By Cosmo Hamilton
In a cable from London to the Associated Press in 1897 in response to erroneous news that was being circulated, Mark Twain the lamented American author once said “The report of my death has been grossly exaggerated”. On Tuesday February 24, 2015 at the Manuka Oval in Canberra, Australia, out of form West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle in response to tweets and re-tweets from a fan and his own thoughtless West Indies Board President Dave Cameron, plundered the Zimbabwe attack slamming an ICC World Cup record breaking 215 runs off 147 balls with 10 fours and 16 huge sixes to indicate that he is not yet ready to be retired and that like the news about Mark Twain, in the lingo of nowadays, the tweets about his demise have been grossly exaggerated.
It had been 19 months and 19 innings since the dreadlocked Jamaican lefthander wearing boots with the name ‘Gayle Force’ had made his last ODI century and the drought continued as he had not scored a half century in his last eight innings. Meanwhile, the outspoken opener at the conclusion of the recent West Indies