The Australian domestic Twenty 20 fixture, "The KFC Big Bash", has been given the chance to gain more recognition and popularity. Cricket Australia recently announced that each state will be granted US $40 000 to purchase international players, to add to their squads. In addition, the states will be able to approach third party organizations in order to gain larger sums of money to but bigger name players for the tournament.
This decision can be looked at in two ways, firstly the way that Cricket Australia has approached the situation. This approach has been adopted by Cricket Australia, in order to gain a wider audience and attempt to draw greater recognition by allowing big name players a place in the tournament, which is all well and good at first look.
Brendon McCullum was one of the international players used last year
However, the old approach that Australian Cricket have stood by for many years, where they leave the tournament as a competition occupied by Australians has been abandoned. This puts a halt in some circumstances to the development of Australia's future cricketers, which robs them of some vital match time, which could be catastrophic to Australia's already failure to give younger player's more of a go.
Brendon McCullum was one of the international players used last year
However, the old approach that Australian Cricket have stood by for many years, where they leave the tournament as a competition occupied by Australians has been abandoned. This puts a halt in some circumstances to the development of Australia's future cricketers, which robs them of some vital match time, which could be catastrophic to Australia's already failure to give younger player's more of a go.
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