Twenty20 Expansion Plans

Cricket Australia (CA) is planning to expand its 20-over competition to 8 franchises with more games and international stars taking part. The 8 sides would be spread around the country and promoted differently to the 6 state sides.

Each state would have a city-based team, plus 2 new sides which could come from growing areas such as western Sydney and the Gold Coast.

Greg Chappell one of Australia’s most revered cricketers, is all in favour of revamping domestic Twenty20 league and believes it will help develop more cricketers to elite status.

He said the expansion would bring Australia into line with other countries which have embraced the Twenty20 boom, such as India and England.

The major concern over the expansion is how it might affect the current Sheffield Shield and one-day competitions, which could be shortened to allow for more Twenty20 games.

Chappell doesn’t want the shield season to be decreased as it is where the Australian Test teams are developed.

He said that players need to be involved in this in order to fully understand all elements of the game, incuding decision making and stamina.

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