Full Name Gayle, Chris
Date of birth: 21/09/1979
Country West Indies
Role All Rounder
Batting style Left-hand
Bowling style Off break
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.
Test Matches
Batting Career Span: 2000 - 2009
Matches: 79
Innings: 140
Not outs: 5
Runs: 5401
Highest Score: 317
Average: 40
50s: 30
100s: 8
Ducks: 13
Pairs: 2
Catches: 77
Stumping: 0
Bowling Innings bowled: 127
Overs: 1100.1
Maidens: 219
Runs conceded: 2887
Wickets: 70
5 Wicket Innings: 2
10 Wicket matches: 0
Average: 41.24
Economy Rate: 2.62
Best bowling in Innings: 5/34
ODI Matches
Batting Career Span: 1999 - 2009
Innings: 189
Not outs: 13
Runs: 7055
Highest Score: 153
Strike-rate: 82.22
Average: 40
50s: 36
100s: 19
Ducks: 18
Catches: 84
Stumping: 0
Bowling Innings bowled: 162
Overs: 1050.7
Maidens: 34
Runs conceded: 5019
Wickets: 148
4 Wicket Innings: 1
Average: 33.91
Economy Rate: 4.78
Best bowling in Innings: 5/46
Twenty20 Matches
Batting Career Span: - 2008
Innings: 6
Not outs:
Runs: 251
Highest Score: 117
Average: 42
50s: 2
100s: 1
Ducks: 1
Catches: 2
Stumping: 0
Bowling Innings bowled: 4
Overs:
Maidens: 0
Runs conceded: 73
Wickets: 4
4 Wicket Innings: 0
Average: 18.25
Economy Rate:
Best bowling in Innings: 2/16
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