Sunday, March 23, 2014
CHRISTOPHER HENRY "Chris" GAYLE (born 21
September 1979) is a Jamaican cricketer who plays international cricket for
the West Indies. He captained the
West Indies' Test side from 2007 to 2010. He plays
domestic cricket for Jamaica, and
also represents theRoyal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, the Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League and the Dhaka Gladiators in the Bangladesh Premier League. He has also
represented Worcestershire, the Western Warriors, Barisal Burners and the Kolkata Knight Riders in his career. He was also selected
for team Uva Next for the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League in 2012.
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,
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, the fastest across any
format, that became the highest individual T20 score (175). It eclipsed the previous mark set by Brendan 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 started his cricket
career with the famous Lucas Cricket Club in Kingston, Jamaica. Gayle
claimed "If it was not for Lucas I don't know where I would be today.
Maybe on the streets." Lucas
Cricket Club's nursery has been named in honour of Gayle.
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. 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 against Zimbabwe.
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