Interesting stat regarding Gayle the failer

Versus Sri Lanka in the 2012 WC T20 final, Gayle made 3 off 16 balls

Versus Sri Lanka in the 2014 WC semi final, Gayle made 3 off 13 balls

Current 2014 World T20 : 


Player         Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave
DJG Sammy 5* 5 4 101 42* 101.00
CH Gayle 5* 5 0 143 53 28.60
DJ Bravo 5* 5 1 103 46 25.75
DR Smith 5* 5 0 125 72 25.00
MN Samuels 5* 5 1 86 20 21.50
LMP Simmons 5* 5 0 88 31 17.60
AD Russell 5* 3 1 7 7 3.50

Hmmm Gayle has not done much of anything against anyone this World Champs!

Gayle has 143 runs ....no one else close 

143 runs is pathetic considering the average, strike rate and balls faced.

143 runs is on the Tins.

Smith comes closest at 125 ...

Bravo at 103.


RUNS win Matches....

Openers accumulate runs and fool people into thinking their stats are good. Tendulkar fools people in the same way in ODIs, when his average is actually 35 outside India and not vs minnows. All Smith's WC runs came in the Bangladesh game. Aside from Sammy and Dwayne, our batsmen havent been batting at over a run a ball.

Ita all rain water and Hail undah de bridge now :

so says Duckworth Lewis

Next time we gonna buss dem ass !  8)

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143 runs is pathetic considering the average, strike rate and balls faced.
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Gayle to me was a conundrum .... as not in form.  Leave him as opener or move him down the order. :-\

If moved down the order ... still there was the problem of him not running singles and two's because of his inability ...... or mobility reluctance to do ...and if teamed with liability Elegance ... Oh well !!