List of international cricket centuries by Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle
Gayle has scored 42 centuries for the West Indies.

Chris Gayle is a West Indian cricketer who captained the West Indies cricket team from 2007 to 2010.[1] A left-handed batsman, he has scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches on fifteen and twenty-five occasions respectively. He has also scored century in Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket on two occasions. Gayle made his Test debut in March 2000 against Zimbabwe, scoring 33 and 0.[2] He made his first Test century the following year, scoring 175 against the same team during the first match of the 2001 series between the teams.[3] Gayle's first double century came in June 2002 against New Zealand when he scored 204 in a man of the match performance in Queen's Park.[4] He scored his first triple century against South Africa at Antigua Recreation Ground in May 2005.[5] His highest score of 333—fourth highest total for the West Indies—came against Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium in November 2010.[6][n 1] Gayle is one of four players to score two triple centuries in Test cricket.[n 2] He has scored centuries against seven different opponents, and has been most successful against New Zealand and South Africa, making three against each of them. He has scored Test centuries at twelve different cricket grounds, including eight at venues outside the West Indies.[9][10]

Gayle made his ODI debut in 1999 against India,[11] and his maiden century in the format came three years later against Kenya at the Simba Union Ground.[12] His highest score of 215 came during the 2015 Cricket World Cup against Zimbabwe at the Manuka Oval, Canberra. With five scores over 150 in ODIs, he is joint-third in the list.[n 3] Gayle has scored ODI centuries at nineteen different cricket grounds. Eighteen of his ODI centuries came at fifteen different venues outside the West Indies.[14][15] Along with Shikhar Dhawan, Herschelle Gibbs, and Sourav Ganguly, Gayle holds the record for the most centuries in the ICC Champions Trophy, with three.[16]

Having made his first T20I appearance in February 2006, Gayle became the first player to score a century in the format when he made 117 against South Africa in the first match of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20.[17] As of July 2018, he is one of nine players to have scored more than one century in the format.[19] As of 2019, he is eleventh overall—tied with Sanath Jayasuriya—among all-time century-makers in international cricket.[20]

  1. ^ "Chris Gayle sacked as a captain". The Guardian. 17 October 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Zimbabwe tour of West Indies, 1999/00 – 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  3. ^ "West Indies tour of Zimbabwe, 2001: Clive Lloyd Trophy – 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  4. ^ "New Zealand tour of West Indies, 2002: New Zealand in West Indies Test Series – 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  5. ^ "South Africa tour of West Indies, 2005: Sir Vivian Richards Trophy – 4th Test". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  6. ^ "West Indies tour of Sri Lanka, 2010/11: West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series – 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Records / West Indies / Test matches / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  8. ^ "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Most runs in an innings". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  9. ^ "Chris Gayle – Test matches – Centuries at home venues". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  10. ^ "Chris Gayle – Test matches – Centuries at venues outside England". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  11. ^ "Chris Gayle". Espncricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  12. ^ "West Indies tour of Kenya, 2001: West Indies in Kenya ODI Series – 1st Test". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  13. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Runs scored (descending) / Greater than or equal to 150". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  14. ^ "Chris Gayle – ODI matches – Centuries at home venues". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  15. ^ "Chris Gayle – ODI matches – Centuries at venues outside England". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  16. ^ "Records in ICC Champions Trophy (ICC KnockOut) / Most hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  17. ^ "ICC World Twenty20, 1st Match, Group A: South Africa v West Indies". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 13 April 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  18. ^ "Record / Twenty20 Internationals / Batting record / Most runs in an innings". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 14 June 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  19. ^ The others are Brendon McCullum, Evin Lewis, Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Finch, KL Rahul, Martin Guptill, Colin Munro and Rohit Sharma.[18]
  20. ^ "Records – Combined Test, ODI and T20I records / Batting records / Most hundreds in career". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2013.


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