Career
He has taken part in some commentary work for Sky Sports and Yorkshire Radio. He is a lifelong Huddersfield Town fan. Born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, Gale first played cricket for Gomersal Cricket Club when he was eight years old.
He also played in the Yorkshire Central League.
He later moved to Cleckheaton Cricket Club, hoping initially to become a football player, before joining Driffield in the Yorkshire League. He played for England Youth teams from U15 to U19 level, and made his first-class debut as a left-handed batsman for Yorkshire in 2004.
In nine first-class matches, up to the end of 2006, he scored 297 runs, with a best of 149 against Warwickshire in 2006, at an average of 18.56. In 2013 he scored over a thousand championship runs with a highest score of 272 against N ottinghamshire at Scarborough, which is the highest ever first class score at the ground.
In November 2007, he signed a new three-year contract with Yorkshire.
In December 2009, Anthony McGrath resigned from his post as Yorkshire captain, with Gale being named as his replacement. He became the youngest captain of the county in the post-war era. In January 2014 Gale extended his contract with Yorkshire until 2016.
In 2014 he became the first Yorkshire captain to lift the LV County Championship for 13 years.