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Chris Gayle: West Indies batsman to retire after 2019 World Cup

West Indies batsman Chris Gayle will resign from one-day universal cricket after this present summer's World Cup.


The left-hander, 39, has scored 9,727 ODI runs - second just to the incredible Brian Lara among West Indians - in 284 matches since his introduction in 1999.

Gayle stated: "I'm hoping to take a stand - or should I say cut the string - let the youths have a fabulous time and I can sit back in the gathering stand."


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Gayle is in the West Indies squad to confront England in a five-coordinate one-day arrangement beginning on Wednesday in Barbados.

Inquired as to whether he may likewise end his ODI profession as a World Cup champ, he stated: "Completely, the adolescents owe it to me.

"They need to do that for me and attempt and get me the trophy. Yet, I'll be hoping to put my contribution to too."


"It is a major year for me. I trust 2019 can complete for me on an extraordinary note."


The 39-year-old star, who has scored 23 ODI centuries along with 49 fifties for Windies, will be returning to the 50-over side for the three-match series against England as preparations for CWC19, which starts 30 May, get underway in full earnest.

When on-song, Gayle can destroy the most potent of bowling attacks and the left-hander reminded England's bowlers of the threat he possesses. He feels his body is in good shape and is trying to keep up with the younger people in the team, who are 'like cats' on the field.



It is also very likely to be Gayle's final ODI series in the Caribbean, and the big man is keen to put on a show. The venue for the first ODI, the Kensington Oval in Barbados, is where Gayle played his most recent List A game, which was his farewell game for Jamaica against Barbados. Gayle had knocked a brisk century then, and hopes to draw on that confidence.


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