West Indies is famous for its tall fast bowlers and hard hitting batsmen. Traditionally their fast bowlers have dominated the opposing batsmen. In West Indies cricket is a passion. West Indies also won the first two cricket world cups. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 has produced
a lot of quality left-handed batsmen. Brian Lara is a prime example. Youngsters growing up all across the world try to copy his style. Chris Gayle is also a left handed batsman from West Indies who is known for his explosive batting. He bats with his left
hand and bowls with his right. Chris Gayle is a complete package, a master batsman, a bowler who likes to take wickets and probably he has the safest pair of hands in his side. He loves to score most of his runs at square of the wicket. Chris Gayle opens the
batting for his side and is considered as one of the most dangerous batsmen in the cricket fraternity. He was also the first batsman to score a century in a twenty 20 international.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Christopher-Henry-Gayle-c50810 or in short Chris Gayle was born in Kingston Jamaica on September 21st 1979. When he was born West Indies was the king of cricket and that passion was transferred into him. Chris Gayle is 6ft 2inches tall and is strongly
built. He generates a lot of power from his wrists and sends the ball flying miles.
Chris Gayle made his debut in 1999 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750. Since then he has played 220 one-day international matches. His ability to take on any bowling attack makes him a feared batsman. In his career he has scored 19 centuries and 42 half centuries. His aggregate
total is 7885 runs and his highest is 153 not out. In his one day international career he has hit 165 sixes and has a career strike rate of 83.77. As a bowler he is known for taking the wickets at the right time. Chris Gayle is notoriously famous for this
habit. He has taken 156 wickets.
Chris Gayle made his test debut against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in Sri Lanka. This particular innings was an eye candy for every cricket fan. Chris
Gayle grinded the Sri Lankan attack and made them suffer. Over all in his career Chris Gayle has scored 6373 runs with the aid of 13 centuries and 33 half centuries. Chris Gayle is very consistent and has an average of 41.65 in test matches. Chris Gayle has
also managed to take 72 test wickets. Chris Gayle is very quick in his overs and uses a lot of variety in his bowling which keeps the batsmen guessing.
Chris Gayle is also very successful in the twenty 20 matches. His ability to punish the ball is very handy and he exploits the format to his fullest. His highest is 117 runs in an innings which is highly impressive. In the total of 20 matches he has played
in twenty 20 format, Chris Gayle has scored 617 runs and also scored 5 half centuries apart from the one century. Chris Gayle has also taken 12 wickets.
Chris Gayle is also brilliant in the field and has taken a total of 185 catches in the three formats of the game.
Chris Gayle is a one-man army and has proved his worth on numerous occasions. If West Indies wants to regain glory in the 2011 world cup, Chris Gayle will have to play an important role.
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