https://amp.news.com.au/sport/crick...s/news-story/264f81d2fd37f30ab09b034563acb7ec
Steyn signs with the stars.
Actually quite a few high-profile players this year for extended parts of the tournament.
http://amp.triplem.com.au/story/breaking-news-big-bash-league-coming-to-coffs-harbour-148864
Glad that it’s being shared about, but I’m a bit miffed that Coffs got the nod before Newcastle.
Although it's good to see the game get taken to more areas around Australia, I agree with you regarding Coffs Harbour getting the nod over Newcastle.
Scheduling of the season leaves a lot to be desired.
- I know CA won't change it now they've expanded to a full home-and-away season, but the season length was just right during the Ch10 era when the tournament was played over the school holidays (from Boxing Day to end of January).
- The first match of both the Sydney derby and Melbourne derby are only on Fox Sports, shutting out a large % of the potential viewers had it also been on Ch7, especially since Sydney/Melbourne are the largest tv markets.
- Playing a match at Alice Springs starting at 1:15pm in summer....seriously, who thought that was a good idea????
- Glad they've changed the finals system to the IPL format, but should've still been a top 4 rather than 5 teams . Having more than 50% of teams qualifying for the finals devalues the product.
- The last two BBL finals being afternoon matches lacked something. T20 is mainly seen as a predominantly night product, and I hope with the final being moved to Saturday this upcoming season that it will be at night.
The only positive will be the Australian ODI players back for the 2nd half of the tournament after the 3 match ODI series vs India has concluded.