Christopher Henry "Chris" Gayle (born 21 September 1979 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican cricketer who currently plays international cricket for the West Indies. He captained the West Indies' Test side from 2007--10. He plays domestic cricket for Jamaica, and has also represented Worcestershire, the Western Warriors and the Kolkata Knight Riders. He is currently signed with Royal Challenger Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League. He is one of only four players who have scored two triple centuries at Test level: 317 against South Africa in 2005, and 333 against Sri Lanka in 2010. Test centuries The following table illustrates a summary of the Test centuries scored by Chris Gayle. In the column Runs, * indicates being not out. The column title Match refers to the Match Number of his career. Test Centuries of Chris Gayle[20] # Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result 1 175 10 Zimbabwe Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Queens Sports Club 2001 Won 2 204 23 New Zealand St. George's, Grenada National Cricket Stadium 2002 Drawn 3 116 36 South Africa Cape Town, South Africa Newlands 2004 Drawn 4 107 37 South Africa Centurion, South Africa SuperSport Park 2004 Lost 5 141 42 Bangladesh Gros Islet, St Lucia Beausejour Cricket Ground 2004 Drawn 6 105 47 England London, England The Oval 2004 Lost 7 317 50 South Africa St. John's, Antigua Antigua Recreation Ground 2005 Drawn 8 197 75 New Zealand Napier, New Zealand McLean Park 2008 Drawn ...

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