Unlike you, I don't cherry-pick Tests to try and manufacture a stat to back up your negative arguments against West Indies players that you dislike....AFRO wrote:RUBBISH!!.. he scored a ton and 50 in one test AND THEN FAILED IN THE OTHER THREE!!.. meanwhile Powell only opened against England, NZ and Bang, where he got THREE TONS, so how the feck you can claim Gayle was better is beyond me!! .mikesiva wrote:Powell in Tests in 2012, nine Tests, average 36.68.
Gayle still has the best batting average for Test openers in 2012....
On these stats, Gayle still deserves to open the batting in Tests against Zimbabwe. After that, well...we'll see.
He's failed in his last THREE TESTS, FACT!!.. so he doesn't "deserve" anything you biased, english dunce!! .
I'm judging all openers on ALL of the Tests they played in 2012. And the fact is that in 2012, Gayle had the best Test average, followed by Powell, and then the WETTs.
We'll see which one of our arguments the selectors follow....