Cricket Australia planning 20Twenty tournament in IPL format by 2009-10
May 20th, 2008The Australian Cricket Board is in the process of formulating its own IPL-style Twenty20 league the summer after next, however on a less extravagant scale than the current Indian version - reports the Sydney Morning Herald
Since last moth Cricket Australia was considering a franchised league to attract new fans and cash in on the Twenty20 revolution, and chief executive James Sutherland yesterday confirmed the existing domestic Big Bash would be revamped for the 2009-10 season.
For the past year, CA has envisaged a football-like system with Australia as one of several international club leagues, with one or two provincial sides from New Zealand likely to make it an Australasian competition.
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Sutherland said a review would address the structure of the tournament, a salary cap and whether teams could import stars, but he also acknowledged Australia, with its relatively small population, could not expect to generate the sums seen in India.
“There’s lots of challenges but we’re absolutely committed to revamping our Twenty20 competition in a positive fashion,” he said - added SMH.
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