CHRIS GAYLE RETURNS FOR WI CRICKET TEAM
Finally after a lot of prayers by his fans Chris Gayle makes his comeback for West Indies.Meanwhile Chris Gayle has been playing different leagues and making money.He has been one of the most expensive players in BPL and I
West Indies one-day squad: Darren Sammy (captain), Dwayne Bravo (vice-captain), Tino Best, Darren Bravo, Johnson Charles, Fidel Edwards, Chris Gayle, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin (wicketkeeper), Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith.PL.Chris Gayle returns to West Indies squad for England one-day series
Chris Gayle will play international cricket for the first time in 14 months after being recalled by West Indies for the one-day series against England.
The 32-year-old former captain has been out of the team following a dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board.
Dwayne Bravo returns as vice-captain, while all-rounder Kieron Pollard and spinner Sunil Narine are also included in the 15-man squad.
The three-match series begins at Hampshire's Ageas Bowl on 16 June.
Gayle, the fourth highest-scoring West Indies batsman in ODI cricket with 8,087 runs at an average of 39.06 from 228 matches, has not played for his country since the World Cup quarter-final defeat by Pakistan in March 2011.
The cavalier left-hander, who was involved in contract disputes with the WICB in 2009, when much of the team took strike action, was left out of the team for a series with Pakistan soon after the 2011 World Cup defeat and was highly critical of the WICB and coach Ottis Gibson in a radio interview.
During his absence he played in Twenty20 tournaments across the world and was the leading scorer in this year's Indian Premier League with 733 runs, including a fine 128 from 62 balls.
Clyde Butts, chairman of the selection panel, said: "Chris is a player of proven quality and we are looking forward to him adding this dimension to the side and his contributions as a senior member of the squad."
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the number one-ranked batsman in Test cricket, has been overlooked along with openers Adrian Barath and Kieron Powell, who struggled in the first two Tests.
Narine, a 24-year-old off-spinner from Trinidad who has taken 14 wickets in eight ODIs, was the second leading wicket-taker in the IPL with 24 victims at 13.50 apiece. He also boasted the second lowest economy rate in the competition.
Butts added: "There is a balanced combination of young rising players like Sunil Narine in the bowling department and Johnson Charles in the top order of the batting - in addition to the well known seasoned internationals."
West Indies lost the first two Tests - and the series - against England, with the final match at Edgbaston starting on Thursday.
CHRIS GAYLE VS JIMMY ANDREWSON..
Axed Barath welcomes Gayle return for ODIs
IRMINGHAM, England: West Indies opener Adrian Barath has said “it’s great” Chris Gayle is returning to the one-day squad — even if the recall has come, in part, at his expense.
Former captain Gayle has been selected for the three-match one-day series against England later this month after a 14-month dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).
The 32-year-old dynamic opening batsman, with a West Indies record 19 hundreds in 228 ODIs to his name, has not played international cricket since a defeat by Pakistan in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in March last year.
A month later, Jamaica left-hander Gayle, one of the world’s most ferocious hitters and a dazzlingly quick run-getter when in form, criticised the WICB and team coach Ottis Gibson after being left out of a squad for a one-day series against Pakistan.
However several meetings between the WICB and Gayle, brokered by senior Caribbean politicians, have ended the stand-off.
Both Barath and Kieran Powell, who have struggled against England in a Test series where the West Indies are 2-0 down heading into the third and final match starting at Edgbaston here on Thursday, have been left out of the one-day squad.
Chris Gayle returns for West Indies ODIs
Hard-hitting batsman Chris Gayle has been recalled to the West Indies squad for this month's one-day international series in England after ending a long-running feud with the board.
The former captain has not played for the team for more than 14 months but agreed to end his exile after meeting the board and resolving their dispute.
"Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board recently met by teleconference and are pleased that consistent with his previous commitment Mr Chris Gayle has made himself available for selection," the WICB said in a statement.
"The board believes Mr Gayle's stated commitment to West Indies cricket will be an asset to the team and looks forward to his contributions."
The left-hander has not played for the side since last year's 50-over World Cup, opting instead to play in lucrative Twenty20 competitions including the Indian Premier League.
His return is sure to boost West Indies who are 2-0 down to England in the test series with the third and final match in Birmingham starting on Thursday.
West Indies also recalled vice-captain Dwayne Bravo, all-rounder Kieron Pollard and spinner Sunil Narine in the 15-man one-day squad while leaving out Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Adrian Barath and Kieron Powell.
Chris Gayle vs Pakistan
BARBADOS - Chris Gayle’s 15-month international exile is over after he was formally recalled to the West Indies ODI squad for the forthcoming series against England, starting in Southampton on June 16.
In keeping with the fractious and drawn out nature of the dispute that kept Gayle out of the team, his recall was confirmed after a meeting of more political than selection nature in St Vincent. Gayle and his agent Michael Hall spoke with an array of political and cricket figures including the island’s prime minister Ralph Gonsalves, Antigua and Barbuda prime minister Baldwin Spencer, WICB president Julian Hunte, WICB director Elson Crick and the WICB’s legal officer Alanna Medford.
The meeting, devised to smooth over any “residual matters” between Gayle and the WICB, was followed by the announcement of the squad for the limited-overs segment of the England tour, with Gayle returning to the ranks for the first time since the 2011 World Cup. “Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board recently met by teleconference and are pleased that consistent with his previous commitment Mr Chris Gayle has made himself available for selection to the West Indies team,” a WICB statement had said of the meeting. “The board believes that Mr Gayle’s stated commitment to West Indies cricket will be an asset to the team and looks forward to his contributions in that regard.”
Gayle’s recall was first mooted during West Indies’ earlier home series against Australia, when he met with WICB officials to repair a relationship that had deteriorated around the emergence of Twenty20 and the rise of the Indian Premier League. It then dissolved entirely when the former captain criticised the coach Ottis Gibson and the WICB during a radio interview last year.
In England the mood for Gayle’s return has gathered strength, pushed along by the words of Kevin Pietersen, who said it would be “brilliant for the game” if he was recalled, while the former West Indies fast bowler and widely respected commentator Michael Holding effectively challenged the WICB to stop delaying Gayle’s rehabilitation as an international player.
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