"The result will show that we lost the match but we don’t feel like losers. We have gained a lot on this tour. It was building up into a close match and them the rain intervened, so there is not much you can do about that. They were five wickets down and if the game went the full 50 overs there was a possibility we could have won," Gayle said. "I wanted to end this tour on a high. I got a hundred and that felt really good and Shiv played an excellent supporting role. He deserves credit for his innings. He played a big role."

The 29-year-old Gayle added: "It was a long tour and credit must go to the guys for the way we played. We were close in the Test series and the 20/20 series was also tied. It came down to the last ODI here. We did not actually win any of the series but it was a good tour for us. We just have to build on this and look ahead to the series against England and a long and challenging year."

When Gayle reached 24 on Tuesday he moved to 7000 runs in ODIs. He joined Brian Lara, Desmond Haynes and Chanderpaul as the only West Indians to hit the 7000 mark. It was Gayle’s 19th century in ODIs and his now alongside Lara at the top of the West Indies charts.

Earlier on tour: in the Test series both matches at University Oval, Dunedin and McLean Park, Napier ended in draws. In the T20 Internationals the West Indies won the first match at Eden Park, Auckland while New Zealand won the second at Seddon Park, Hamilton.