Sydney, March 23 -- Cricket Australia has not closed the door on expanding the Big Bash League despite New Zealand announcing its intention to go it alone on a franchise T20 league, right as Australia's state associations weigh up a similar decision.
CA's chief executive Todd Greenberg, fresh off meetings with his state counterparts who will have a major say in whether stakes in Big Bash teams are sold to private investors, said today that "history will be the judge" of NZ Cricket declining CA's offer to field teams in a beefed-up Big Bash.
NZC said its Board "thoroughly debated" the merits joining forces following discussions with CA. Instead, NZ is now working towards launching its own privately-owned franchise T20 tournament, which cou...