Chris Gayle blows away the Queensland bowlers in Big Bash Twenty20
An explosive start from Chris Gayle helped http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Western-Australia-c865 (WA) reach a massive total against Queensland in the Big Bash Twenty20 tournament. The crowd in Brisbane was entertained thoroughly in the first half of the game.
The toss was won by WA captain Marcus North, who decided to bat first considering the nature of the wicket. There was no assistance for the bowlers in the wicket and both captains would have preferred to bat first. Gayle was featuring in his last match for
Western Australia this season, as he will be leaving Australia to participate in a three-match one-day International (ODI) series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 before the World Cup.
However, the flamboyant left-hander didn’t disappoint his team at all. He started the innings with a run-a-ball 10 runs but after that he was unstoppable. The West Indian star smashed the ball to all parts of the park and the bowlers had no clue of where
to bowl to the Jamaican.
The rampage from Gayle ended in the 13th over when he chased a full and wide ball outside the off-stump but only managed a faint edge, which was safely held by the wicketkeeper. However, the damage was done by Gayle as he scored 92 runs off just
40 balls. He struck seven fours and eight sixes in his thunderous knock.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Liam-Davis-c1839 complemented his opening partner very nicely and stayed at the crease with Gayle for a 144-run partnership. He was unfortunate to be run-out but he had managed a good half-century before that. Davis amassed 53 runs off 46 balls and his innings
included six fours. Although WA lost a few quick wickets, the team managed to take their total past 200 runs.
Wicketkeeper batsman Luke Ronchi and Tom Beaton played aggressively to finish what Gayle had started. Ronchi was not-out on 22 off 17 balls whereas Beaton scored 21 runs in just 10 balls to set http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Queensland-c834 a 203-run target. The Queensland bowlers were below
par and were smashed to all parts of the ground today. However, the pick of the bowlers was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nathan-Rimmington-c2072, as he didn’t allow Gayle to score freely in his opening spell.
Rimmington took one wicket for 29 runs in his four overs, but gave away just 11 runs in his first two overs which he bowled against Gayle. Queensland will be hoping to get a good start from Michael Lumb. They will need a big innings from a top-order batsman
in order to challenge WA.
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