Chris Gayle has responded to the criticism he received from fellow cricketers following his sexist comments during a live interview in last season's Big Bash League, with Andrew Flintoff, Chris Rogers and Ian Chappell all coming under fire in an extract from his new autobiography. In January, Gayle was fined $10,000 by his club, Melbourne Renegades, after propositioning Channel Ten's pitch-side reporter, Mel McLaughlin, during a mid-match piece to camera, in which he first asked McLaughlin out for a drink and then responded to her visible uneas with the words, "Don't blush, baby". Despite the controversy that ensued, Gayle remains unrepentant five months down the line. "Now T20 is different," he writes, in a serialized extract of his book Six Machine, published in the Times. "It's not Test cricket. It's chilled and fun and let's do things different. So when Mel asks me that question I stay in the T20 mind, and answer informal and fun. I meant it as a joke. I meant it as a little fun. I didn't mean to be disrespectful and I didn't mean it to be taken serious."
"Chris Rogers, how can you claim that when it was you and me at the bar most nights?" he wrote, "I'm not a snitch, but I've heard from your own mouth what you've done. Next time you want to open your mouth, maybe chew on a carrot instead." As for Flintoff, who wrote on Twitter after the McLaughlin incident that Gayle had made himself look a bit of a "chop", Gayle suggested - slightly bizarrely - that his criticisms were invalidated because of Flintoff's own admission, in an interview last year that he had once been run out in a Test match after taking Viagra. "Freddie Flintstone, a young boy like you taking Viagra? Don't lecture me," wrote Gayle. "The only chop Freddie knows is when he used to bowl short to me and I would chop him past backward point for four."
"Ian Chappell, calling for me to be banned worldwide. Ian Chappell, a man who was once convicted of unlawful assault in the West Indies for punching a cricket official. Ian Chappell, how can you ban the Universe Boss? You'd have to ban cricket itself." However, Somerset dismissed any suggestion that they will renege on their six-game deal with Gayle as a consequence of his comments. According to the officials, the behavior of Gayle was found to be fantastic and up-to-the-mark. This is the latest news from West Indies, however if you want to get all the latest updates with all the news, views and fantastic videos, then download Krickoo app today and get all the latest info from the cricketing world.
"Chris Rogers, how can you claim that when it was you and me at the bar most nights?" he wrote, "I'm not a snitch, but I've heard from your own mouth what you've done. Next time you want to open your mouth, maybe chew on a carrot instead." As for Flintoff, who wrote on Twitter after the McLaughlin incident that Gayle had made himself look a bit of a "chop", Gayle suggested - slightly bizarrely - that his criticisms were invalidated because of Flintoff's own admission, in an interview last year that he had once been run out in a Test match after taking Viagra. "Freddie Flintstone, a young boy like you taking Viagra? Don't lecture me," wrote Gayle. "The only chop Freddie knows is when he used to bowl short to me and I would chop him past backward point for four."
"Ian Chappell, calling for me to be banned worldwide. Ian Chappell, a man who was once convicted of unlawful assault in the West Indies for punching a cricket official. Ian Chappell, how can you ban the Universe Boss? You'd have to ban cricket itself." However, Somerset dismissed any suggestion that they will renege on their six-game deal with Gayle as a consequence of his comments. According to the officials, the behavior of Gayle was found to be fantastic and up-to-the-mark. This is the latest news from West Indies, however if you want to get all the latest updates with all the news, views and fantastic videos, then download Krickoo app today and get all the latest info from the cricketing world.