Gilchrist hails BBL’s positive impact on domestic cricket

"It's a wonderful product, it's a fantastic day out and [a great] experience for everyone that comes in"

“It’s a wonderful product, it’s a fantastic day out and [a great] experience for everyone that comes in”

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Legendary Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist has announced that he cannot believe how much of a positive impact the Big Bash League (BBL) has had on the country’s domestic circuit.

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PCB refuse to compensate Hafeez for missing BBL

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“Najam Sethi recently conveyed it very clearly to Hafeez that the board was not in a position to compensate him for missing the Big Bash”

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have refused to compensate Twenty20 captain Mohammad Hafeez for missing the Big Bash League (BBL) due to the national team’s ongoing series against Sri Lanka.

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Pakistan players caught watching indecent dance show

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The pace trio visited the theatre just hours before their flight to Zimbabwe

Pakistan’s newly appointed team manager Moin Khan may speak about off-field discipline as much as he wants, but it seems as if it is going in one ear and out the other for some of the national players, especially after the pace trio of Junaid Khan, Anwar Ali and Ali Asad were caught watching an indecent dance show on security cameras.

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Cox’s Bazar stadium to only be used temporarily

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The stadium will be torn down after the World Twenty20

Bangladesh’s civil aviation and tourism minister Faruk Khan has revealed that the stadium currently being built in the popular tourist destination of Cox’s Bazar for the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 will only be used on a temporary basis.

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BCB president frustrated with slow development of World T20 venues

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Hassan is unsure whether the stadium in Sylhet will be completed in time

With the 2014 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 fast approaching, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan in under intense pressure to ensure all venues are up to standard after his country was given the honour of hosting the event.

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