{"id":16321,"date":"2016-12-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/former-striker-ready-to-take-on-his-old-team\/"},"modified":"2016-12-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T00:00:00","slug":"former-striker-ready-to-take-on-his-old-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-striker-ready-to-take-on-his-old-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Striker ready to take on his old team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Former Striker turned Brisbane Heat recruit Alex Ross says he\u2019s excited to face his old teammates at Adelaide Oval on Wednesday night.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the environment we live in in professional sport,\u201d Alex told the FIVEAA sports show on Tuesday. \u201cI\u2019m excited to try something new, and the opportunity at Brisbane was too good to turn down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be an interesting game.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/298782371&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Alex also shared some intel on his new Heat comrades, including kiwi superstars Brendon McCullum and Daniel Luca Vettori\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re brilliant,\u201d Alex said. \u201cThey\u2019re very chill, which works well for Twenty20 cricket. 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