Gayle rethinking retirement decision

Chris Gayle said he is reconsidering his decision to retire after this year’s World Cup after the West Indies’ opener’s record-breaking feats in the ongoing one-day series against England.

The 39-year-old smashed a 97-ball 162 in a losing cause in Wednesday’s fourth game, and has now struck 305 ODI sixes and a record 506 in all internationals.

Gayle, who also became only the second West Indian to pass 10,000 ODI runs in Grenada, will play in his fifth World Cup in England and Wales, which starts on May 30.

“I’ve been playing a lot of T20 cricket, so it’s always going to be a difficult coming back into 50-over cricket. But eventually the body gets accustomed to the 50-over format,” he told icc-cricket.com.

“I just have to work on the body, and then maybe you can see a bit more Chris Gayle. Things change quickly.

“Hopefully, the body can change in the next couple of months and we can see what happens. What’s the matter with the body? I’m nearly 40. But could I un-retire? We’ll see. We’ll take it slowly.”

Gayle is now only 329 runs short of Brian Lara’s record tally of 10,348 ODI runs.