Gayle granted 'compassionate' leave
West Indies captain Chris Gayle has been granted compassionate leave to be with his sick mother and has not been dropped from the squad, West Indies Cricket Board chief executive Ernest Hilaire said on Wednesday.
The inspirational Gayle -- who led his team to a shock 128-run first-Test victory at the end of December 2007, impressing throughout with his leadership and brutal stroke-making -- will return home on Tuesday after suffering what has since proved to be a tour-ending thumb injury in his team's second-Test loss in Cape Town earlier this month.