Cricket Australia open to Chris Gayle returning for Big Bash League

Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland says that Chris Gayle will not be prevented from signing with a Big Bash League franchise a year on from his controversial ‘Don’t blush baby’ interview with Network Ten’s Mel McLaughlin.

Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland hairy controversial West Indies opener Chris Gayle will not be a Big Bash franchise prevented from signing. Gayle caused outrage in January after his infamous "Blush Baby not" borderline interview with Mel McLaughlin during his spell with the Melbourne Renegades.
But despite the bad publicity of the incident, Sutherland appears to have back-tracked by Cricket Australia strongly hinted at the time that they would come the head of each team that Gayle tried to sign for Big Bash League.Sutherland next season, said News Corp that except for the match-fixers, it is not rubbing of CA position players from the competition. "No matter what anyone thought at Cricket Australia (the incident) at management level, board level, I think you are on a slippery slope when you make judgments about players start that could or should not in the Big Bash League be played or in our national competitions, "Sutherland said.
"Because when ending ever? My view is, unless it's a very, very strong reason along the lines of the anti-corruption, then it is difficult for us, those judgments are to cut down. I'm not saying that would not happen, but my judgment is that it is not appropriate, it is about the team to make the calls itself. "
Renegades chairman Jason Dunstall said the team were open to all options in their recruitment process, including Gayle, and has not changed this position. "You would like to think, is a place for all (in the BBL). The excitement he can generate, is extraordinary," Dunstall said. "We want all of these types of players on the screen. That's the idea. What we want the best players in the world in the BBL is."

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