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CA’s general manager of Big Bash Leagues, Alistair Dobson, said they would continue to review the length of the WBBL and ways to innovate the competition to ensure it remained the top women’s cricket league in the world.
“A shortened BBL will allow us greater flexibility to ensure we can deliver the best possible fixture for clubs and fans, while providing a platform that allows players to continue to produce the world-class levels of cricket we’ve seen over the duration of the tournament,” he said.
“Whilst no changes have been made to the WBBL schedule, it’s vital that we make sure the tournament continues to be at the forefront of T20 Leagues as the global women’s game continues to evolve at a rapid rate.”
The BBL previously had one season with 10 home-and-away matches per club in the final year of the league’s previous broadcast agreement with Channel 10 that expired in 2018, with that number scaled up to 14 matches for each club when Foxtel and Channel Seven won the rights ahead of the 2018-19 summer.
But after average crowds declined over the first two seasons of that deal before the onset of the pandemic, and with the BBL taking up more days in the calendar than any other domestic T20 league besides the Indian Premier League, CA has adopted a ‘less is more’ approach to continue to build on the competition’s resurgence last summer, that saw the league’s fourth-highest crowd of all time attend the final between Perth Scorchers and Brisbane Heat at Optus Stadium.