Cleavy
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Could squeeze more weekend double headers if they wanted to.
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eth-dog
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Should try and finish it before the AO, or have the finals on that weekend.
And the draft was stupid, is stupid and will always be stupid. So unneeded. The Hurricanes don't need any assistance in picking dud internationals thank you
And the draft was stupid, is stupid and will always be stupid. So unneeded. The Hurricanes don't need any assistance in picking dud internationals thank you
Get rid of the draft.
You only really need to reduce the length of the tournament by a week.
$71 for a family of four for the Elimination Final on Saturday. Should be fun.
I think that's too early to finish. Allowing for finals that means finishing the minor round at the end if the first week of January? That's been the best time for the comp.
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Surely they could pick a time frame that enabled players to start and finish the tournament.
We landed a man on the moon in 1969 for christ sake.
We landed a man on the moon in 1969 for christ sake.
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As one commentator said a few weeks ago, 'Big Bash, where people go who don't watch cricket'.
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Maybe it was a woman dressed as man, woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooobut did we really...?
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Should be December 26-January 26 with as many double headers as needed. Tests to finish Jan 6 so Test players can be involved.
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40 games this season seems to be a winner but player availability through the whole tournament has always been an issue.
Maybe 40 games across a month with a dozen or so double headers could work well. It doesn't have to be all Perth second game double headers either, there's opportunity to play some late afternoon / twilight games before a 730 2nd game, and before anyone says it's too hot, the same players play day cricket with here and internationally anyway through their careers, and crowds attend Test matches in blistering heat so I couldn't see it as a big issue half a dozen times in the season.
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Doubt we see the New Year's Test start before Jan 3/4 ever again.
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Tend to agree but should start Jan 2; very few Tests are going the full five days these days.
Possible but I’m worried about the Strikers. They beat a stronger Scorchers team earlier in the season and haven’t lost anyone of note, I believe.
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They lost Lynn and Overton who were both in the team of the tournament.
If the Scorchers get Matt Short out early they win. If he hangs around Strikers have a good chance
I think you might be right and if you are, I see the Sixers winning it.
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Nah. Jan 3 is good. I don't even mind Jan 4 when they do it.
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BBL to consider rule changes in bid to prevent overseas exodus for future finals
All four teams involved in the knockout stages have lost key players to the UAE's ILT20
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Hadn’t factored in them losing an Australian player. That does change the equation a bit.
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But if the game goes five days, players aren’t available for BBL until the 9th. Time for cricketers to back up a bit more.
Cleavy
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then we just scrap it, and play BBL from Boxing Day onwards.
I actually think that's the way forward, tbh.then we just scrap it, and play BBL from Boxing Day onwards.
No tests in January - BBL starts on Boxing Day, and once that test is over, they all head to their BBL teams. BBL goes solid all through January, and then if there are any more tests to play, they can resume in February. If it means we play a five-test Ashes series starting in early to mid-November, so be it. That's when the tests used to start anyway.
