Chris Gayle scored 333 runs v Sri Lanka

Posted by Yardie Luke on November 16, 2010 under Famous Jamaicans | Read the First Comment

Gayle’s Monumental achievement:

Chris Gayle became only the fourth batsman to score two triple centuries after Don Bradman (334 and 304), Brian Lara (375 and 400*) and Virender Sehwag (309 and 319).
Gayle holds the record for the highest individual score against Sri Lanka, going past Younis Khan’s 313.
Gayle went past Rohan Kanhai’s 256 to become the West Indian batsman with the highest individual score in the subcontinent.
Gayle’s 333 is the highest away score by a West Indies batsman, surpassing Viv Richards’ 291 at the Oval in 1976.
With nine sixes in his innings, Gayle holds the record for the most sixes by a West Indian batsman in a Test innings.
The 167 run stand between Brendan Nash and Gayle for the fourth wicket is the best for the West Indies against Sri Lanka and the seventh highest for the fourth wicket against Sri Lanka.