Chris Gayle torments Sri Lanka as he races past the 200 hundred mark
Following the successful Sri Lankan tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 where they managed to win an ODI series, it was expected that they would begin the first Test against a controversy ridden West Indies in great fashion.
However, it was Chris Gayle, who entered the field like a rock star making his way into the stadium to take the cricket fans for a roller coaster ride. This man is pure adrenalin and he makes Kama sutra cower in deafening silence as he makes his bat roar
against the ball every single time it strikes it.
Chris Gayle is currently playing on 208 off just 235 deliveries with a jolly good number of fours, 24 to be precise and 8 sixes. Yes 8 sixes in a Test match. In all he has scored 144 runs off boundaries, which means that he has scored 70 % of his runs in
boundaries.
Gayle reached the 200 mark for the third time in his career and it could not have come at a better time, when critics have been writing the West Indians off. He celebrated his century in a rather eccentric fashion as he casually lay down in the middle of
the pitch as the Sri Lankans watched on with wry smiles on their faces.
The Sri Lankan bowlers had a tough day as they could do little to pull the plug on the West Indian rock star. Suraj Randiv unfortunately found himself at the receiving end of the onslaught where he went for 18 in one over.
However, the rest of the Sri Lankan bowling attack could not escape the stroke frenzy from Gayle. Any short deliveries produced by the bowlers were un-forgivingly punished for boundaries with disdainful ease.
Barath played a cautious innings as he supported Gayle quite well scoring 50 off 86 deliveries. On Barath’s departure, Bravo slipped into the role of side kick to the rock star as he flicked the ball around for singles to keep the strike rotating. He faced
159 deliveries to score his 58 runs when the 196 run partnership was finally broken by Mendis.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Dent-c41093 into the formidable West Indian’s, who have now
found their rhythm at the behest of the home side, who did not foresee such an unforgiving onslaught from the West Indians.
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