James Sutherland predicts the expansion of the BBL in the near future

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Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland speaks to media. (Photo by Chris Hyde – CA/Cricket Australia/Getty Images)

James Sutherland, the chief executive of Cricket Australia has stated that the Big Bash League will be expanded in terms of the number of matches played, but whether there will be more teams in the league remains to be seen. Sutherland also went on to add that the crowds coming in for the games are perhaps enough motivation for the league to expand more than this.

“We’re expanding the BBL next year in terms of number of matches. I’m not quite sure how long it will be before we expand the number of teams. But I do know that when we do, Geelong will be a very strong candidate.

“We’ve seen practice matches for the BBL down here and we’ve seen good crowds here before. But this is really the first major test – to have an international match here. We know there’s a lot of enthusiasm, culturally cricket is really strong down here, over 20,000 participants in the region. But I’d like to see on the weekend just how the community supports big-time cricket coming here.”

Sutherland also went on to state that he would love to see the series involving Australia unfold in the recent future. He also added that the experience of playing a Test match on Boxing Day was something that ensured that pulling on the shirt is something amazing to say the least.

“I’d like to say they are [quarantined] but they’re not totally guaranteed,” Sutherland told the ABC. “I think we would like to see it unfold in such a way that we can secure those matches but it’s actually a very congested schedule through the traditional Australian summer.

“I think one of the good things is that visiting countries do really enjoy the experience of playing in a Boxing Day Test match and a New Year’s Test match in Sydney but that doesn’t necessarily guarantee that we’d be able to secure that, but we’d like to think we will be able to.”

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