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Gayle force strikes back

Wed Feb 25, 2015 01:11 AM
Last update on: Sun Mar 1, 2015 05:45 AM
Wed Feb 25, 2015 01:11 AM Last update on: Sun Mar 1, 2015 05:45 AM
THE EYE OF THE STORM : It took Chris Gayle almost two years to gather the momentum and when he did at the Manuka Oval yesterday, the cricketing world witnessed his ferocity with awe and admiration. Photo: AFP

Records Set

* Gayle's 215 shatters Gary Kirsten's 188 for the highest WC score.

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* His double century came in 138 balls, the fastest in ODIs.

* This was his 22nd ODI hundred, the most by any West Indian.

* Gayle and Samuels' 372-run partnership was the highest in ODI  history, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid's 331.

 

 

Numbers Game


* 5 - West Indies' total was their highest ODI score and the 5th highest  in a World Cup.

* 16 - Most sixes in an innings, equal with Rohit Sharma and AB de Villiers.

* 400 - Gayle is the second player to hit 400 or more international sixes, behind Shahid Afridi's 447.

* 9000+ - He is the second West Indian to score over 9000 ODI runs.

 

 

Trivia

* Gayle is the only player  to score 300 in a Test, 200 in an ODI and 100 in a T20 international.

* Gayle smashed the first World Cup double hundred exactly five years after Tendulkar
scored the first ODI double hundred.

* Gayle is the only non-indian to score a double century in ODIs.

 

 

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Gayle force strikes back

Wed Feb 25, 2015 01:11 AM
Last update on: Sun Mar 1, 2015 05:45 AM
Wed Feb 25, 2015 01:11 AM Last update on: Sun Mar 1, 2015 05:45 AM
THE EYE OF THE STORM : It took Chris Gayle almost two years to gather the momentum and when he did at the Manuka Oval yesterday, the cricketing world witnessed his ferocity with awe and admiration. Photo: AFP

Records Set

* Gayle's 215 shatters Gary Kirsten's 188 for the highest WC score.

Google News LinkFor all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.

* His double century came in 138 balls, the fastest in ODIs.

* This was his 22nd ODI hundred, the most by any West Indian.

* Gayle and Samuels' 372-run partnership was the highest in ODI  history, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid's 331.

 

 

Numbers Game


* 5 - West Indies' total was their highest ODI score and the 5th highest  in a World Cup.

* 16 - Most sixes in an innings, equal with Rohit Sharma and AB de Villiers.

* 400 - Gayle is the second player to hit 400 or more international sixes, behind Shahid Afridi's 447.

* 9000+ - He is the second West Indian to score over 9000 ODI runs.

 

 

Trivia

* Gayle is the only player  to score 300 in a Test, 200 in an ODI and 100 in a T20 international.

* Gayle smashed the first World Cup double hundred exactly five years after Tendulkar
scored the first ODI double hundred.

* Gayle is the only non-indian to score a double century in ODIs.

 

 

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