Chris Gayle is a West Indian cricketer who captained the West Indies cricket team from 2007 to 2010. 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. 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. 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. He scored his first triple century against South Africa at Antigua Recreation Ground in May 2005. His highest score of 333—fourth highest total for the West Indies—came against Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium in November 2010. Gayle is one of four players to score two triple centuries in Test cricket. 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.

Gayle made his ODI debut in 1999 against India, and his maiden century in the format came three years later against Kenya at the Simba Union Ground. 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. Gayle has scored ODI centuries at nineteen different cricket grounds. Eighteen of his ODI centuries came at fifteen different venues outside the West Indies. Along with Shikhar Dhawan, Herschelle Gibbs, and Sourav Ganguly, Gayle holds the record for the most centuries in the ICC Champions Trophy, with three.

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. As of July 2018, he is one of nine players to have scored more than one century in the format. As of 2019, he is eleventh overall—tied with Sanath Jayasuriya—among all-time century-makers in international cricket.

Key

+ Key for centuries' lists Symbol Meaning * Remained not out Man of the match Captained the West Indies cricket team Balls Balls faced Pos. Position in the batting order Inn. The innings of the match Test The number of the Test match played in that series S/R Strike rate during the innings H/A/N Venue was at home (West Indies), away or neutral Date Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches Lost The match was lost by the West Indies. Won The match was won by the West Indies. Drawn The match was drawn.

Test centuries

+Test cricket centuries scored by Chris GayleNo. Score Balls Against Pos. Inn. TestS/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref 1 255 2 2 1/2 68.62 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away Won 2 332 1 2 2/2 61.44 Queen's Park, St. George's Home Drawn 3 120 1 2 3/4 96.66 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Away Drawn 4 159 1 3 4/4 67.20 SuperSport Park, Centurion Away Lost 5 293 2 2 1/2 48.12 Beausejour Cricket Ground, Gros Islet Home Drawn 6 87 1 3 4/4 120.68 The Oval, London Away Lost 7 483 1 2 4/4 65.63 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Home Drawn 8 396 1 3 2/2 49.74 McLean Park, Napier Away Drawn 9 193 1 2 1/5 53.88 Sabina Park, Kingston Home Won 10 170 1 2 5/5 60.00 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home Drawn 11 285 1 3 2/3 57.89 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away Drawn 12 72 1 2 3/3 141.66 WACA Ground, Perth Away Lost 13 437 1 1 1/3 76.20 Galle International Stadium, Galle Away Drawn 14 206 1 2 1/2 82.81 Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua Home Won 15 145 1 2 2/2 69.65 Windsor Park, Roseau Home Won

One Day International centuries

+ODI cricket centuries scored by Chris Gayle No. Score Balls Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref 1 150 1 1 101.33 Simba Union Ground, Nairobi Away Won 2 116 1 2 88.79 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Away Won 3 127 1 1 110.23 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Away Lost 4 107 1 2 94.39 IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara Away Won 5 151 1 1 78.80 De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley Neutral Won 6 160 2 1 95.62 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away Won 7 75 2 2 149.33 Harare Sports Club, Harare Away Won 8 153 1 1 99.34 The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Away Lost 9 165 1 2 80.00 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Away Won 10 152 1 2 86.84 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home Lost 11 137 1 2 90.51 Beausejour Cricket Ground, Gros Islet Home Lost 12 130 1 1 94.61 Sabina Park, Kingston Home Lost 13 118 1 2 88.13 Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Neutral Won 14 128 1 1 78.90 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Neutral Lost 15 135 1 2 98.51 Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Neutral Won 16 77 2 1 142.85 Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City Away Won 17 106 1 1 106.60 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral Lost 18 137 1 2 89.05 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral Lost 19 129 1 1 104.65 McLean Park, Napier Away Lost 20 107 2 1 116.82 Sabina Park, Kingston Home Won 21 100 1 2 109.00 Sabina Park, Kingston Home Won 22 147 1 1 146.25 Manuka Oval, Canberra Neutral Won 23 91 1 1 135.16 Old Hararians, Harare Neutral Won 24 129 1 1 104.65 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home Lost 25 97 1 2 167.01 Queen's Park, St. George's Home Lost

Twenty20 International centuries +T20I cricket century by Chris GayleNo. Score Balls Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref 1 117 57 1 1 205.26 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Away Lost 2 100* 48 2 2 208.33 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Neutral Won

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