Big Bash Future

[Grand Uncle Horace]

The IPL is not in decline mate and whether you like it or not the short format is growing daily.

Sure, the IPL is trundling on.

 

[Voice of the G]

The IPL is not in decline mate and whether you like it or not the short format is growing daily.

Will not be in decline if guys like Maxwell can produce batting like that.Personally I hate T20 cricket but that was one special innings last night which a lot of us are not going to forget for a while.

 

[PatsFitztrick]

Will not be in decline if guys like Maxwell can produce batting like that.Personally I hate T20 cricket but that was one special innings last night which a lot of us are not going to forget for a while.

I am a Glenn Maxwell fan, but I doubt he will ever have to face a more inept bowling attack than that.

 

[eddiesmith]

why play joke park cricket?

Yet park cricketers have rejected T20 quite emphatically!!!

 

[11kgm]

So they are talking about for next season

DRS
Draft for Australian and International players why not an auction but oh well
shortening the season more double headers

 

[Aussie_boy]

So they are talking about for next season

DRS
Draft for Australian and International players why not an auction but oh well
shortening the season more double headers

So basically the same suggestions as the last 3/4 years, instead the marketing team at CA will come up with multi-ball and the super sub where you can swap your player with one from the other team. I like the BBL more than most but there are just way too many flaws currently.

 

[peternorth]

They say its popular with kids.
Just like AFLX was.

 

[Marcel Proust]

BBL should be axed and just go back to state vs state 8 games then finals

It'd be less cringe

 

[BStaff17]

Hasnt the issue with DRS been a broadcast issue.

It requires specific equipment and the international games get the priority.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Steve Smith barred from playing in the finals. It's almost like the CA wants the BBL to fail.

 

[Cleavy]

Steve Smith barred from playing in the finals. It's almost like the CA wants the BBL to fail.

you have to protect "the integrity of the competition"

 

[Pippen94]

They say its popular with kids.
Just like AFLX was.

Aflx was one of the biggest flops in the history of Australian sport. Big Bash is one of the most immediate & amazing successes

 

[Pippen94]

So they are talking about for next season

DRS
Draft for Australian and International players why not an auction but oh well
shortening the season more double headers

Season will only be expanded in the future

 

[BLUEALLTHRU]

Thank **** for the big bash!!! What's better than coming home from work, cracking a coldie and watching campaigners smack it out of the park.

 

[Gough]

As funky as Superstition is, a Stevie Wonder song from the early 70s must be really connecting with their target audience at the ground. Sly Stone out funks Stevie anyway if we're broadening the young 'uns taste.

 

[scottywiper]

They say its popular with kids.
Just like AFLX was.

When it comes to playing, Kkds hate playing T20. They don't feel like they get a proper bat or bowl.

 

[Drunkcat]

Adam Zampa saying the BBL is too long and thinks about giving T20 away shows some players have had enough

 

[eddiesmith]

Steve Smith barred from playing in the finals. It's almost like the CA wants the BBL to fail.

Sydney wanting the rules changed just for them. For once CA actually enforcing them instead of letting Sydney do whatever they want. Serves Sydney right.

 

[peternorth]

Aflx was one of the biggest flops in the history of Australian sport. Big Bash is one of the most immediate & amazing successes

but in terms of reason for the format, both played on kids enjoyment.

 

[Pippen94]

but in terms of reason for the format, both played on kids enjoyment.

I don't remember anybody even kids enjoying aflx. More to do with transitioning sport to rectangular stadiums.

Cricket investing in future & creating fans from young age is very smart.

 

[burge13]

Adam Zampa saying the BBL is too long and thinks about giving T20 away shows some players have had enough

He only plays T20 doesnt he? Plays all the tournaments, doubt he gives it up.

 

[BStaff17]

Adam Zampa saying the BBL is too long and thinks about giving T20 away shows some players have had enough

He is just shitty the stars copped the raw end of covid and expressing frustation with BBL which is understandable.

 

[Jamurp]

Isn't the problem that CA is run by people who are only focused on short term gain to justify their positions and please shareholders? The last TV rights deal was a good example of that, and also lengthening the BBL. There seems to be no long term vision, just make as much as cash as possible before you piss off to a job somewhere else and leave the league and the sport worse off.

 

[Cleavy]

Adam Zampa saying the BBL is too long and thinks about giving T20 away shows some players have had enough

I look forward to all that Shield cricket he’s going to play then

 

[GoldenMagpie16]

How to fix the BBL for the foreseeable future.
1. Reduce the comp down to eight games per side during the BBL 12 season
2. Bring in DRS (1 review for batting and bowling)
3. Get rid of Bash Boost Point.
4. 3 home games and 1 alternative home game. E.G Melbourne Renegades 3 at Marvel Stadium, 1 at GHMBA
5. Start and End with rivalry round. Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers Spotless Stadium, Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars Marvel Stadium, Hobart Hurricanes vs Brisbane Heat Blundstone Arena, Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers Perth Stadium. Then alternative in the last round
6. Start Mid-December - End Late January (Marquee matches still occur)
7. 22 Contracted Players

Top 4 System
Elimination Final 3v4 (3rd gets home ground advantage)
Semi-Final 1v2 (1st gets home ground advantage)

Preliminary Final
The loser of the Semi-Final 1v2 (Home ground advantage)
Winner of Elimination Final 3v4

Grand Final
Winner of Semi-Final (Home ground advantage)
Winner of Preliminary Final