There's a good ten years between the Englishman and the well accomplished West Indian but how do they compare when looking at they T20 and ODI debuts.
The 35 year old, Gayle's first came about in 1999 when he played against India, he scored 1 run off of 8 balls, his strike rate was 12.50. Alex's ODI debut came earlier this year, he like Gayle face India he managed 40 runs off of 63 balls, 5 of them creeping away to the rope that surrounds the field. His strike rate was 63.49 but what do they both average? Gayle averages 37.33 where as Hales averages 19.83 but has only played a minute 6 matches compared to Chris's 258 games, Gayles highest score is 153* and Hales' is 42.
Looking at the T20's Chris Gayle's debut was in 2006 where he faced New Zealand he scored 10 runs off of 12 balls, 2 of them ran away to the boundary, his strike rate was 13.33 and he has an average of 32.60. So what did Alex manage? On his debut in 2011 he faced India once again, he scored 0 runs from 2 balls, hmmmm... But things got better, his average is 37.92 better than Gayles and his highest score is 116* 1 less than King Chris but he doesn't have that magic asterix above his highest score.
Could England have the next flawless talent amongst them? We'll it certainly looks that way when looking at the statistics but as we all know cricket is a funny game and shapes and moulds players in strange ways. He could be one of many one hit wonders or he could develop into an English miracle who could certainly save games for England in the ever so near future.
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