The reaction to Chris Gayle’s bombardment in Bangalore last Tuesday was global and suitably awe-struck.
It might have been a Twenty20 match for a franchise team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and against quite ordinary bowling but the imposing Jamaican left-hander’s unbeaten 175 off 66 balls (passing 100 on the way from 30 deliveries) was extra special, the kind of performance that transcends its particular sport.
Every newspaper I raised on the internet, and not only those within
