Watch Usain Bolt bowl out Chris Gayle
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Watch Usain Bolt bowl out Chris Gayle
Triple Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt has returned to his first love of cricket, and shown he is pretty handy with both bat and ball. In a charity match in Jamaica, Bolt bowled West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle after earlier delighting a packed crowd by smashing his Jamaican compatriot for a straight six. Gayle, the host of a mini tournament to raise funds for school sports equipment, was full of praise for the 100 and 200 metre world record holder. "It has been tremendous for the fans to see him out here playing cricket. It has been a great day and we hope to have him back again next year," said Gayle. Bolt, taking a long run up and bowling at a respectable pace, had given Gayle a traditional West Indian welcome with his first ball - a rising bouncer that brought the crowd to their feet. "I told Chris to watch out as I was going to give him one but he didn't really believe it," Bolt said after the game. Gayle's team included former West Indian pace bowlers Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose and the latter said he was impressed by Bolt's technique. "I liked his first delivery to Chris Gayle, short and very surprising - he's an athlete and he loves cricket and football and obviously he can't fit it all in, but he looks good," said Ambrose.
ITN | October 19, 2009
