Australian cricket doesn't have the quality for BBL expansion
The Big Bash League has become one of the major success in the Australian cricket world. The money spinner has been seemingly going from…
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The Big Bash League has become one of the major success in the Australian cricket world. The money spinner has been seemingly going from…
I think there are areas such as Canberra, the Gold Coast etc who could host a Big Bash League, no question.
The BBL and the Sheffield Shield are on the same ‘tier’ of Australian cricket, Domestic cricket, and below international cricket, while being above grade cricket. My issue with BBL expansion, is that it’ll see more grade cricketers into the BBL and dilute the quality of the league because of this. The likes of Lawford and Craig Simmons of years gone by, were inferior by a large margin in my opinion at times to their teammates and opponents. While Simmons may have hit those 2 tons, there were numerous times where he was outclassed by someone like Brett Lee and others. I personally don’t feel that the BBL would be enhanced with more Simmons, Lawford’s etc.
Australian cricket doesn't have the quality for BBL expansion
Not to forget the likes of Paris, Coulter-Nile as well. NCN and Dorff if they could stay fit would have been selected over Boland
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Yeah, the main way I think expansion could be a viable option, was if CA opened up more opportunities for the Australian players to actually play in the BBL. But that’d likely involve a pretty big schedule change (because like it or not, I seriously doubt CA will just dump playing the ODIs). If you moved the ODIs to late November/early December and have Tests start around say the time period where the Brisbane test was played this year and continue on with that until Australia Day, more players would be able to play BBL potentially.
Australian cricket doesn't have the quality for BBL expansion