Brisbane Heat launch huge bid to sign Cameron Green from Perth

He’s Australian cricket’s ‘it’ man, and the Brisbane Heat are doing everything they can to lure Cameron Green across the country to be their BBL marquee player.

The Brisbane Heat has launched an audacious bid to try and lure superstar Cameron Green from one side of Australia to the other and be the face of their Big Bash future.

Green is the next ‘it’ man of Australian cricket and potentially a future Test captain, and with one spot still left open on their roster, the Heat are chasing hard for the gun all-rounder who earlier this year lived up to his record $3.15 million price tag at IPL giants’ the Mumbai Indians.

The Perth Scorchers are yet to announce any deal with Green for the upcoming BBL season, and the Heat are making no secret of their desire to try and poach the 1.98 metre matchwinner, who they see as a talent who could be their marquee man for years to come.

“Cameron is a wonderful talent with bat and ball. I’m looking forward to speaking with him about the possibility of joining the Brisbane Heat on a long-term deal,” Queensland Cricket boss Terry Svenson told this masthead.

“I reckon he would love making the Gabba his home.”

Green is considered a potential future Test captain. Picture: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images

Perth say negotiations with Green are ongoing and they are hopeful a deal will be done in the coming weeks.

It would be a massive effort to pull Green away from his home state of Perth where he has grown up and blossomed into one of the rarest talents of recent generations.

But the Heat see Green as a personality and talent big enough to ultimately follow on from Usman Khawaja as the face of the organisation.

Green has spent time in Brisbane previously as part of the academy and has only rarely appeared for the Scorchers in the last couple of seasons as his international career has taken off.

After losing narrowly to the Scorchers in last year’s epic BBL final, if the Heat could get one back on Perth by snaring Green it would one of the competition’s great heists.

This summer’s January-heavy Test schedule won’t allow Test players much of an opportunity to play BBL, but the fact Green was not selected in Australia’s last Ashes XI hasn’t been missed by interested clubs given his status as a lock for the Test team is not guaranteed.

Green showed his worth for the Mumbai Indians in the IPL. Picture: Sajjad Hussain/AFP

Green is a 10-year Test player and although it will only be a matter of time until he’s back in the baggy green, if the in-form Marsh does manage to keep him out of the Australian side this summer, then Green becomes an even more attractive target for BBL suitors led by the Heat.

There are few more exciting prospects in the booming world of T20 cricket than Green, with his booming batting ability at the top of the order and strike power as a genuine wicket-taker.

Green took a few games to adapt to the unique pressure and expectation of being a 3 million dollar IPL marquee man, but by the end of the Indian tournament he was dominating with some fearless performances.

“I took a lot of confidence out of that. You’re obviously coming up against the best players in the world in pretty foreign conditions, so I had a great time,” Green told this masthead of his IPL experience.

“I felt like I was a different cricketer to when I finished that from where I was before. A lot more confidence in my own game and what I can bring. That was a great tour.”

Originally published as Brisbane Heat launch huge bid to sign Cameron Green from Perth