WI needs Gayle to lead from the front

By Tony Cozier

IT IS only his second match at home as West Indies cap-tain but the Test starting at the Queen’s Park Oval presents a timely examination of Chris Gayle’s leadership.
Such an unlikely choice to fill the breach left by Ramnaresh Sarwan’s injury on the tour of England last summer that his nomination by the selectors was originally rejected by the WICB, the laid-back Jamaican soon produced the inspiration that lifted his team.