West Indies batting coach Toby Radford believes conditions in New Zealand have been behind Chris Gayle’s muted performances on tour but has backed the superstar opener to come good.

The powerful left-hander has managed just 38 runs in three innings but Radford said the player was still adjusting to the bouncier pitches, especially having come straight from playing in the recent Bangladesh Premier League.

Gayle has been one of the main drawing cards for the limited overs series, especially coming off heavy scoring in the BPL where he plundered 485 runs, including two hundreds in the knockout round – the last coming in the final.

He is one of the premier batsmen of the T/20 game with a record 11 068 runs – the only player to have passed 10 000 runs.