The Perth Scorchers are the defending champions
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This year’s edition of the Big Bash League (BBL) will be shortened by eight days and will run from December 18 to January 28, which mostly coincides with school holidays.
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This will be Sri Lanka’s first Test series since March
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have announced the addition of two Twenty20 Internationals to the national team’s tour of Zimbabwe in October, which originally consisted of just two Test matches, three ODIs and one two-day warm-up game.
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“T20 offers the financial means to ply your trade and make a living”
With the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) having been a huge success and unearthing some outstanding young talents, West Indies legend Desmond Haynes announced that “if I had T20 cricket to play in my day, I’d have jumped at it”.
Afghanistan are looking to make Pakistan their home base over the next five years
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) have announced that the national team will spend four weeks in Pakistan for a conditioning camp ahead of their series against Scotland in March.
De Villiers does not consider any team to be the favourite in this series
South Africa wicketkeeper batsman AB de Villiers has warned his team-mates that even though they are 1-0 up in the two-Test series, they should not take New Zealand lightly, especially after they were able to fight back and end their recent Test series against Sri Lanka as a 1-1 draw.
