KING CITY, Ont. - The West Indies, led by a brilliant century by captain Chris Gayle, overwhelmed Canada by seven wickets to capture the tri-nation one-day international cricket series at Maple Leaf ground in King City on Sunday.

The tall Jamaican left-hander, who made his one-day international debut at Toronto Cricket Club a decade ago, slammed an unbeaten 110 - his 16th one-day international hundred - off 77 balls with six sixes and 14 boundaries to help his team reach 181-3 in the 28th over in reply to Canada's modest score of 179 all out in 46.5 overs.

Appearing in his 186th one-day international, Gayle said he was quite happy with his performance.

"It was nice to get out there and get some runs today," said the man of the match. "The plan was to bat as long as possible without putting any pressure on myself. The plan worked and I am obviously pleased."

Gayle put on 88 in 12.6 overs with fellow opener Sewnarine Chattergoon (23) and 77 in 11.5 overs for the second wicket with wicketkeeper batsman Carlton Baugh (29) to propel the West Indies to the easy win against Canada which struggled in the last match of the week-long series that also featured Bermuda.

Sent in to bat by West Indies in overcast conditions, Canada registered its lowest total in the three matches following competitive scores of 260-7 against Bermuda and 254 against the West Indies in the preliminary games.

The home team never recovered after losing its first wicket off the day's first ball when Mohammed Iqbal was run out by Sewnarine Chattergoon at backward square leg.

Canada's captain Sunil Dhaniram and off-break bowler Karun Jethi were also run out by West Indies all-rounder Brendan Nash who conceded 33 runs off his 10 overs for a wicket. Fast bowler Jerome Taylor was the West Indies' most productive bowler with 3-33 off 6.5 overs.

Hard-hitting Canadian opener Rizwan Cheema continued his good form in the series, scoring 61, including 21 runs in an over off fast bowler Daren Powell whose line and length were astray. Cheema's 45-ball innings included three sixes and eight boundaries.

He was deservedly named the player of the series by former West Indies fast bowler Colin Croft who was the match adjudicator.

"I was very surprised by the choice," remarked Cheema who averaged 61 runs and took four wickets and three catches. "However, I was not intimidated by the West Indian fast bowlers because I believe once you have a bat in your hand, you cannot be afraid of the opposition."

Sri Lankan-born British Columbia resident Manoj David was Canada's next best scorer with 28 off 68 balls. His innings was filled with five boundaries.

All-rounder Balaji Rao Dorakanti made his one-day international debut for Canada, replacing left-arm spinner Abdus Sami Faridi who was blasted for 17 runs in the lone over he bowled in last Friday's 49-run loss to the West Indies in the series' final preliminary game.

Ramnaresh Sarwan and Nikita Miller came back into the West Indies team for today's contest for Shawn Findlay, who was nursing a leg injury, and Kemar Roach.