Women cricket fans (or female reporters for that matter) who blush easily might want to use the necessary make up (concealer) when attending cricket matches this month end with the news that T20 superstar opener Chris Gayle will be heading to Guyana to participate in the Unity Cricket T20 encounter at the Providence National Stadium. Gayle recently stirred up a bit of a hornet’s nest when he indulged in a bit of banter with a female Australia reporter.
“Your eyes are beautiful, hopefully we can win this game and then we can have a drink after as well. Don’t blush, baby,” Gayle reportedly told Chanel TEN reporter Mel Laughlin following a Big Bash game last Monday in Hobart.
He was subsequently fined US$7000 and there has since been widespread calls for him to be banned from the league.
Another Big Bash cricketer Andre Fletcher is also expected to play in the eagerly-awaited Unity Cricket T20 and fun day spectacular set for January 30 at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
Gayle, who has since apologized, will certainly be looking to put the issue behind him and thrill the Guyanese cricket fans with his spectacular exploits which only he can provide.
The 36-year-old Jamaican is without question the most dominant batsman in T20 cricket.
He has scored an extraordinary 16 centuries and 53 fifties from 231 T20 games with an unbeaten 175, the highest score in the history of the format.
Fletcher, the 28-year-old Grenada-born batsman is another prolific run-scorer in the shortest format with nine half-centuries. The two will join forces with other West Indies teammates such as Lendl Simmons, wayne Smith, Darren Sammy, Rayad Emrit, Krishmar Santokie, Nicholas Pooran, Sulieman Benn and Samuel Badree.
Organizers also promised that another world-ranked T20 spinner is expected to confirm his availability by mid-January. Meanwhile, in the Guyana camp, ex-Guyana/West Indies skipper Ramnaresh Sarwan will lead the local side with stars such as Devendra Bishoo, Veerasammy Permaul, Jonathon Foo, Gudakesh Motie, Chris Barnwell, Raymond Reifer, Javon Searles, Leon Johnson, Anthony Bramble and Rajendra Chandrika on display. Tickets for the entire day are $2000 and will go on sale two weeks before the event.
