West Indies Cricket Players
Chris Gayle
A thrusting Jamaican left-hander, Gayle earned himself a black mark on his first senior tour - to England in 2000 - where the new boys were felt to be insufficiently respectful of their elders. But a lack of respect, for opposition bowlers at least, has served Gayle well since then. Tall and imposing at the crease, he loves to carve through the covers off either foot, and has the ability to decimate the figures of even the thriftiest of opening bowlers. In a lean era for West Indian cricket - and fast bowling in particular - Gayle's pugnacious approach has become an attacking weapon in its own right. His 79-ball century at Cape Town in January 2004, on the back of a South African first innings of 532, was typical of his no-holds-barred approach. However, Gayle's good run ended when England came calling early in 2004, and he averaged 26 against their potent pace attack - Steve Harmison, in particular, fancied his chances against Gayle, dismissing him four times in seven innings, as a lack of positive footwork was exposed. But men with little footwork often baffle experts, and after returning to form with an uncharacteristic century against Bangladesh, he exacted his revenge on England's bowlers with a battering not seen since Lara's 400, before coming within a whisker of emulating Lara himself, with a career-best 317 against South Africa in Antigua. He also bowls brisk non-turning offspin, with which he has turned himself into a genuine one-day allrounder
- Full name : Christopher Henry Gayle
- Born : September 21, 1979, Kingston, Jamaica
- Batting style : Left-hand bat
- Bowling style : Right-arm offbreak
- Test debut : West Indies v Zimbabwe at Port of Spain - Mar 16-20, 2000
- Last Test : Australia v West Indies at Hobart - Nov 17-21, 2005
- ODI debut : India v West Indies at Toronto - Sep 11, 1999
- Last ODI : Australia v ICC World XI at Melbourne (DS) - Oct 9, 2005
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India in West Indies Cricket Series 2006
Schedule
- May 16 Practice Match, Jamaica
- May 18 1st ODI, Jamaica
- May 20 2nd ODI, Jamaica
- May 23 3rd ODI, St Kitts
- May 26 4th ODI, Trinidad
- May 28 5th ODI, Trinidad
- June 2-6 1st Test, Antigua
- June 10-14 2nd Test, St. Lucia
- June 16-18 vs WICB Board XI, Nevis
- June 22-26 3rd Test, St Kitts
- June 30-July 4 4th Test, Jamaica
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