Hustle of players for the KFC Big Bash Twenty 20 League – Cricket News Update
The Australian board has announced the recruitment window for its Twenty20 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Griffith-c919 Bash League, which is to be opened by Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 9am and will run till July 22. It has in principal also reached an agreement with KFC as their chief sponsors,
with their naming rights for the next three years.
The news will now see hundreds of Australians up for grab for the eight major teams participating in the tournament. The tournament, which will commence later this year, would have a minimum of 14 and maximum of 18 players registered by each team, until
the closing of the transfer window.
The league will be made up of 8 city based teams, which will contest 31 matches. The top four will then compete in the semi-finals, the winners of which will battle it up for the champions spot.
The finalists will directly qualify for the 2012 Champions League T20 as well. Moreover the league allows having two overseas players representing each team.
The eight teams would have a specific salary cap that would be announced in two days time. Both Melbourne and Sydney would have two teams each, representing the states, namely Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Stars, Sydney Sixers and the Sydney thunders
The other teams include Adelaide Strikers, Brisbane Heat, Hobart Hurricanes, and Perth Scorchers.
The highlight of this tournament will be the abolishment of the state team which allows every team and players to choose any state they want to represent. However, it seems highly unlikely for a player to play for another state and rather than his home state.
The news has been criticized by many Australian former greats, who believe that the focus on Twenty20 has hindered the performance of the national team.
Many believe that the youngsters, rather than concentrating on the longer format of the game, are now becoming involved in the shortest format of the game, which has seen Australian Cricket losing its ‘invincible’ status.
Neil D’ http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Main-c73911 reason that the Australian cricket team slipped to 5th spot in the World Test ranking is
the growing fondness of Twenty 20.
''A lot of junior state cricket in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 is now T20 cricket and that could kill Test cricket in this country,'' he was quoted saying.
The tournament organizers have also made available other details of the tournament, such as ticket details, the overall advertising operation and other proceedings that will occur till the commencement of the tournament itself, on December the 16th.
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