Quote: There's a feeling - certainly Gayle has it - that his contribution has not been appreciated properly. Last week, he told Donald McRae of the Guardian: "I'm disappointed people don't recognise what I did in Test cricket. For an opening batsman to get two triple-centuries? A lot of greats haven't got one. So to have those achievements dismissed and just be the king of T20 cricket? It's good to be called the king of something, but to have the most hundreds in ODI cricket for the West Indies? People don't acknowledge Chris Gayle is the highest run scorer when it comes to centuries. Most people sweep it under the carpet but I've proved myself. I've played 100 Test matches. I should get credit for that."

And it's true that when the great batsmen of the age are discussed, his name is not always in the first rank. When the great West Indian players are ranked and rated and remembered, he is not mentioned as customarily as Richards and Lara.

Perhaps that's where some of his own proclamations have come from: if no one else is talking about you, why not call yourself the "World Boss"? And if they ignore that one, take it up a peg to "Universe Boss"?