ICC T20 World Cup ambassador Usain Bolt on his love of Cricket

The world knows a bit about your love for the game of cricket. Can you just tell us the story? Well, my dad, my dad is a massive fan of cricket. I I was, I was brought up watching cricket my whole life. So that’s what I I I knew. And so from always I like four or five years old, I was watching cooking with my dad because he couldn’t watch it in my my mom’s room. So he would come in my room to actually watch watch. So for me, that’s how I really started getting into it. Well, it was announced last year that cricket has finally made it to the Olympics and it will be in LA for 2028. What do you make of that? We won’t be excited. I think people is good for the exposure of cricket also for into the US and even the T20 now is going to be in the US also. So for me it’s good for the sport, you know, I mean to let people see and just see the worldwide and how fun it is and how enjoyable and just excited, you know what I mean? Because at times it’s just calculating moves. So it’s going to be great. Brother, we are so looking forward to the T20 World Cup in the USA and here in the West Indies. What would you tell fans about what they can expect about our party? For me, it’s just excitement, you know the rules that are just enjoying the the, the, the dance and the music, just high energy. I think one of the biggest thing about the Caribbean is just the fun that we bring with the sports, so it’s going to be a wonderful time. Cricket cracking America, how big could that be? Listen, America believes a lot in sports and high intensity. So for me to get into that field, get into that market is is big. You know what I mean? Because when they follow a sports, they follow a sports and they put it all into it. So I definitely feel like if you crack into it and get into the right way and I think if we bring the energy like I know we will for the T20 is going to be wonderful. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. 630 good. Yeah.