West Indies skipper Chris Gayle has won the toss and opted to field first in the first one day international match against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on Sunday.

Australian team has made two changes in the team that played against Pakistan in the last ODI at the Perth. Adam Voges and Clint McKay have been dropped while Shane Watson and D Bollinger have been included in the Australian squad.

Chris Gayle, leading the West Indies team in the second test match of the series against Australia has scored a tricky ton, while going against his arrogant batting temper. Australia knocked out three wickets before the tea time but Chris Gayle managed to stick on the crease and add hundred and three runs to his team's total.

Gayle had a best of 71 runs against Australia in the year 2003. Now this time leading the team as captain, Gayle steered the team into a strong position, from where they can smell the victory. Gayle hit 12 handy boundaries, all of them well timed drives along the ground through the leg side or straight back past the bowlers.

Melbourne, Nov 30 : West Indies captain Chris Gayle has slammed the newly introuduced vedio referral system, saying that the new technology is still not fool-proof.

The Umpires' Decision Review System (UDRS) has come into effect in the ongoing Test series between Australia and West Indies and New Zealand and Pakistan.

The new referral system has been upgraded after captains pointed out loopholes in technology when it was first introduced last year.

Melbourne, Nov 30 : A defiant Chris Gayle says he is not stepping down from the West Indies captaincy after the side's embarrassing loss to Australia in the first Test, and feels he is the right person to lead the team out of the crisis.

Gayle said calls for his head have been growing after West Indies' humiliating innings and 65-run drubbing by Australia at Gabba.

"When you have a bad loss like this, it's to be expected that a lot of people are going to speculate over my captaincy. Some say I am not the right person for the job.

Melbourne, Nov. 30 : A defiant West Indies cricket captain Chris Gayle has said that that he won''t quit Test captaincy despite his team’s humiliating innings and 44 run defeat to Australia in last week’s Gabba Test.

According to Fox Sports, in a News Limited column, Gayle says he has the respect and support of his players and will not walk away from the captaincy.

Brisbane (Australia), Nov. 29 : Under fire skipper Chris Gayle has described his team’s first Test defeat to Australia at the Gabba as a "disaster".

Australia secured victory by an innings and 65 runs.

Starting the day at 5-134, the Windies were rolled over for 228 in the first innings, and crashed to 187 at their second attempt.

The stars ffrom Australia were fast bowler Ben Hilfenhaus (5/70) and off-spinner Nathan Hauritz (5/57).

Brisbane, Nov 25 : West Indies skipper Chris Gayle has said his team should leave behind the problematic build-up that they have had to the first Test at the Gabba and play like professionals.

Gayle has missed practice games ahead of the Frank Worrell Trophy to attend his sick mom, and arrived back in Brisbane on Wednesday morning barely 24 hours before the three-Test series opener gets underway.

Sydney, Nov 25 : West Indies skipper Chris Gayle has vowed to score a century for his ill mother in the first Test of the Frank Worrell Trophy starting Thursday.

Gayle''s mother, Heazlyn Gilroy, was admitted to the Medical Associates Hospital in Kingston last week with a heart problem, forcing Gayle to immediately rush back from Brisbane to Jamaica and putting in doubt his participation in the first Test.

However, his mother made a speedy recovery and was released from the hospital on Saturday, allowing the 30-year-old to fly back.

Brisbane, Nov 18 - West Indies captain Chris Gayle flew back home from the tour of Australia to attend to his ailing mother.

Gayle withdrew from the tour match against Queensland, which began at Allan Border Field Wednesday, just an hour before the toss after hearing the news of his mother being gravely ill and admitted to hospital in Jamaica.

Team Manager Joel Garner said that Gayle was granted time off to be with his mother.

Vice captain Denesh Ramdin will lead the team in Gayle's absence.

Melbourne, Nov 18 : West Indies captain Chris Gayle is likely to miss the entire Australian tour because he is returning to the Caribbean to take care of a seriously ill mother.

The opening batsman was scheduled to play in the opening tour match against Queensland at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane today, but will leave for home immediately.

It is a massive blow to the Windies with the First Test starting in Brisbane next week. West Indies officials could not say whether Gayle would rejoin the tour later.

Brisbane, Nov 16 : West Indies skipper Chris Gayle has said his team has the ability to defy expectations and win their first Test series in Australia since 1992-93.

“Australia and every team is beatable, don''t be surprised if it happens, The Herald Sun quoted Gayle, as saying.

“The players'' strike has set us back, but at the same time we have to move forward and forget about what has happened in the past. It''s a rebuilding process,” he added.

London, Nov 14 : West Indies skipper Chris Gayle has maintained his characteristic cool on comments made by former captain Vivian Richards about his commitment and attitude.

Richards had called on the reinstated skipper to “show that he wants to represent his people”.

“That''s life. You deal with the situation that occurs and move on. It doesn''t make sense to have a fight with each other. We''re all West Indian,” The Age quoted Gayle, as saying.

West Indies skipper Chris Gayle has signed a contract with Western Australia, and given his consent to play for Retravision Warriors in the Australian domestic twenty20 tournament.

Gayle has been one of the destructive batsmen in the world, who has played 12 T20 internationals and scored 454 runs at an average of 41.27, and has also taken 7 wickets at an average of 27.

In a significant move, West Indies skipper Chris Gayle had rubbished rumors that his side would boycott the rest of the ODI series against England because of another dispute with the national cricket board.

Speaking on this, Gayle said, “There wasn't any threat made about boycotting any games, not to my knowledge. If the game wasn't supposed to go on, I'd be home cocking up my legs now.”

Wellington, Jan. 14 : West Indies captain Chris Gayle has stormed his way back to the number one place in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen after a series of fine performances against New Zealand.

AN ICC media release said the 29-year-old Jamaican has gained five places in the rankings to knock India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Australia's Michael Hussey down to second and third place.