Hooper goes to bat for Gayle
Former West Indies star Carl Hooper has gone in to bat for axed master blaster Chris Gayle.Hooper savaged the decision to dump former skippers Gayle, Shiv Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan for the limited series against Pakistan.
Hooper noted the familiar pattern of sackings after the West Indies failed at a major tournament, this time a quarter-final exit against Pakistan at the one-day World Cup on the subcontinent.