The mon­ster stroke off fast-medi­um bowler Michael Neser was mea­sured at 120 me­tres, and near­ly tore the roof off the grand­stand.In the course of the fire­works, Gayle surged to the fastest 50 of the Big Bash sea­son from 20 balls, and the third fastest in the six-year his­to­ry of the com­pe­ti­tion.(CMC)