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Australia's Big Bash Twenty20 cricket league could look a lot different next summer

Australia's Big Bash Twenty20 cricket league could look a lot different next summer

10 May 2020

League boss Alistair Dobson has declared nothing is off the table including a split innings format, which would each team have two innings of ten overs each.

It's thought the format would manufacture closer games and therefore keep fans intrigued.

Cricket Australia adopted a similar idea in its ODI format in 2010, but the concept only lasted a season.

BBL organisers are also considering giving free hits to batsmen following a wide.

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