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“To be 100% clear, we love the Cricket”

Here's the BBL schedule Seven hopes to screen despite no agreement yet with Cricket Australia.

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Seven still hopes to broadcast Cricket this summer, issuing the Big Bash League schedule to advertisers.

But it is yet to finalise an outcome with Cricket Australia, which is being mediated through the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration.

According to the AFR, CEO James Warburton today told shareholders at Seven’s annual general meeting, “Our ongoing process with Cricket Australia is much talked about. To be 100% clear, we LOVE the CRICKET and we have a huge amount of respect for the athletes.

“Ultimately, we pay for media rights to deliver quality content and strong audience numbers. We paid for and expect a first-class product and we will hold Cricket Australia accountable to provide it, even if it means at times, we’re outspoken.”

Here is the full the BBL schedule:

December:
Thursday, 10 December: Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Sixers @ Blundstone Arena, 7:15pm
Friday, 11 December: Melbourne Stars v Brisbane Heat @ Manuka Oval, 7:15pm
Saturday, 12 December: Melbourne Renegades v Perth Scorchers @ Blundstone Arena, 7:15pm
Sunday, 13 December: Adelaide Strikers v Hobart Hurricanes @ Blundstone Arena, 2:15pm
Sunday, 13 December: Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Renegades @ Blundstone Arena, 7:15pm
Monday, 14 December: Sydney Thunder v Brisbane Heat @ Manuka Oval, 7:15pm
Tuesday, 15 December: Hobart Hurricanes v Adelaide Strikers @ UTAS Stadium, 7:15pm
Wednesday, 16 December: Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars @ UTAS Stadium, 7:15pm
Saturday, 19 December: Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Renegades @ Blundstone Arena, 11:10am
Sunday, 20 December: Sydney Sixers v Adelaide Strikers @ Blundstone Arena, 11:10am
Saturday, 26 December: Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Renegades @ Manuka Oval, 6:10pm
Saturday, 26 December: Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars @ Metricon Stadium, 8:20pm
Sunday, 27 December: Brisbane Heat v Hobart Hurricanes @ The Gabba, 6:15pm
Monday, 28 December: Perth Scorchers v Adelaide Strikers @ Adelaide Oval, 6:45pm
Tuesday, 29 December: Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Stars @ Manuka Oval, 7:15pm
Wednesday, 30 December: Hobart Hurricanes v Brisbane Heat @ The Gabba, 6:15pm
Thursday, 31 December: Adelaide Strikers v Perth Scorchers @ Adelaide Oval, 6:45pm

January:
Sunday, 3 January: Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers, TBC/7:15pm
Monday, 4 January: Brisbane Heat v Sydney Thunder, TBC/7:15pm
Tuesday, 5 January: Melbourne Renegades v Adelaide Strikers, TBC/7:15pm
Wednesday, 6 January: Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers, TBC/7:15pm
Thursday, 7 January: Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Thunder, TBC/6:10pm
Thursday, 7 January: Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Stars, TBC/9:20pm
Saturday, 9 January: Perth Scorchers v Sydney Thunder, TBC/7:15pm
Sunday, 10 January: Sydney Sixers v Brisbane Heat, TBC/7:15pm
Monday, 11 January: Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Stars, TBC/7:15pm
Tuesday, 12 January: Perth Scorchers v Hobart Hurricanes, TBC/7:15pm
Wednesday, 13 January: Sydney Thunder v Sydney Sixers, TBC/7:15pm
Thursday, 14 January: Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Renegades, TBC/7:15pm
Friday, 15 January: Melbourne Stars v Adelaide Strikers, TBC/7:15pm
Sunday, 17 January: Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades, TBC/7:15pm
Monday, 18 January: Sydney Thunder v Hobart Hurricanes, TBC/7:15pm
Tuesday, 19 January: Perth Scorchers v Brisbane Heat, TBC/7:15pm
Wednesday, 20 January: Melbourne Renegades v Melbourne Stars, TBC/7:15pm
Thursday, 21 January: Adelaide Strikers v Brisbane Heat, TBC/7:15pm
Saturday, 23 January: Melbourne Stars v Perth Scorchers, TBC/7:15pm
Sunday, 24 January: Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes, TBC/7:15pm
Monday, 25 January: Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Thunder, TBC/7:15pm
Tuesday, 26 January: Melbourne Renegades v Hobart Hurricanes, TBC/4:15pm
Tuesday, 26 January: Melbourne Stars v Sydney Sixers, TBC/7:50pm

BBL finals fixture
Friday, 29 January: The Eliminator (4th v 5th)
Saturday, 30 January: The Qualifier (1st v 2nd)
Sunday, 31 January: The Knockout (3rd v Winner of The Eliminator)
Thursday, 4 February: The Challenger (Loser of The Qualifier v Winner of The Knockout)
Saturday, 6 February: The Final (Winner of The Qualifier v Winner of The Challenger)

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  1. In Seven’s defence. I know there’s a pandemic and all, but a Big Bash League full of nobody’s from state cricket divisions probably isn’t what they had in mind when they signed on.
    Hopefully there’s a solution somewhere in the middle ground that can be negotiated.

    1. What doesn’t appear to match 7s argument is that due to pandemic there is less International cricket and less competing T20 leagues so the big bash this year is likely to be bigger than the last 2 seasons in terms of international star power (although maybe less Aussie star power)? Time will tell about the quality of the product.

  4. I love my cricket too and am thoroughly looking forward to the tests and other international games. Unfortunately, for me, the BBL goose is cooked now. It was a great ‘product’, with plenty of stars and almost every game had a bearing on outcome of the tournament. Now it’s close to two months long, many less big names and not really a ‘must-watch’ event anymore.

    1. I certainly agree ,there were some great series when it was 8 games each and 3 finals ,then it all went downhill ,the so called summer of 🏏 is a misnomer ,4 tests and 60 plus BBL games on FTA and that’s it folks ,glad I’ve got Kayo so all aok for ODIs and T20 games.

      1. That’s still 16 too many, if you take the job of telecasting it on, show it all. And for us people in the bush, many of these games will be in glorious SD, as the multi channels on Prime are still stuck in the 90’s…

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