Big Bash to consider private ownership

Sydney, July 30 -- Cricket Australia (CA) will consider private investment in the eight Big Bash franchises after a recommendation from a consulting firm.

CA commissioned Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to recommend ways the Big Bash could "evolve and capitalise on the past 15 years of innovation and investment across Australian cricket".

The report suggested that CA could seek alternative forms of investment and ownership - including allowing private ownership for the first time.

CA say no timeline has seen set and they will work with state and territory bodies and Big Bash clubs as well as the players' union and its broadcast and commercial partners as it assesses the recommendations, promising a "thorough exploratory process".

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