<p>Talismanic opener Chris Gayle has pushed back on suggestions that his wicket is key to the West Indies fortunes in the one-day international series against New Zealand.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The left-hander has been in superb form with a century and three half-centuries from four innings of the series, as the West Indies have swept the first four games of the limited overs series.<br /><br />New Zealand felt getting Gayle’s wicket would be crucial to unraveling the West Indies batting, but the Jamaican said the Caribbean side had other capable match-winners.<br /><br />“When you look at the last home series against Australia, I wasn’t here, other guys got runs — Pollard got a hundred and others did well,” Gayle told reporters. “So far in this series, I have made the most runs, Smithy (Dwayne Smith) got runs and Marlon (Samuels) scored a good hundred in the last game,” he said.</p>
<p>Talismanic opener Chris Gayle has pushed back on suggestions that his wicket is key to the West Indies fortunes in the one-day international series against New Zealand.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The left-hander has been in superb form with a century and three half-centuries from four innings of the series, as the West Indies have swept the first four games of the limited overs series.<br /><br />New Zealand felt getting Gayle’s wicket would be crucial to unraveling the West Indies batting, but the Jamaican said the Caribbean side had other capable match-winners.<br /><br />“When you look at the last home series against Australia, I wasn’t here, other guys got runs — Pollard got a hundred and others did well,” Gayle told reporters. “So far in this series, I have made the most runs, Smithy (Dwayne Smith) got runs and Marlon (Samuels) scored a good hundred in the last game,” he said.</p>