Big Bash League GM Mike McKenna: Expansion Into Canberra Off Table

Canberra "will host this summer's Big Bash League final," but the competition's GM Mike McKenna said that "potential expansion into the capital is a long way off," according to Lee Gaskin of the CANBERRA TIMES. Cricket ACT Chair Ian McNamee has stated Canberra is "ready to roll" when the BBL calls for expansion bids, but McKenna said that Cricket Australia "was taking a cautious approach to growing the eight-team competition." McKenna: "We're a long way from expanding the Big Bash League. I do know there are plenty of people around the country, Canberra and other places as well, that are very keen to participate in the Big Bash League" (CANBERRA TIMES, 10/27).