Chris Gayle's England affair

NatWest Series 2012

Gayle amassed a fifty but it wasn't enough to halt the England juggernaut

Three years down the line, West Indies travelled to England for a tour which looked almost like the one they had played in 2009, i.e., three Test matches, three ODIs and a one-off T20I. In the first ODI at The Rose Bowl, on the back of Ian Bell and Tim Bresnan's efforts, England defeated West Indies by 114 runs (D/L Method). Gayle missed the match due to a stress injury in his foot.

The southpaw played a solitary ODI, the second one, at Kennington Oval. He scored 53 (51) with the help of three fours and five sixes, at a strike rate of 103.92, before being found wanting in front of the stumps, to a Graeme Swann delivery.

The final ODI at Leeds was abandoned without a ball being bowled. Having won the second ODI by 8 wickets, England won the series 2-0.