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Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle
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Chris Gayle at the Docklands playing for the ICC World XI, 2005
Personal information
Full name Christopher Henry Gayle
Born (1979-09-21) 21 September 1979 (age 37)
Kingston, Jamaica
Nickname Gayle-Force, Gayle-Storm, World Boss, Universe Boss, Master Storm,Sixer, Spartan,
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off spin
Role All-rounder, Opening batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 232) 16 March 2000 v Zimbabwe
Last Test 5 September 2014 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 97) 11 September 1999 v India
Last ODI 21 March 2015 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no. 45
T20I debut (cap 6) 16 February 2006 v New Zealand
Last T20I 3 April 2016 v England
Domestic team information
Years Team
1998–present Jamaica
2005 Worcestershire
2008 Stanford Superstars
2008–10 Kolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 45)
2011–present Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 333)
2011–13 Sydney Thunder
2011 Matabeleland Tuskers
2012 Barisal Burners
2013–present Jamaica Tallawahs
2013 Dhaka Gladiators
2014 Highveld Lions
2015–16 Melbourne Renegades (squad no. 333)
2015 Barisal Bulls
2015–16 Somerset (squad no. 333)
2016 Lahore Qalandars (squad no. 333)
2016-present Chittagong Vikings
2016–present Karachi Kings (squad no. 333)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 103 269 50 180
Runs scored 7,215 9,221 1,519 13,226
Batting average 42.19 37.18 35.33 44.79
100s/50s 15/37 22/47 2/13 32/61
Top score 333 215 117 333
Balls bowled 7,109 7,222 301 12,511
Wickets 73 163 15 132
Bowling average 42.73 35.20 24.00 38.91
5 wickets in innings 2 1 0 2
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 0
Best bowling 5/34 5/46 2/15 5/34
Catches/stumpings 96/– 114/– 12/– 158/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 16 March 2016

Christopher Henry "Chris" Gayle (born 21 September 1979) is a Jamaican cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies. Considered one of the most powerful batsmen in limited-overs cricket, Gayle has set numerous records in all three formats of cricket.

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 Lanka in 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). It eclipsed the previous mark set by Brendon McCullum of Kolkata Knight Riders. At the launch of the Caribbean Premier League he was announced as the first franchise player for the league.

Gayle became the first batsman in World Cup history to score a double century when he reached 200 off 138 balls against Zimbabwe during the 2015 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. 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.


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