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Australia’s captain Pat Cummins appeals during day two.

‘Left behind’: The player exodus fears driving talks about selling the Big Bash

Australian cricket risks losing its own top players and also missing out on the best players from India unless it opens up the Big Bash League to private investment, Cricket Australia has declared.

  • Daniel Brettig

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Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg and chair Mike Baird.

The secret agreements that could stop the sale of the Big Bash League

Cricket Australia have been warned against rushing to privatise the Big Bash League by three states, amid revelations of secret agreements around the Twenty20 league’s ownership.

  • Daniel Brettig
Sam Konstas, in BBL mode, poses for a selfie with a fan.

Cricket’s soul is on the line, and no amount of money will bring it back

If Australian cricket goes down this path, will the baggy green cap become just another line in a sponsorship portfolio?

  • Greg Chappell
Australian cricket is considering selling off its Big Bash League franchises, and using this summer’s Ashes series as the marketing campaign for the campaign.

‘Clubs are taking over the world’: Inside Australian cricket’s Ashes summer sell-off

Huge interest in this summer’s Ashes series will help Australian cricket spruik the sport to potential investors as it weighs up plans for a sell-off of its Big Bash League teams.

  • Daniel Brettig
The decision to sell Big Bash teams is not straight-forward.

Don’t let FOMO fool you: Selling Big Bash teams is a bad idea

Cricket Australia must consider what is best for the fans, and the grassroots clubs and associations that ultimately own the game. Publicising the report that recommended Big Bash teams be sold would help us decide for ourselves.

  • Andrew Jones
Glenn Maxwell in the BBL.

Biggest revolution since Packer: Cricket Australia told to sell off BBL clubs after $2 billion England windfall

Should the game’s bosses follow through on the advice to sell off stakes in BBL teams, it will be the most revolutionary moment in Australian cricket since Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket breakaway in 1977.   

  • Daniel Brettig
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Tommy Freeman celebrates a try for the Lions.

Lions series won’t be won on penalties and collapsed scrums

We had some fun at league fans’ expense last week. Their response – that rugby is a boring snooze-fest – just doesn’t stand up to scrutiny any longer.

  • Peter FitzSimons
The West Indies celebrate their win over Australia at the Gabba in 2024.

US sports giant wins broadcast rights to Australia’s Caribbean cricket tour

Australia’s first Test tour of the Caribbean for a decade is set to be broadcast by ESPN, after the US sports giant outbid Seven.

  • Daniel Brettig and Tom Decent
A bumper crowd at the MCG for the BBL Melbourne derby in January 2016.

Inside Australian cricket’s plan to make Big Bash No.2 behind the IPL

US consulting giant Boston Consulting Group will explore both privatisation and expansion as possible ways to supercharge the BBL in an increasingly crowded T20 marketplace.

  • Daniel Brettig
Mitch Owen Big Bash Final

Thirty-nine balls of madness: How Mitch Owen made BBL history

Mitch Owen delivered a batting masterclass for the ages in a breathtaking century in the Big Bash League final on Monday night. Here’s how he did it.

  • Jon Pierik

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