Chris Gayle raises $11,500 for Flood victims

[Gotham Cronie]

This after hitting 6,6,6,4,4,6 in an over earlier in the tournament. http://www.cricketaustralia.tv/articles/20110110/kfc-big-bash-nsw-v-wa_2271494_2262507 His scores are: 22 (19) 61 (30) 6 (2) 1 (3) 92 (40)

A brutal display of Big Bash batting from West Indian Chris Gayle has lifted the Warriors to an easy 32-run win over Queensland at the Gabba - eliminating the Bulls from the competition. On a night where the focus of the crowd was on how much would be raised for the Queensland Flood Appeal - a local brewery pledged $500 for each four and $1000 for each six - Gayle stepped up to the plate with a sensational 92 off just 40 balls, raising $11,500 along the way off his own bat with seven boundaries and eight sixes, including the biggest of the summer at 120 metres. It was an innings of sheer brutality as he punished short, length and full deliveries, peppering the long on boundary with his powerful drives. He was well supported by pocket rocket Liam Davis (53 off 46) with the pair putting on 144 for the opening partnership off just 12.5 overs. Despite the middle order stumbling, the visitors still managed to crack 200, with Luke Ronchi (22 off 17) and Tom Beaton (21 off 10) finding the boundaries late. The total looked too big for Queensland, a side that lacks the sheer brutality with the bat that other states possess. It proved to be so as they fell well behind the required rate in the middle overs, despite the best efforts of Michael Lumb (42 off 33) and Nathan Reardon (56 off 45). The game was in stark contrast to the one the previous night at the same venue, with bat dominating ball on a more tame Gabba pitch - noticeably flatter the second time around. Western Australia will now face Tasmania on Thursday at Bellerive - the winner will go into the preliminary final with the possibility of hosting it should the Bulls pull off an unlikely win over the Blues on Saturday night. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausdomestic-2010/content/story/498276.html

[Sir_Afridi]

What a player :hatsoff: He will break Sachin 200 record in WC.

[Chaos]

What a player :hatsoff: He will break Sachin 200 record in WC.

:hysterical::hysterical:

[Zelig]

Got this from CC.com :icflove: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sLHfR3qtS4]YouTube - Chris Gayle 92 (40) vs Queensland, 2010/11 KFC Big Bash[/ame] The six at 1:30 :woot:

[Sachinism]

^^ Coulda just said 'got it from youtube' Thats where I watched it :P

[Watson87]

Gayle can single handedly destroy any teams in the world, just hope he scores a 0 against us Those sixes were brutal

[Zelig]

^^ Coulda just said 'got it from youtube' Thats where I watched it :P

I saw it first on CC. Felt I should give some props to them :((

[Sachinism]

I saw it first on CC. Felt I should give some props to them :((

Maybe you should give the rules a look over

[Zelig]

:((

[Hindustani]

What a player :hatsoff: He will break Sachin 200 record in WC.

and that will act as burnol for you burntasses :hysterical: on serious note, I am certainly expecting Gayle/Viru to score 200 in next 24 months, as the barrier has been broken, expect it to happen more and more.

[Sir john]

gayle what a player, :kkr: will miss him.

[achilles]

He sure knows how to make his absence (in the IPL) felt.

[Sachin=GOD]

What a player :hatsoff: He will break Sachin 200 record in WC.

what about Sir_Afridi??? Won't he do it :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[Zero_Unit]

what about Sir_Afridi??? Won't he do it :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

Maybe he can break the record of eating 200 cricket balls :two_thumbs_up: