Gayle still a force

Chris Gayle, winner in 2006, is making waves again in this year's Sky Sports International Sixes League.

Sky Sports International Sixes League

Former winner Chris Gayle has not given up hope of reclaiming his 2006 Sky Sports International Sixes League crown quite yet. After a relatively quiet year by his standards, he suddenly came to life in the final of the Scotiabank Tri Series in Canada. He slammed six sixes in his whirlwind century to move into third place overall. One crumb of comfort for defeated finalists Canada is that they appear to have unearthed a big hitter of their own. Rizwan Cheema has already hit 12 sixes of his own in his first three One Day Internationals. However, this week saw the long-standing world record for sixes in a One Day innings beaten by Gayle's West Indian team-mate Xavier Marshall. On August 22, playing against the hapless Canadians, he launched 12 hits over the boundary - to beat the previous record of 11 - shared by Sanath Jayasuriya and Shahid Afridi, which had stood since 1996.

SKY SPORTS INTERNATIONAL SIXES LEAGUE Latest standings - as of 20 August
Player	Team	Test	ODI	20/20	TOTAL	Balls
Brendon McCullum	NZ	10	26	2	38	1,182
Virender Sehwag	Ind	16	14	0	30	1,637
Dwayne Bravo	WI	12	4	5	21	1,095
Chris Gayle	WI	6	14	0	20	764
Yuvrai Singh	Ind	0	19	0	19	695
Paul Collingwood	Eng	3	12	4	19	1,442
Sanath Jayasuriya	SL	0	18	0	18	482
Misbah-ul-Haq	Pak	0	13	5	18	520
Ross Taylor	NZ	5	9	4	18	1,310
Andrew Symonds	Aus	10	6	0	16	1,267

LAST SEASON'S FINAL STANDINGS

SKY SPORTS INTERNATIONAL SIXES LEAGUE 2007 final standings
Player	Team	Test	ODI	20/20	TOTAL	Balls
Yuvraj Singh	Ind	1	33	15	49	1775
Matthew Hayden	Aus	1	35	13	49	2508
Sanath Jayasuriya	SL	2	28	7	37	1253
MS Dhoni	Ind	10	23	4	37	2046
Adam Gilchrist	Aus	3	20	12	35	1313
Jacob Oram	NZ	-	23	11	34	740
Craig McMillan	NZ	-	19	13	32	700
Brendon McCullum	NZ	-	26	5	31	1074
Sourav Ganguly	Ind	9	22	-	31	3465
Herschelle Gibbs	SA	-	27	2	29	1767
AB de Villiers	SA	1	26	2	29	2163