ABU DHABI (AP) - Australia closed in on a semifinal place at the Men’s T20 World Cup with an eight-wicket trashing of already eliminated West Indies in Abu Dhabi.
David Warner hit an unbeaten 89 off 56 balls and Mitch Marsh 53 as Australia chased 158 with 22 deliveries to spare.
Earlier, West Indies posted 157-7, captain Kieron Pollard scoring 44 and Josh Hazlewood taking 4-39.
Australia can still be eliminated if South Africa record a large victory over England.
He treated the crowd to two sixes before being bowled by Pat Cummins for 15.
The 42-year-old has struggled in the World Cup, scoring 55 runs in five innings, and now has one half-century in his last 31 Twenty20 international innings.
He walked off with his bat and helmet raised to the crowd and was embraced by his team-mates on the boundary.
Gayle returned with multiple parts of his kits and was signing data-x-items and handing them to the crowd in the clearest sign yet that he will call time on a glistening career that has brought him almost 20,000 international runs.
West Indies, abject with the bat in this tournament, produced a much improved performance against Australia, taking 50 off the six-over powerplay and 58 in the final five overs.
However, there were also 49 dot balls, and the fact Andre Russell faced only seven deliveries for his unbeaten 23 - including sixes off the last two balls of the innings - raised questions over their approach and batting order.