Usain Bolt, the cricketer

[Vilander]

Good free publicity for zaheer. Lots of people will search his details. Thanx Blake ke bache. :hehe:

He picked up an indian reporter and told him/her that. No international coverage i suppose.

[coffee_rules]

:facepalm: if not a troll!

[vvvslaxman]

Knowing IPL is not about cricket but crowd pulling , viewership i won't be surprised if he is picked. Ashwin at mid on. Bolt at third man.. ball is past bowler.. would be nice to see both of them chasing the ball.

[Clarke]

I wonder if he's as talented as Rohit Sharma There is one similarity, Blake produces single digit times in 100m while Rohit produces single digit scores in 100 over games :hmmm:

[zep1706]

Why so serious?

[King Khan]

Zaheer leading wicket taker in WC & Blake is just second best sprinter in olympic. You see even the arena dont match the standard here. Sorry Blake, Olympic dont have tendulkar, IPL does. btw IMO Zaheer Khan stronger than him.

[Magneto]

Getting Sachin out is not a big deal anymore :beee:

[Kriterion]

If it is a publicity stunt, it is a bad one. He needs to change his PR team ASAP. A relevant analogy would be Muhammad Ali commenting after knocking out Frazier " Oh I always loved chess more than boxing. In fact I can beat Bobby Fisher blindfolded"

Ali, as a prankster, could definitely say something like that! Blake was probably following the same lead.

[Texy]

T20 Big Bash might get jolted by thunder Bolt soon Melbourne: Negotiations are underway for cricket-mad sprint king Usain Bolt to play in Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash League, with Shane Warne leading the campaign to bring him to Melbourne. Bolt, hailed by International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge as the greatest sprinter of all time after three gold medals in London, played junior cricket before turning to the track and has long voiced a love for the game. He said he wanted to play and had spoken to the Australian former Test leg-spinner. "He (Warne) contacted me and asked me about if I am serious and if I really want to do it then he can put in a few words that should get it done," Bolt told Australia's Channel Nine television late Sunday. "So we will see if I get the time off. I will try." Cricket is hugely popular in the West Indies with Bolt's Jamaica one its strongest teams, producing greats such as Frank Worrell, Michael Holding, Courtney Walsh, and Chris Gayle. "Twenty20, I love it," said the sprinter, who describes himself as an all-rounder. "Just the fact that it is so exciting, it's about going hard the whole time, not just about playing shots. It's about being aggressive and I like that style of batsman. "If I get the chance I will definitely try because I know it's going to be a lot of fun. I don't know how good I am. I will probably have to get a lot of practice in," he added. "Cats out the bag, we've spoken. Olympic legend @usainbolt would like to have a crack at 20/20 for the Melb stars 2012 Please retweet guys," tweeted Warne. "I think the Melb Stars colours suits him hahah," he added, referring to their green and white kit. "Let's keep the momentum going & I will keep trying to make it happen!" According to Australian media, Bolt clean bowled the then West Indies captain Chris Gayle in a charity match in 2009, having earlier hit him down the ground for six. The eight-team Big Bash League begins on December 7.

[Sidhoni]

Usain Bolt, the cricketer :woot:

[Zap_Brannigan]

So BBL is a celebrity tournament? And IPL is slagged for having bollywood owners.

[WC2011INDIA]

So that would make BBL >>>>> IPL What a failure on BCCI and various Indian franchises for not thinking about this before BBL. Tbh though I am not sure Usain would have participated in IPL if given a chance because it seems he is not fond of India.......missed the commonwealth games in Delhi even though he wasn't sick or anything........

[Needforspeed]

There is enough Tamasha in IPL without having non-cricketers in the teams. Next what? Bollywood actors?

[Zap_Brannigan]

So that would make BBL >>>>> IPL What a failure on BCCI and various Indian franchises for not thinking about this before BBL. Tbh though I am not sure Usain would have participated in IPL if given a chance because it seems he is not fond of India.......missed the commonwealth games in Delhi even though he wasn't sick or anything........

Why would that make BBL>>>>IPL? Getting a non-cricketing celebrity in a match?

[Laaloo]

So that would make BBL >>>>> IPL What a failure on BCCI and various Indian franchises for not thinking about this before BBL. Tbh though I am not sure Usain would have participated in IPL if given a chance because it seems he is not fond of India.......missed the commonwealth games in Delhi even though he wasn't sick or anything........

Genius

[Ultimate_Game]

Blake just made a statement in jest. Why are folks taking it so seriously? Even Blake knows he is unlikely to be as good as Zak or dismiss any intl batsman, forget Tendulkar.

[Precambrian]

Absolute rubbish stuff if Bolt participates in a legitimate match.. can understand his appearance in a non official one or else it will seriously affect the credibility of cricket played...

[Stuge]

:woot:

[Executioner]

Absolute rubbish stuff if Bolt participates in a legitimate match.. can understand his appearance in a non official one or else it will seriously affect the credibility of cricket played...

finally a sane post. Usain Bolt doesnt belong in the cricket field

[vvvslaxman]

Absolute rubbish stuff if Bolt participates in a legitimate match.. can understand his appearance in a non official one or else it will seriously affect the credibility of cricket played...

Come on we have guys like Saurab Tiwary playing :cantstop: