Gayle cements destructive reputation with second career triple ton
After a huge clash between some senior players and the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 Cricket Board, players like Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo loosing out on central contracts and Chris Gayle loosing out on the captaincy, few would have expected the West Indies to put in a
strong performance against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 under the leadership of Darren Sammy, who is relatively inexperienced at the international level.
But keep in mind that you are talking about none else than Chris Gayle, the most explosive left-hander of his era. He could not have answered his critics in a better manner than a strong performance with the bat, which is exactly what he did. Gayle scored
a triple hundred, 333-runs off 437-balls, with the help of 34 boundaries and nine towering sixes. He has single handedly put West Indies in a commanding position with more than 50 percent of the team runs scored of his bat alone.
Although Sri Lanka is playing its first home series after the retirement of the great http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Muttiah-Muralitharan-c78157, the Sri Lankan bowling line-up cannot be considered weak, with two world class off-spinners in the shape of Randiv and Mendis and promising seamers
like Thushara and Prasad. Randiv and Mendis took nine wickets between them during the Wes Indies innings and were quite economical as. They were however clueless against the mighty Gayle. We have to admit that if Chris Gayle gets going then the quality of
the bowling does not matter too much.
Gayle toyed with the Sri Lankan bowling line-up as if he was having an extended net session. There are many hard-hitters in international cricket, but no one can quite dismantle bowling attacks like Gayle. He can easily demoralize any bowler with his outstanding
stroke-play, which is exactly what Gayle has done in the Galle test.
There are many batsmen who dream of scoring a triple century in a Test match, but go through their careers without fulfilling their dream. That’s why the 300 club is full of special players. But to get a Test match triple hundred twice in a career is something
out of this world. Chris Gayle has become only the fourth player in the history of Test match cricket to have achieved the feat. He is accompanied by some legends of the game in this exclusive club. The first three players to have scored a triple hundred twice
in their career are Donald Bradman, Brian Lara and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virender-Sehwag-c95429. Gayle becomes the second West Indian to join this elite club. Modern day greats like Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting have failed to score even a single triple century. Chris Gayle has secured
his name in the history books forever and with that he has also stamped his authority as one of the most destructive batsmen of his time.
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