Latt and Authentic news about Chris Gayle, Cricket, Wt Indi, 2023

Contents:

• JOE ROOT PRAISED FOR STANDG UP TO HOMOPHOBIA AFTER TELLG WT INDI PLAYER: ‘DON'T E AS AN SULT. THERE'S NOTHG WRONG WH BEG GAY’
• CHRIS GAYLE
• CHRIS GAYLE
• CHRIS GAYLE REACH 14,000 T20 NS AS WT INDI WRAP UP SERI AGAST ATRALIA
• CHRIS GAYLE HEIGHT, WEIGHT, AGE, BODY STATISTICS

JOE ROOT PRAISED FOR STANDG UP TO HOMOPHOBIA AFTER TELLG WT INDI PLAYER: ‘DON'T E AS AN SULT. THERE'S NOTHG WRONG WH BEG GAY’

The England cricket pta Joe Root has been wily hailed for his rponse to alleged homophobic abe after tellg an opponent that “there is nothg wrong wh beg gay” was out the middle durg the third and fal Tt Sat Lucia on Monday when he had a heated altertn wh the Wt Indi fast bowler Shannon the stump microphon did not pick up Gabriel’s ial remarks, he was spoken to about his language by the umpir at the time.

On Tuday night he was charged wh a breach of the Internatnal Cricket Council’s of nduct for g “language of a personal, sultg, obscene and/or offensive nature” UK sport mister, Mims Davi, said Root served huge praise for immediately llg out the remarks and said his actns should “serve as an example to anyone who se homophobic abe” to do the same. Her sentiment was shared by the former England hockey pta Kate Richardson-Walsh, who is gay. “The more players, fans, clubs and anisatns that stand up for equaly sport, the sooner we kick discrimatn out and make sport everyone’s game, ” she Davi, the former England wicketkeeper who me out as gay 2011, appld Root’s stance on Twter.

CHRIS GAYLE

However, his rponse to the bowler’s sledgg was immediate – wh Root tellg the Wt Indian bowler twice “Don’t e as an sult” before addg: “There’s nothg wrong wh beg gay.

CHRIS GAYLE

“Root, as England pta, stood up the middle of a Tt match to what he thought was homophobic abe and said ‘I’m not havg that’. There’s no room for homophobia on or off the cricket pch, which is why I appld what Joe Root did.

CHRIS GAYLE REACH 14,000 T20 NS AS WT INDI WRAP UP SERI AGAST ATRALIA

Homosexualy is illegal Sat Lucia, and those nvicted n face a prison sentence of between five and 10 years. Sign up to our ee sport newsletter for all the latt news on everythg om cyclg to boxgSign up to our ee sport email for all the latt newsJoe Root has been hailed as a “role mol” for standg up to alleged homophobic remarks durg the third Tt between England and the Wt Indi St Lucia.

The England pta rpond after an cint wh fast bowler Shannon Gabriel, statg: “There is nothg wrong wh beg gay. While match referee Jeff Crowe was satisfied that no homophobic language had been tected. A thstg Jamain left-hanr, Gayle earned himself a black mark on his first senr tour - to England 2000 - where the new boys were felt to be sufficiently rpectful of their elrs.

But a lack of rpect, for opposn bowlers at least, has served Gayle well sce then.

CHRIS GAYLE HEIGHT, WEIGHT, AGE, BODY STATISTICS

And this era of Twenty20 cricket, Gayle is the batsman who has thrived like no his many strengths, perhaps the biggt one is his outstandg hand-eye ordatn, which allows Gayle to regularly h even good-length liveri for boundari.

He showed early signs of his likg for that format by smashg the first century Twenty20 ternatnals - a 57-ball 117 agast South Ai the World Twenty20 2007 - and when Twenty20 leagu mhroomed the world over and sought ternatnal stars, Gayle was the biggt beneficiary.

Gayle's ee-strokg, aggrsive style is obvly bt sued for limed-overs cricket, but that don't mean he hasn't cut as a Tt batsman. However, Gayle has also shown the abily to bat long perds and the hunger to make big sr.