Chris Gayle (West Indies)

Chris Gayle
Full Name:Chris Gayle
Date of birth:21 / 09 / 1979
Country:West Indies
Role:All Rounder
Batting style:Left-hand
Bowling style:Off break

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Career summary

- Test Debut v Zimbabwe at Port of Spain - March 2000

- ODI Debut v India at Toronto - September 1999

- Tall and imposing left-handed batsman.

- A brisk non-turning off-spin has turned him into a genuine one-day allrounder.

- One of only three batsman (Lara and Viv Richards are the other two) to have three or more scores in excess of 150 in ODIs.

- Labelled "the Laughing Cavalier" by eminent cricket writer Tony Cozier.

- Could only average 26 against England in 2004 and was dismissed four times in seven innings by Steve Harmison.

- Knocked a career-best 317 against South Africa in Antigua in 2005.

- No West Indies player could match his 235 runs during the 2005-06 tour of New Zealand.

- Three centuries helped him average over 40 during the 2006-07 season.

June 2009

Test Matches

Batting
Career Span:2000-2013
Matches:97
Innings:170
Not Outs:9
Runs:6836
Highest Score:333
Average:42.46
50s:34
100s:13
Ducks:15
Pairs:0
Caught Out:102
Stumped Out:1
Bowling
Innings Bowled:99
Overs:1149.1
Maidens:224
Runs Conceded:3024
Wickets:72
5 Wicket Innings:2
10 Wicket Innings:0
Average:42.0
Economy Rate:2.63
Best bowling in Innings:5/34

ODI Matches

Batting
Career Span:1999-2013
Matches:238
Innings:234
Not Outs:15
Runs:8175
Highest Score:153
Average:37.33
50s:43
100s:19
Ducks:21
Pairs:0
Caught Out:144
Stumped Out:1
Bowling
Innings Bowled:181
Overs:1169.8
Maidens:37
Runs Conceded:5550
Wickets:156
5 Wicket Innings:1
10 Wicket Innings:0
Average:35.58
Economy Rate:4.74
Best bowling in Innings:5/46

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