But he also stood up for West Indies in tough conditions and pitches, who can forget his 100 at the WACA back in 2009. Not too many touring openers, have found success at the WACA, forget about scoring a century.  Only 10 touring openers, have been able to score a century at the WACA and Gayle's one of them.

Despite ending up on the losing side, by a close margin Gayle was awarded the Man of the Match Award for his century at the WACA.

If we talk about openers against SENA countries in the 2000s, only Mathew Hayden (12) has more test centuries than Gayle(10) against these nations.

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