Coach says Gayle still has much to offer West Indies

WELLINGTON, Jan 4 (AP): West Indies cricket coach Stuart Law has defended out-of-form batsman Chris Gayle, saying critics who suggest his international career may be over "write him off at your peril."

The 38-year-old Gayle scored only 38 runs in four innings on the West Indies' disastrous tour to New Zealand which ended Wednesday with a 119-run loss in the third Twenty20 international.

The tourists lost the two-match test series 2-0, the three-match one-day series 3-0 and the Twenty20 2-0 with one match washed out.

Gayle missed one of the one-day matches with a reported virus. He was out for a duck in his latest innings on Wednesday.