Blake may join Bolt in Australia Twenty20 bash
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August 17, 2012, Friday
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YOHAN Blake could join fellow Olympic sprint sensation Usain Bolt in Australia's domestic Twenty20 Big Bash League, in a showdown between the world's two fastest men on the cricket field.
The Sydney Sixers franchise are hoping to lure him for the December tournament, after Bolt made clear he wanted to turn out for the Melbourne Stars.
"For one he is a great athlete, and yes he would be a marketer's dream, but from all reports he can actually play cricket and that's better than anything else," Sixers chief executive Stuart Clark told the Sydney Daily Telegraph. "If he can do what he says he can do, and I have no reason to disbelieve him, Yohan would be a marquee player for me to sign. I would definitely be considering it."
Blake, who took silver in the Olympic 100m and 200m events behind Bolt, says he is "a bowling machine". "You guys need to see me in action. I am a bowling machine that can bat all day," he reportedly said during the Olympics. "Cricket, that's my love, that's my passion."
Clark said: "I will need to see some footage of him bowling, but he has been saying he can bowl 90 miles per hour. Very few people in the world can do that."
The Sydney Sixers franchise are hoping to lure him for the December tournament, after Bolt made clear he wanted to turn out for the Melbourne Stars.
"For one he is a great athlete, and yes he would be a marketer's dream, but from all reports he can actually play cricket and that's better than anything else," Sixers chief executive Stuart Clark told the Sydney Daily Telegraph. "If he can do what he says he can do, and I have no reason to disbelieve him, Yohan would be a marquee player for me to sign. I would definitely be considering it."
Blake, who took silver in the Olympic 100m and 200m events behind Bolt, says he is "a bowling machine". "You guys need to see me in action. I am a bowling machine that can bat all day," he reportedly said during the Olympics. "Cricket, that's my love, that's my passion."
Clark said: "I will need to see some footage of him bowling, but he has been saying he can bowl 90 miles per hour. Very few people in the world can do that."
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