ISLAMABAD – West Indian opening batsman Chris Gayle has became the all-timehighest West Indian run-scorer in one-day international cricket aftersurpassing the previous record of 10,405 runs held by Brian Lara.
Going into the second ODI of the three-match series against India at theQueen’s Park Oval in Trinidad, Gayle needed just nine runs to surpass theprevious record. The 39-year-old opening batsman played 21 deliveriesbefore slashing left-arm seamer Khaleel Ahmed to the backward-pointboundary and lifted his overall tally to 10,408 runs.
This match was already an historic landmark for Gayle as it is his 300thODI, taking him past Lara’s 299 as the most by a West Indian in the 50overs-per-side format.
