Twitter Reacts as Chris Gayle Breaks World Record in his Last ODI in Windies
Updated - 24 Apr 2019, 01:18 AM
Windies opener Chris Gayle’s finished his career in Windies with a 27-ball 77 as he helped his side thrash England by seven wickets in the fifth and the final ODI at St. Lucia to finish the series at 2-2.
Meanwhile, Gayle along with Oshane Thomas, who picked a five-wicket haul to level terms on the series. England registered their lowest-ever total against the Caribbeans for 113 runs in 28.1 overs. Chris Gayle’s swashbuckling knock helped Windies chase down the target in 37.5 overs. During his knock, the big Jamaican registered the fastest half-century by a Windies batsman.
Batting first, England were all out for 113 runs after Thomas ran down the English batting order. Jos Buttler and Alex Hales topped the scoring chart with 23 runs while Jason Holder and Carlos Brathwaite chipped in with two wickets each. During the chase, Gayle hammered the English bowlers to chase down 12.1 deliveries.
The 39-year-old walked away with the man of the series award after finishing it with 424 runs at an average of 106, with 39 sixes. Chris Gayle piled on totals of 162, 50 and 135 before this assault in Grenada. Speaking about his knock at the end of the game, the southpaw admitted he thought to go strong as this was his last ODI in his own soil. Gayle also feels they will get some respect after this series going into the World Cup.
“At one stage I thought this is going to be my last (ODI) innings in the Caribbean for the West Indies, so I thought I’d go out on a high,” said Gayle. “We’ll get a bit of respect going into the World Cup,” he added.
After striking the ball really hard in this series, Chris Gayle admitted that he is reconsidering his retirement. The tall and lanky opener announced his retirement after the ICC World Cup in 2019 earlier this month.
Twitter Reacts
Universe Boss for a reason. 27 ball 77 from the big man, raining sixes at will , what an entertainer @henrygayle
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) March 2, 2019
Sports boards do make some peculiar decisions from time to time…but, the WI decision to bring back @henrygayle, is a GREAT one! #UniverseBoss#Entertainer
— Kevin Pietersen? (@KP24) March 2, 2019
The greatest entertainer in cricket history. Congrats @henrygayle ? https://t.co/QK7XaSBADV
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 2, 2019
Chris Gayle's 50 off 19 balls today is the fastest ever by a West Indian in a ODI.
The fastest 9 50s in ODIs by a Pakistani are all by Shahid Afridi:
18 balls three times
19 balls once
20 balls twice
21 balls three times#Cricket— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) March 2, 2019
So Chris Gayle signs off from ODI cricket in the West Indies with 77(27)! Some player! #UniverseBoss
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 2, 2019
Chris Gayle is having a turbo charged series! 77 off 27 balls! What a knock!
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) March 2, 2019
Chris Gayle to Woakes and Wood pic.twitter.com/4WCV6LcmCj
— Harvey Specter (@mrgreenidge) March 2, 2019
Oh magnificent stuff from @henrygayle ?? #nevertoold ????? What a bounce back from @windiescricket in #Stlucia Congrats Caribbean guys ???
— Danny Morrison (@SteelyDan66) March 2, 2019
At times we take for granted special players of our time, @henrygayle is a player of a generation. #universeboss
#WIvENG #ODI series – 424 runs, 39 sixes, 2 x ?Career
Tests – 103 matches
ODI’s – 289 matches
T20’s – 369 matches pic.twitter.com/wIxNrSvYeI— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) March 3, 2019
Chris Gayle’s innings lost the game
— Jonathan Liew (@jonathanliew) February 20, 2019
1 0 4 4 6 0 6 6 0 4 0 6 0 0 6 0 6 0 1 0 1 6 6 4 4 6 W
Well, this is not any kind of a secret code, but the signing off run tally by none other than #ChrisGayle 77 runs in 27 balls What a way to end the final innings! Salute to the all time great #Cricket entertainer!— Dr. Ajit Varwandkar (@Varwandkar) March 3, 2019
