Cricket Australia’s Big Bash cash grab is rejected – but there are better options on the table
- Written by John Mangan, Emeritus Professor Australian Institute for Business and Economics, University of Queensland, The University of Queensland
After a year-long push to raise money via private capital, Cricket Australia (CA) has announced it will not sell some or all of its Big Bash League (BBL) franchises.
The news comes after Queensland Cricket told CA it would join Cricket NSW in rejecting the private ownership idea first presented by CA in mid-2025.
So, why was CA looking at private...
