NELSON (NEW ZEALAND) - Chris Gayle's big-score drought continued Monday when he was removed for 36 after the West Indies were sent in to bat against Ireland in the World Cup fixture in Nelson.
West Indian batsman Chris Gayle takes a moment out during the Cricket World Cup match between Ireland and the West Indies at Saxton Park Oval in Nelson on February 16, 2015
The big hitting opener has bagged 21 ODI centuries and 46 half-centuries in his 16-year career.
But since hitting 109 against Sri Lanka in June 2013, Gayle has now scored just 270 runs in 18 innings with his last 50 coming against Bangladesh in August last year.
Gayle's dismissal, followed by Marlon Samuels in the same George Dockrell over, left the West Indies 78-4 in the 22nd over.