Matthew Hayden Will Play For Brisbane Heat In Big Bash

Matthew Hayden Want to Become part-owner of the Brisbane Heat Twenty20 franchise are far from guaranteed, despite the air of inevitability that hung over the announcement of his signature to play for the team in next summer's expanded Big Bash League.So far only the Melbourne Renegades and the Sydney Thunder have got approval to seek minority private ownership of up to 49%, a process that is currently being overseen by the financial services company Credit Suisse.Other teams are presently allowed to negotiate unofficially with potential investors, but that moratorium will end once the Sydney and Melbourne deals are settled.In addition to playing, Hayden wants to align his company The Hayden Way with the Heat as part of what he breathlessly called "a leisure-tainment and entertainment package that has never yet been seen on our shores in cricket".However Cricket Australia will have to be satisfied, when the time for private investment in the Heat is allowed, that Hayden's company will provide a worthwhile return."We don't know what the timing is going to be, and it is subject to Cricket Australia approval," a CA spokesman said. "At this stage The Hayden Way is keen, Brisbane is keen, and Matthew Hayden will be first in the queue to be a private investor in the Heat."Speaking in Brisbane, Hayden made the case for using T20 to secure cricket's future in Australia by appealing to a wider audience. He also said he had lost interest in international cricket against nations other than England and India, a stark statement from a CA board member.