- Sep 10, 2010
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The game needs money to continue. BBL makes money.
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Fall and Fall of Big Bash
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- Jan 18, 2016
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I agree that is the biggest problem and also the players greed for more money.
- Jan 18, 2016
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Cummins (ST️) Haze and Starc (S6) have signed on for BBL
ST so is Cummins playing for the stars.Surely if you are going to have this T20 crap with all Australian players available you have players play for their state team and perhaps allow each state to have 2 outsiders in their teams.Cummins (ST
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- Apr 19, 2008
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Cummins is Syd Thunder
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- Jan 18, 2016
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Thanks mate,as you can see I am not a fan of T20.Forget 2 teams in Melbourne,Sydney etc just have a team from each state and the available players play for their state side and let each state side to have 2 outsiders.Cummins is Syd Thunder
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they advertise all the test players in the commercial to promote, they' be lucky to get boland and inglis back for a few games just to play some cricket.
they promised us over the winter that there was a window for the test stars to play 3 games over a 10 day period before heading to sri lanka , and now have decided a camp in the U.A.E would be better.
i agree the test camp would be better, just don't like the lies and false advertising.
they promised us over the winter that there was a window for the test stars to play 3 games over a 10 day period before heading to sri lanka , and now have decided a camp in the U.A.E would be better.
i agree the test camp would be better, just don't like the lies and false advertising.
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So for the one game they might be available for, before being rested for that game anyway, huge get for the Sydney sides…
- Mar 20, 2007
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It looks like cricket ?
- Mar 29, 2019
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Man I love that the Scorchers maintain consistency and usually roll out the same team each year, but I'd love to see some proper new blood, is this Finn Allen guy any good?
Can certainly tee off but is just as likely to last 5 balls. T20 career strike rate of 168 will be nice should he stay in long enough
- Mar 29, 2019
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Well hopefully he can live up to his expectations, I'm disappointed we didn't hold onto Laurie Evans.
- Nov 25, 2017
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The Big Bash starts this Sunday. You wouldn't know it based on the lack of promotion there's been.
I’ve been seeing things about it everywhere.
I think thats overplayed. Out of the Text 11 there are not a heap of popular players. For the Strikers definitely Head and Carey and Marsh at the Scorches but teams like the Strikers or the Scorches are not really the problem.
It's a different sport but you look at the NBL. The best Australian players don't play in the league. They play in the NBA, much like our best players play IPL.
I don't get the negativity. Some clubs are struggling but the Strikers will average 30k to 40k which is huge. The Scorches will get huge crowds. Obviously some of the NSW and Vic need work but like the AFL you always have some teams that struggle.
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But how does it look to the average person who might turn up to a cricket game? They want the best product possible, and if CA is treating Tests as the best product possible and putting that on at the same time as the BBL, it reduces the focus and excitement around the BBL. If they want the BBL to be the success it was a few years back, it needs oxygen and media focus.
The standard of the NBA is 10x higher than the NBL. This is not the case for the IPL compared to the BBL, so that's where the comparison falls flat.
CA has the chance to build a real money spinner here like they had back in 2015-16 and they're squibbing it. Do they want to have a competition at the financial level of NBL, or do they want something like the Serie A compared to the English Premier League, where they may not be quite as financially successful, but are certainly in the same conversation for quality and relevance?
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You have to be kidding. They are making heaps more off it nowadays.
- Apr 19, 2008
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What were they doing in 2015/16 that they’re not doing now? What are they squibbing on?
- Sep 10, 2010
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I think they added too many games and made the season sprawl too long. I think one month should be quite enough for it.
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Last years crowds seemed to be a bounce back towards 2018 type numbers, but still a fair way below the peak of 2015-2017
I think the Big Bash is going well and people need to stop over analysing it. Before it existed there wasn't big crowds for Domestic Cricket. I think shortening the season further would only reduce interest overall.
With some exceptions crowds at International Cricket are not huge. Some of the BBL games will get more to them than the one day and T20 series against Pakistan.
As for Test Cricket the crowds in Perth were good but the Scorches will get more, Adelaide was amazing but the Strikers will get close to 50k on New Years and match that. That's all for one of the biggest Test series we have seen.
Boxing Day will be huge as will the first couple of days in Sydney but they tend to fall away.
The BBL is far from perfect but overall in terms of sporting crowds outside the AFL it does well. Some just need to get some perspective.
With some exceptions crowds at International Cricket are not huge. Some of the BBL games will get more to them than the one day and T20 series against Pakistan.
As for Test Cricket the crowds in Perth were good but the Scorches will get more, Adelaide was amazing but the Strikers will get close to 50k on New Years and match that. That's all for one of the biggest Test series we have seen.
Boxing Day will be huge as will the first couple of days in Sydney but they tend to fall away.
The BBL is far from perfect but overall in terms of sporting crowds outside the AFL it does well. Some just need to get some perspective.
