Chris Gayle Discloses the name of the Cricketer who Inspired him
Mar 17, 2018 at 12:30 PM
Star Windies batsman, Chris Gayle is one of the most dominant batsmen in the shorter formats.
Recently, he revealed the name of the cricketer who inspired him. Meanwhile, the big Jamaican is currently in Zimbabwe playing ICC World Cup Qualifiers.
Arguably, Gayle is best batsmen in the shortest format of cricket from the statistician’s point of view. He has many records to his name and has made a name for himself in smashing bowlers out of the park.
It is worth noting the cricketer who Gayle grew up watching never really played international cricket. In a recent chat, Gayle remarked that he lived near a cricket club in his childhood days. His elder brother, Vanclive Parris, played youth cricket for Jamaica.
Gayle reveals the cricketer who inspired him:
Gayle often visited the club to watch the players’ practice. It was then, a cricketer named Delroy Morgan who inspired Gayle.
Morgan was a Jamaican opening batsman who scored 2878 runs in his career spanning from 1986 to 2000. Gayle went on to admit he often missed school to watch him play.
“I grew up with a lot of cricket happening around me in my city. I lived next to Lucas Cricket Club, and I used to go and score the board and watch my older brother at that time. There were these two opening batsmen,” Gayle said.
“One of whom was Delroy Morgan, who played first-class cricket but unfortunately never eventually went on to represent the country. So, I used to watch those two as a youngster, and then obviously as you get older, you start watching international cricket. But it was them who got me started,” he added further.
The southpaw also added his family also inspired him to pursue a career in sport. His family had a lot of cricket players and cricketing stories, and that is how things started for him on the cricket field.
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