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The onward march of T20
The arrangement that CA have floated would entail diversification and limits on foreign ownership, so you likely wouldn't have a situation where all teams are IPL owned. Worth noting though - SA20 is a hell of a lot more popular with South African fans than their previous T20 comp was though... -
The onward march of T20
I agree with most of the things you don’t want to happen. Nobody wants to see Boxing Day or any of our other Tests sacrificed, local kids squeezed out or Pakistan/Bangladesh players frozen out (personally less phased about the BBL getting moved to an earlier slot in the summer outside the school... -
The onward march of T20
Look fair enough, I’m not against local owners at all – there’s a perfectly good case for Twiggy, Packer, Stokes, Gina ‑style money being part of the mix. But if the strategic challenge is how the game in Australia can sustain itself long term, the BBL needs to survive in a T20 world dominated... -
The onward march of T20
There is a fundamental financial issue that has to be addressed though, and we can't just ignore it. With the way the cost structure of cricket is going at the moment, the BBL (while a money spinner) is just not making enough to fund the rest of the operation. If CA can't turn a profit in a... -
The onward march of T20
BBL exists to facilitate the financial viability of the domestic first class game, the women's game, the grassroots game and even the non England / India home test series. All of that costs a lot of dosh to run for an organisation that only generates an operating surplus in an Ashes summer (and... -
Top End Series v Bangladesh and beyond
A huge summer - the highlight of which won't even take place in Australia. -
Macgill kidnapped
Pretty effective publicity stunt tbf, nobody had heard of that podcast until last week. Fair play -
Certified Legendary Thread 1116 SEN 2025 line up
Quite enjoying listening to Kenny and Gerard so far just quietly- Words: 11
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T20I Men's World Cup, Game 30, Group B Australia v Sri Lanka 17/2 2400hrs @ Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
It's funny how desperately the poms and Indians want us to care about this when nobody outside BigFooty was even talking about this tournament until we got knocked out. Even then its been more of a 'huh, good for Zimbabwe' sort of reaction with a little bit of annoyance that will be forgotten... -
The road to the 2026 T20 World Cup for Australia
Most Australian cricket fans couldn't care less about this tournament (half won't even know it's on given its hidden away on Amazon) and would rather tell the BCCI to get stuffed I reckon. -
The road to the 2026 T20 World Cup for Australia
Nah. Good on Pakistan. Sick and tired of everyone bending over backwards for the BCCICC -
BBL/WBBL Clubs
I don’t think it’s quite right to say ‘CA gets 50m for 150–250m Indian viewers’ and that’s that. The US$250m Star deal is a seven year bundle that covers all men’s and women’s internationals plus BBL/WBBL across Asia, and it’s very clearly priced off India Tests. The recent BGT alone did 192m... -
BBL/WBBL Clubs
Moving the BBL out of the summer school holiday window and into October/early November was just a thought bubble and is still very unlikely, but it is a possibility that has to be considered. If IPL groups owned BBL franchises, they’d have a strong incentive to space their global T20 properties... -
BBL/WBBL Clubs
Central media rights are shared in every successful franchise league, but the governing board still takes a very large slice. In the IPL for example, central revenue is split 50-50 between the BCCI and the franchises. Once media rights got up to ₹48k crore, BCCI’s take from IPL broadcasting and...