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Players Urging CA To Tread Lightly On BBL Expansion

The Australian Cricketers’ Association urged Cricket Australia to "tread carefully" before expanding the Big Bash League season to a full home and away schedule next summer, according to Daniel Cherny of THE AGE. The cricket calendar for '18-19 is a "source of significant intrigue in cricket circles," with CA considering increasing the BBL from 10 games per team to 14, plus finals, in what will be the first summer of the next TV rights deal, for which talks have commenced. The ACA has "not outright endorsed a longer season," but neither has it "scorned the idea." Instead, the players’ union expressed its view that the concept "needed considerable thought before being implemented," with the players expressing their views through the scheduling advisory group started following the signing of last year’s memorandum of understanding. ACA CEO Alistair Nicholson said, "We need to make sure the needs of fans, players, CA and broadcasters are all met. The players love playing Big Bash cricket and it's great for the sport. ... Players are also mindful the 2016-17 BBL season was an eight-round competition, so these changes are significant over a short space of time" (THE AGE, 2/15).

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