Chris Gayle      

West Indies

Full name Christopher Henry Gayle

Born September 21, 1979, Kingston, Jamaica

Current age 31 years 16 days

Major teams West Indies, ICC World XI, Jamaica,Kolkata Knight Riders, Stanford Superstars, Western Australia,Worcestershire

Playing role Batsman

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	88	155	6	6007	317	40.31	10297	58.33	12	33	895	66	84	0
ODIs	220	215	15	7885	153*	39.42	9412	83.77	19	42	919	165	95	0
T20Is	20	20	1	617	117	32.47	427	144.49	1	5	57	34	5	0
First-class	162	288	21	11761	317	44.04			28	59			142	0
List A	277	271	21	9953	153*	39.81			21	56			115	0
Twenty20	51	50	5	1357	117	30.15	1004	135.15	1	8	131	74	17	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	88	98	6851	2992	72	5/34	6/81	41.55	2.62	95.1	2	2	0
ODIs	220	177	6816	5395	156	5/46	5/46	34.58	4.74	43.6	3	1	0
T20Is	20	15	209	254	12	2/15	2/15	21.16	7.29	17.4	0	0	0
First-class	162		12127	5012	129	5/34		38.85	2.47	94.0		2	0
List A	277		8810	6667	209	5/46	5/46	31.89	4.54	42.1	4	1	0
Twenty20	51	39	634	775	30	3/13	3/13	25.83	7.33	21.1	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	West Indies v Zimbabwe at Port of Spain, Mar 16-20, 2000 scorecard
Last Test	West Indies v South Africa at Bridgetown, Jun 26-29, 2010 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  Test match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Bowling match list  Best innings bowling  Best match bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	India v West Indies at Toronto, Sep 11, 1999 scorecard
Last ODI	West Indies v South Africa at Port of Spain, Jun 3, 2010 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  ODI match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
T20I debut	New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland, Feb 16, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	West Indies v South Africa at North Sound, May 20, 2010 scorecard
T20I statistics	- Statsguru T20I analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  T20I match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
First-class debut	1998/99
Last First-class	West Indies v South Africa at Bridgetown, Jun 26-29, 2010 scorecard
List A debut	1998/99
Last List A	West Indies v South Africa at Port of Spain, Jun 3, 2010 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Chilaw Marians Cricket Club v PCA Masters XI at Leicester, Sep 15, 2005scorecard
Last Twenty20	Trinidad & Tobago v Jamaica at Port of Spain, Jul 31, 2010 scorecard

Profile

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. In the disastrous 2005-06 tour of New Zealand he led the batting in the three-Test series, piling 235 runs - no other West Indian touched the 200-run mark. He also bowls brisk non-turning offspin, with which he has turned himself into a genuine one-day allrounder. Maturing quickly, he has become a consistently prolific scorer in the ODIs. He averaged over 40 in the 2006-07 season with three hundreds - an unbeaten 133 against South Africa in the Champions Trophy being the highlight, and three fifties. But expected to be one of the stars of the World Cup in the Caribbean, his batting was a major disappointment. In the absence of the injured Ramnaresh Sarwan for their tour in 2007, Gayle was handed the captaincy for the limited-overs series in England and Ireland and found immediate success by beating England 2-1. He also led in the Test series against South Africa, leaving with a 1-1 result, and was retained as captain ahead of Sarwan for the home Tests against Sri Lanka in 2008. A subsequent Test and ODI defeat at home against Australia led him to quit the captaincy, but he changed his mind, and the following season was instrumental in the defeats of England, both as captain of the Stanford Superstars in their winner-takes-all US$20million match in Antigua in November, and the Test team that secured a 1-0 triumph to bring home the Wisden Trophy after a nine-year hiatus. By now, however, the Indian Premier League was taking over as his primary concern - Gayle's US$800,000 price-tag made him one of Kolkata's most expensive players, and though a groin injury ruled him out of the first edition in 2008, he played seven games in 2009 before flying to England just 48 hours before a Test match at Lord's against England. The match was lost in three days, leading a disillusioned Gayle to declare that he "would not be so sad" if Test cricket died out.thanks crickinfo.com