Published: Dec 15, 2015, 01:01 PM (IST)
Edited: Dec 15, 2015, 01:23 PM (IST)
Explosive West Indies batsman Chris Gayle, who is in Australia to take part in the Big Bash League (BBL) for the Melbourne Renegades, has hinted that he is ready to play the Boxing Day Test against Australia if West Indies wants his inclusion in the playing XI.
Gayle was terribly missed in the opening Test at Hobart where Australia crushed the visitors by 212 runs. Though he hasn’t played in the whites since 2014 — with the Bangladesh series in September being his last appearance for West Indies in the Tests — he has said he hasn’t ruled out the possibility of a Test return as yet. Read: ICC and World cricket must intervene and save the West Indies cricket.
According to ninemsn.com.au, Gayle said, “There’s no way I could have actually been part of that Test team (in Hobart), I’m just coming back off injury. I haven’t retired from the game. Next year hopefully Test cricket is on the agenda.”
The 36 year-old opener recently played a couple of games in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) for Barisal Bulls, where he hammered an unbeaten 92 off just 47 deliveries in a match-winning effort against Chittagong Vikings.
