West Indies all rounder Chris Gayle has signed with the Sydney Thunder for the opening season of the revamped Australian Twenty20 Big Bash tournament. Gayle, one of world’s leading T20 players, will join big hitting opener David Warner at the Thunder, one of two Sydney based teams in the new eight team league.
Gayle played for Western Australia in the last two seasons of Australia’s previous T20 contest, but he allegedly rejected an offer of $250,000 to stay with the Perth Scorchers. The Big Bash clubs have a salary cap of $1.06 million Australian dollars per season, with players on fixed retainers rather than match fees.
“We have invested a great deal in Gayle the past two years and he has forged some grand friendships here in the west.” Perth coach Mickey Arthur said the loss of Gayle was a blow, but other top international players were being pursued. “There is no hesitation that Gayle is one of the most dangerous Twenty20 players in world cricket and it would have been great to have him on board with the Scorchers,” Arthur said.
Gayle played for Western Australia in the last two seasons of Australia’s previous T20 contest, but he allegedly rejected an offer of $250,000 to stay with the Perth Scorchers. The Big Bash clubs have a salary cap of $1.06 million Australian dollars per season, with players on fixed retainers rather than match fees.
“We have invested a great deal in Gayle the past two years and he has forged some grand friendships here in the west.” Perth coach Mickey Arthur said the loss of Gayle was a blow, but other top international players were being pursued. “There is no hesitation that Gayle is one of the most dangerous Twenty20 players in world cricket and it would have been great to have him on board with the Scorchers,” Arthur said.
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