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Full name Christopher Henry Gayle
Born September 21, 1979, Kingston, Jamaica
Current age 25 years 296 days
Major teams ICC World XI, West Indies, Jamaica
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
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Tests 52 91 3 3466 317 39.38 6242 55.52 7 19 563 14 60 0
ODIs 121 118 6 4362 153* 38.94 5536 78.79 11 23 513 58 54 0
First-class 115 206 16 8668 317 45.62 22 41 105 0
List A 164 161 11 6008 153* 40.05 13 33 70 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 52 3205 1374 38 5/34 5/34 36.15 2.57 84.34 1 2 0
ODIs 121 3945 3111 100 5/46 5/46 31.10 4.73 39.45 3 1 0
First-class 115 7529 3045 80 5/34 38.06 2.42 94.11 2 0
List A 164 5607 4114 145 5/46 5/46 28.37 4.40 38.66 4 1 0
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Test debut West Indies v Zimbabwe at Port of Spain - Mar 16-20, 2000
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Last Test West Indies v Pakistan at Kingston - Jun 3-7, 2005
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ODI debut India v West Indies at Toronto - Sep 11, 1999 scorecard
Last ODI West Indies v Pakistan at Gros Islet - May 22, 2005
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First-class span 1998/99 - 2005
List A span 1998/99 - 2005
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
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