Matches will likely be performed on the MCG and SCG for the primary time as a part of a ramped-up WBBL schedule set to grab on the recognition of Australia‘s World Cup winning team that has been playing before record crowds in England.
Reigning champs the Adelaide Strikers will also play a series of matches at the Adelaide Oval, with other games across the 59-match season to be played at the WACA, Blundstone Arena, Junction Oval as well as a Wednesday afternoon game at Ringwood in suburban Melbourne.
The WBBL didn’t comply with the BBL’s lead and cut back the variety of video games, with the event to be performed throughout 45 days from the opening sport on October 19 at North Sydney Oval.
A Melbourne derby on the MCG on November 25 and a Sydney derby on the SCG on November 26 will spherical out the common season, with the 2 iconic venues internet hosting stand-alone common season matches for the primary time.
The Australians have been enjoying in entrance of monster crowds in England, with greater than 21,000 turning as much as Lord’s final weekend for the ultimate T20 conflict gained by the house workforce.
Venues in India had been additionally packed for the inaugural ladies’s Indian Premier League event, which featured most of Australia’s stars and a slew of the most effective worldwide gamers who might end up within the WBBL through the inaugural participant draft.
The WBBL wage cap has been doubled for the upcoming season, with high gamers set to earn in extra of $130,000, and league boss Alistair Dobson mentioned this 12 months’s event could be the “biggest yet”.
“From the first women’s overseas player draft to historic matches at three of Australia’s most iconic stadiums and other venues across the country that are famous for WBBL matches,” he mentioned.
“The WBBL has long been the world’s leading cricket league for women and the natural progression of the league is to have the best players in the world playing in the best cricket venues in the world.
“Players will be paid more than ever in WBBL|09, with the salary cap per team doubling and the top players set to earn up to $133,000.
“It’s no coincidence the WBBL is the fourth most-watched sports league and most-watched women’s league in the country.”
Among different highlights of the schedule, the Hobart Hurricanes host the Perth Scorchers below lights in Launceston within the first Friday night time conflict of the event, and the Scorchers will play all 5 residence video games on the WACA.
Originally printed as The WBBL will host stand-alone matches on the MCG and SCG for first time
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
