Chris Gayle and Oshane Thomas starred as the Windies thrashed England by seven wickets in the final ODI in St Lucia to level the five-match series 2-2.

The 39-year-old Gayle, playing in what may be his final home ODI, s??mashed 77 off just 27 balls after England had been skittled out for 113 i?n 28.1 overs, with Oshane Thomas doing the most damage with five wickets.

Just three days after the visitors had posted 418 against the same attack, the West Indies, who won the Test series between the two sides 2-1, this time needed just 12.1 overs to race to their target at 115-3, thanks to yet another ‘Gaylestorm’.

The southpaw hit the fastest-ever ODI half-century by a West Indian, surpassing Darren Sammy’s 20-ball fifty scored against South Africa almost a decade back in 2010. Gayle scored 135 and 162 in the first and fourth ODIs to power the Windies to 350-plus totals though they ended the second-best on both occasions.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

Universe Boss for a reason. 27 ball 77 from the big man, raining sixes at will , what an entertainer @henrygayle

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) March 2, 2019

//twitter.com/KP24/status/1101899899484942336

Itโ€™s Daren Sammy with the 1 โ€œrโ€?!@darensammy88 ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ //t.co/GaE75DSDga

— Dean Jones AM (@ProfDeano) March 3, 2019

At times we take for granted special players of our time, @henrygayle is a player of a generation. #universeboss
#WIvENG #ODI series – 424 runs, 39 sixes, 2 x ๐Ÿ’ฏ

Career
Tests – 103 matches
ODIโ€™s – 289 matches
T20โ€™s – 369 matches pic.twitter.com/wIxNrSvYeI

— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) March 3, 2019

The greatest entertainer in cricket history. Congrats @henrygayle ๐Ÿ‘ //t.co/QK7XaSBADV

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 2, 2019

Proud of this yute oshanethomas2265 up top! Ofcourse the legend left his mark in the Caribbean in ODI cricket with the man of the series @henrygayle but on a whole very well done to theโ€?//t.co/mU0dfIqaj7

— Jason Holder (@Jaseholder98) March 2, 2019

So Chris Gayle signs off from ODI cricket in the West Indies with 77(27)! Some player! #UniverseBoss

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 2, 2019

//twitter.com/isaguha/status/1101907030938476544

Chris Gayle is having a tur?bo charged series! 77 off 27 balls! What a knock!

— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) March 2, 2019

Oh magnificent stuff from @henrygayle ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿ‘ #nevertoold ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿป๐Ÿ˜Ž๐ŸŒด What a bounce back from @windiescricket in #Stlucia Congrats Caribbean guys ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ˜Ž

— Danny Morrison (@SteelyDan66) March 2, 2019

Get the Universe Boss signed up for the 100 ASAP please ….

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 2, 2019

So proud of Oshane Thomas ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ #WIvEng

— Tino95 (@tinobest) March 2, 2019

The game will be poorer when Crystal Gayle retir??es !!

— Nasser Hussain (@nassercricket) March 2, 2019

Gayle has taken six hitting to a new easiness. Simply phenomenal #WIvENG

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) March 2, 2019

Universe Boss ๐Ÿ //t.co/yZlwUxEp0c

— Carlos Brathwaite (@CRBrathwaite26) March 3, 2019

Series ends 2-2 .. some excellent perfor??mances on both sides .. very entertaining

— David 'Bumble' Lloyd (@BumbleCricket) March 2, 2019

From the sublime to the ridiculous….thatโ€™s how England plays ODI cricket. On good days (admittedly there are more of them) they are exceptionally good. On bad days…they are shockingly bad. #WIvEng

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 2, 2019

Oshane Thomas 5-21 vs the worlds No1 team. I donโ€™t begrudge him at all. When he has to bowl on such a good batting surface in Grenada one game ago. Then make hay etc when you get on a bouncy one. Howโ€™s Englandโ€™s batting in Odiโ€™s when the pitch isnโ€™t a batting pa?radise?

— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) March 2, 2019

For latest cricket news & updates, visit betvisa68.com.