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West Indies star Chris Gayle missed training on Thursday but captain Jason Holder says the opening batsman will play against South Africa.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Jason Holder, Captain, West Indies, (on Chris Gayle's importance to his team)
"We have always rallied around Chris. Chris is one of the most jovial people in the dressing room. He brings a different atmosphere, brings a lot of fun, he is a big team man and his presence is felt in the dressing room. It was a really good feeling to see him not only get a hundred but go on to get a double hundred. Something felt special, he has broken records and he set a path for world cricket in a sense. And I think his success is important to our..crucial to our overall success. We love him and he is just a huge member for us and it's good to have him for us."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Jason Holder, Captain, West Indies, (on whether they get bogged down by the reputation of South African batsmen)
"It's a good question. Obviously we have played against the entire team and they have particular players that stand out, you can't underestimate them, in the respect that you have to pay special attention to them. I think once we stick to our plans, we obviously have plans towards them, we execute our plans we will be better of at the end of the day."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Jason Holder, Captain, West Indies, (on his team's erratic bowling so far)
"Obviously we have been a bit inconsistent with the way we have bowled. Having said that we addressed the issues the other day with our power play overs, the mandatory power play that is, just to control, a bit more..having said that in certain games we didn't bowl well in the middle. It is just about stringing some more deliveries together and bringing passion in the middle overs and giving us some leeway coming on to the back end. I think we just need to be a little bit tighter, a little bit consistent in what we are doing and we just bowl particularly to our fields."