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HEADLINE: Gladstone Small on Gayle: You have to know when your time has come and gone
CaribbeanCricket.com
2021-11-04 14:16:26
Former Barbadian-born England fast bowler Gladstone Small has hailed West Indies star Chris Gayle as one of the greatest players of all time but insists the batsman should have known when to call it quits.
With over 14,000 runs, the most in the format, the highest individual score (175) and the most centuries (22) and most sixes few could argue that the batsman is one of the most dominant to play the sport.
In the past year, however, the player has looked like a shadow of himself and the 42-year-old’s selection to the West Indies World Cup squad fiercely divided opinion around the Caribbean. Nor has the player, batting between 1 and 3, justified his inclusion to date, scoring 29 runs at an average of 9.66. While the rest of the team has also struggled, Smalls believes the inclusion of an out-of-form Gayle may have put too much pressure on the squad both on and off the field.
“Chris Gayle has been a superstar, he has been a box office cricketer but sadly, no more, his time has gone,” Small told the Mason and Guest radio program.
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shivnotout
2021-11-04 14:19:58
Chris Gayle has been a superstar, he has been a box office cricketer but sadly, no more, his time has gone,” Small told the Mason and Guest radio program.
e came to stay?
Casper
2021-11-04 17:25:45
In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
Gone, gone, gone.
Curtly Ambrose, anyone?
shivnotout
2021-11-04 17:28:39
In reply to Casper
out Caught by Hasaranga!! Gayle's struggles continue! He just hasn't got going in this WC, actually hasn't been firing for a while now and when the format's best-ever batter is nearing his end in international cricket, you can't help but feel sad. This is shortish, he makes room for the flat-batted hit, can only toe-end it towards mid-off who takes a good overhead catch. Gayle walks off, dejected. Gayle c Hasaranga b Binura Fernando 1(5)
brians_da_best
2021-11-04 17:30:38
cricketfreak
2021-11-04 18:40:00
Gayle will cuss him inside out and tell him he don't have any respect for him
Narper
2021-11-04 18:42:10
In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
Cuss in Small skunt now
Onionman0
2021-11-04 19:11:59
In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
It's not Gayle fault.... it's fault of administration , who allow return of ageing players in the team..... without any scrutiny form or fitness........just to garner votes..... Selectors simply followed the instructions....Harper bended rules on more than one occasions to select unfit and out of form players.....
doosra
2021-11-04 19:15:49
waiting for the UG podcast
FanAdict
2021-11-04 19:35:01
In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
Oh Boy! Gayle just lost all respect for Small
dayne
2021-11-04 19:42:20
Bravo did the smart dignified thing today, Gayle after the Saturday match should do the same, retire from international cricket, enough.
ukusaisu
2021-11-08 22:13:01
