Chris Gayle's magnificent all-round performance by Rajesh Kumar

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CH Gayle

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Chris Gayle, with his career-best performance of five for 46, followed by 60 off 68 balls against Australia in the seventh and final Limited-Overs International at St.George's, Grenada on June 1, 2003, became the second West Indian all-rounder after Vivian Richards and the eleventh in the world to post a 50-plus and to claim 5 or more wickets in the same match.

Vivian Richards is the only one to post a hundred as well as to capture 5 wickets in the same match in the history of Limited-Overs Internationals, having accomplished the feat against New Zealand at Dunedin in 1986-87.

Incidentally, Chris Gayle is the only one amongst the eleven all-rounders to have achieved the feat of 50-plus runs + five wickets in the same match against Australia.

The eleven all-rounders with 50-plus runs and 5 or more wickets in the same match are:

 
Runs + Wkts. Allrounder    For   Opponents  Venue          Season 
63*  + 6/25  S.B.Styris    NZ   West Indies Port of Spain  2002
54   + 6/49  L.Klusener    SA   Sri Lanka   Lahore         1997-98
57   + 5/24  M.E.Waugh     Aus. West Indies Melbourne      1992-93
53   + 5/26  R.C.Irani     Eng. India       The Oval       2002
70   + 5/27  K.Srikkanth   Ind. New Zealand Vishakhapatnam 1988-89
80   + 5/33  G.A.Hick      Eng. Zimbabwe    Harare         1999-00
71*  + 5/34  S.C.Ganguly   Ind. Zimbabwe    Kanpur         2000-01
61   + 5/40  Shahid Afridi Pak. England     Lahore         2000-01
119  + 5/41  IVA Richards  W.I. N.Zealand   Dunedin        1986-87
60   + 5/46  C.H.Gayle     W.I. Australia   St.George's    2002-03
70*  + 5/48  Abdul Razzaq  Pak. India       Bellerive      1999-00

(Article: Copyright © 2003 Rajesh Kumar)