How many and what states/cities should have teams (inc names) in the new T20 Aust Premier League?

Question

"TEAMS from major cities and country areas, and one from New Zealand..."

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,23700436-23212,00.html

Should the Canberra Comets return?

My suggestions:

1. Sydney Blues

2. Melbourne Bushrangers

3. Brisbane Bulls

4. Adelaide Redbacks

5. Perth Warriors

6. Hobart Tigers

7. Canberra Comets

8. Auckland Aces

9. Newcastle Steelers (To play at No.1 Sports Ground)

10. Gold Coast Suns or Geelong Blackcats

Answer 1

That will be just waste of time.

IPL is enough.

The tournament is unlikely to be staged on the same scale as the $2 billion IPL, but senior Cricket Australia officials believe that facets of the IPL can be transplanted to Australia.

This says it all.

It will just be a third grade imitation of the IPL.

Answer 2

firstly, i think 10 teams is over-kill, i dont think we need that many teams, i would have 7 at the most, including canberra, but if it were up to me i would have 6 city based teams, seperate from the state associations, one in each of the 6 first class playing states, but playing matches in areas that dont get alot of cricket, such as Cairns, Darwin, Canberra etc.

however i do see the point you make about having Auckland and i think its a good one, but i just dont think it would be sustainable with 8 teams cos i just dont think the money will be there, tho i would like to see a T20 play off match between NZs and Aus's top T20 sides (sort of like a T20 super bowl or something), however we also have keep in mind that if Cricket is not careful, they will oversaturate the market with T20, which i think is going to happen anyway, and then the money will start disappearing out of it

tho truth be told, i think the T20 Champions League is the only comp idea that i like, having the best first class T20 sides playing off againist each other i think is better then the IPL model

Answer 3

Well what you think players are robots? They need some rest too. So we don't need any more T 20 leagues.

Enough is enough.

Peace.