Gayle - IPL not the priority

Jamaican available for West Indies' Test series against Australia

Last updated: 10th April 2008

Chris Gayle West Indies Sep 07

Gayle: plans to play against Australia

We haven't discussed anything but we know the rules already, you have to get permission from your board, so obviously it is more than likely you have to come back and play.

Chris Gayle
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West Indies captain Chris Gayle intends to return home from the Indian Premier League in order to play in the first Test against Australia.

Gayle, 28, has signed an $800,000 a year contract with the IPL's Kolkata franchise. The inaugural tournament starts on April 18 and lasts for six weeks.

There were doubts that Gayle - along with fellow West Indies internationals Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul - would be willing to return home from the lucrative competition for the series opener against Australia, which starts in Jamaica on May 22.

"We haven't discussed anything but we know the rules already, you have to get permission from your board, so obviously it is more than likely you have to come back and play," said Gayle.

"I don't know about the other two," he added when asked about the intentions of Chanderpaul and Sarwan.