenty20
International hundreds, scoring 100 not out against England.
Gayle captained the West Indies' Test side from 2007 to 2010. He plays domestic cricket
for Jamaica, and also represents the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League,
the Lahore Qalandars[6][7] in thePakistan Super League, the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash
League and the Dhaka Gladiators in the Bangladesh Premier League. He has also
represented Worcestershire, the Western Warriors, Sydney Thunder, Barisal Burners, Kolkata Knight
Riders and Somerset in his career. He was also selected for team Uva Next for the inaugural Sri
Lanka Premier League in 2012.[8] His daughter named Blush was born on 20 April 2016
Contents
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1Early career
2International debut
3International rise
4Twenty20 cricket
4.1List of Twenty20 centuries
6Controversies
7International centuries
8Records
9International awards
9.1Test cricket
10References
11Further reading
12External links
Early career[edit]
Gayle started his cricket career with the famous Lucas Cricket Club inKingston, Jamaica.[9] Gayle
claimed "If it was not for Lucas I don't know where I would be today. Maybe on the streets." [9] Lucas
Cricket Club's nursery has been named in honour of Gayle. [9]
International debut[edit]
Gayle played for the West Indies at youth international level prior to making his first-class debut aged
19 for Jamaica. He played his first One Day International eleven months later, and his first Test
match six months after that. He was also the captain of his university, Dawood University of
engineering and technology.[citation needed] He was meritorious student of petroleum and gas department.
Gayle, who normally opens the innings when he plays for the West Indies, is a destructive batsman
who is most effective playing square of the wicket. In July 2001, Gayle (175), together with Daren
Ganga (89) established the record for opening partnerships at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo when
they put on 214 together againstZimbabwe.
International rise[edit]
See also: List of centuries in Twenty20 International cricket
Gayle in 2010.
An innings-by-innings breakdown of Gayle's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the
average of the last ten innings (blue line).
Gayle had a slow start to his international career, but invigorated it in 2002, ending the year with
three centuries against India in November and becoming the third West Indian to score over 1,000
runs in a calendar year, along with Vivian Richards andBrian Lara. He is one of only six players
in One Day International history to have three or more scores of 150. In 2005, Gayle was dropped
for the first Test againstSouth Africa along with six other players following a dispute over sponsorship
issues (see below). He returned for the second Test but had a poor series until the fourth Test, where
he made a match-saving 317. It was the first ever triple century against South Africa and up
until Mahela Jayawardene made 374, it was the highest individual Test score against them. In
another match of the series, Gayle had to leave the field after complaining of dizziness. During a
subsequent series against Australia, Gayle again complained of dizziness and shortness of breath
during his innings. He left the field for a time, and was after the match sent to hospital where he was
diagnosed with a congenital heart defect causing a cardiac dysrhythmia. He underwent heart
surgery following the series to correct th