Go out swinging: Chris Gayle ends Big Bash League season with a bang, 50 off record 12 balls
West Indian opener goes out with a bang, smashing the equal-fastest 50 in Twenty20 history, but his Melbourne Renegades will not be in the weekend’s finals
West Indian opener Chris Gayle went out with a bang in the Big Bash League, smashing the equal-fastest 50 in Twenty20 history, but his Melbourne Renegades will not be in the weekend’s finals.
The burly Jamaican had clearly not let allegations of sexism affect his performance, as he equalled Yuvraj Singh’s 50 off 12 deliveries for India against England at the 2007 T20 World Cup in Durban.
We all know Chris Gayle is an amazing striker of the ball. When he's on, he's on
Gayle needed a six to reach the record and it was not a problem against the Adelaide Strikers in Australia’s Big Bash League on Monday night.
He slogged four successive sixes in the first over as the Renegades were set a target of 171.
The onslaught carried on in the third over as Gayle belted another 22 to reach 44 from 11 balls.
