Chris Gayle after Jamaica farewell at end of glittering West Indies career

Gayle joked that he would love to take on another World Cup with West Indies - as it happens, another tournament is less than a year away, in Australia - but that the selectors might have other thoughts

Chris Gayle wants to end his international career in front of fans on his home island of Jamaica.

Gayle made 15 and claimed a wicket on Saturday as West Indies bowed out of the T20 World Cup with defeat by Australia.

His teammate Dwayne Bravo confirmed that the match would be his last in the interational arena, but Gayle hinted in a Facebook chat with the ICC after the game that he was not quite ready to make his exit just yet. 

"I didn’t announce any retirement but [if] they actually give me one game in Jamaica to go in front of my home crowd, then I can say ‘hey guys, thank you so much,” he said.

^{Chris Gayle played in what is expected to be his last World Cup game on Saturday}

Gayle joked that he would love to take on another World Cup with West Indies - as it happens, another tournament is less than a year away, in Australia - but that the selectors might have other thoughts.

The 42-year-old has 14,321 runs in 453 T20 games, at an average of 36.44.

"I’ve been through a lot of struggles. But I’ve had a phenomenal career," he said.

"I want to give thanks to actually be standing here today, aged 42 still going strong. I’ve shed blood, I’ve shed tears in West Indies cricket, you name it, one leg, one hand."

Bravo, meanwhile, intends to play franchise cricket despite calling time on his Windies career.

"I will continue playing franchise cricket for a few more years as long as my body will allow me to," he said. "My aim was to retire a few years ago, but with a change of presidency and change of leadership comes a change of heart, and I wanted to give back to West Indies because I was still in a good place physically and enjoy my cricket.

^{Dwayne Bravo has retired from international cricket}

"I had a brief chat with [captain Kieron] Pollard and said, would I like to come back and play in the shortest format, which is my specialty. And they gave me the opportunity to play again, and I'm very grateful for that.

"Obviously one year was hampered by the pandemic which none of us had control over but I commit myself to play for another two years for West Indies and obviously one was spoiled by the pandemic.

"So I think this was the right moment for me to walk away from the game, and allow the next generation and young players who I share a very good friendship with to come through. They still see me around but more passing information around as policy and trying to give my experience back to the next group of players, and hopefully they can also have a 12 to 18-year career as well."

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