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Chris Gayle

Full name: Christopher Henry Gayle

Born: 21st September 1979, Kingston, Jamaica

Batting: Left-hand batsman
Bowling: Right-arm off-break

Teams: West Indies (Test: 1999/00-2008); West Indies (ODI: 1999-2008); ICC World XI (ODI: 2004/05-2005/06); West Indies (Int Twenty20: 2005/06-2007/08); Jamaica (Main FC: 1998/99-2007/08); Worcestershire (Main FC: 2005); Jamaica (Main ListA: 1998/99-2007/08); Worcestershire (Main ListA: 2005); Jamaica (Main Twenty20: 2006-2007/08); All teams

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An attacking Jamaican left-hander, Gayle didn’t get off to the best of starts in international cricket when he fell out with senior players on the tour to England in 2000. Tall and imposing at the crease, he loves to hit through the covers off either foot, and has the ability to decimate the bowling attack if he gets to spend even the remotest time at the wicket. He stroked a 79-ball century at Cape Town in January 2004, in response to a South African first innings of 532, typically studded with attacking shots all over the park. However, Gayle's lack of footwork was exposed when England came in 2004, and he averaged a mere 26 against their potent pace attack, struggling against Steve Harmison who dismissed him four times in seven innings. He returned to form with a ton against Bangladesh but it was with a career-best 317 against South Africa in Antigua that he made headlines again. In the disastrous 2005-06 tour of New Zealand he led the batting in the three-Test series, piling 235 runs, while no other batsman could even put up a fight. What is more enchanting is that he also bowls brisk non-turning offspin, with which he has turned himself into a genuine one-day allrounder. He averaged over 40 in the 2006-07 season with three hundreds, an unbeaten 133 against South Africa in the Champions Trophy being the highlight, and three fifties. In the absence of the injured Ramnaresh Sarwan for the English tour in 2007, Gayle was handed the captaincy for the limited-overs series and was immediately success by beating England 2-1. He also led in the Test series against South Africa, leaving with a 1-1 result, and was retained as captain ahead of Sarwan for the home Tests against Sri Lanka in 2008. Gayle was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders to play in the IPL for a staggering $800,000, making him one of their most expensive players. So much so, that he was even reluctant to play in the Test series against Australia when the schedules clashed. However, a groin injury meant he was unable to play any IPL matches anyway.
Profile DateLine: 17th June 2008 by CricketArchive

Test Career Batting and Fielding (1999/00-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
West Indies	73	131	5	4804	317	38.12	7	29	57.22	75

Test Career Bowling (1999/00-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
West Indies	5741	190	2537	63	5-34	40.26	2	0	91.12	2.65

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1998/99-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	147	264	20	10558	317	43.27	23	55	133

First-Class Career Bowling (1998/99-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	11017	401	4557	120	5-34	37.97	2	0	91.80	2.48

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1999-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
West Indies	183	178	13	6561	153*	39.76	16	36	80.71	84
ICC World XI	3	3	0	55	54	18.33	0	1	93.22	1
Overall	186	181	13	6616	153*	39.38	16	37	80.80	85

One-Day International Career Bowling (1999-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
West Indies	6141	36	4781	149	5-46	32.08	3	1	41.21	4.67
ICC World XI	47	0	58	0	0-16					7.40
Overall	6188	36	4839	149	5-46	32.47	3	1	41.53	4.69

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1998/99-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	243	238	20	8688	153*	39.85	18	51	105

One-Day Career Bowling (1998/99-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	8182	55	6111	202	5-46	30.25	4	1	40.50	4.48

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
West Indies	5	5	0	193	117	38.60	1	1	164.95	2

International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2005/06-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
West Indies	51	0	53	2	2-22	26.50	0	0	25.50	6.23

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2005-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	13	12	2	322	117	32.20	1	1	127.27	6

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2005-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	183	0	184	12	3-13	15.33	0	0	15.25	6.03

Youth Test Career Batting and Fielding (1996/97)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
West Indies Under-19s	1	2	0	39	28	19.50	0	0	0

Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1997/98)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
West Indies Under-19s	7	7	2	364	141*	72.80	1	3	2

Youth One-Day International Career Bowling (1997/98)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
West Indies Under-19s	192	5	84	4	3-14	21.00	0	0	48.00	2.62