{"id":558551,"date":"2026-03-23T06:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T06:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/558551\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T06:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T06:50:09","slug":"cricket-australia-boss-todd-greenberg-says-new-zealands-bbl-rejection-is-not-a-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/558551\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket Australia boss Todd Greenberg says New Zealand’s BBL rejection is not a surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Zealand’s rejection of an offer to join the Big Bash League did not surprise Cricket Australia, according to its chief executive.<\/p>\n

The Kiwis politely declined the offer to field a BBL team from 2028, preferring their own T20 domestic series.<\/p>\n

“I certainly wasn’t surprised,” Cricket Australia’s chief executive Todd Greenberg told reporters on Monday.<\/p>\n

“We’ve had a couple of conversations. We wanted to make sure they knew that they were welcome to join and there was an opportunity for them to do so.<\/p>\n

Summer of cricket schedule includes four Tests in 31 days<\/a><\/p>\n

Cricket Australia has been forced into starting the core part of its Test summer in Perth on a Wednesday, as a result of the most congested schedule in the sport’s history.<\/p>\n

“But clearly they decided to go in another direction. That’s completely on them, history will be the judge.”<\/p>\n

Greenberg said while CA considers private ownership of franchises, the BBL will continue with a growth mindset.<\/p>\n

“Expansion is really important because it shows ambition, it shows a level of ambition about growth,” he said.<\/p>\n

“And I don’t think we’ll be short of opportunities for expansion.<\/p>\n

“It felt like New Zealand were a pretty natural fit \u2026 it’s a decision for them, it was probably the one that was coming.”<\/p>\n

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Cricket Australia boss Todd Greenberg says the New Zealand decision wasn’t a surprise. (AAP: James Ross)<\/p>\n

CA has tabled a proposal for private BBL ownership, with a decision expected mid-April.<\/p>\n

“We haven’t really thought too much about what’s happening in New Zealand, we’re really focused on ourselves,” Greenberg said.<\/p>\n

“I mean, 15 years of the Big Bash has shown enormous growth, I think we’ve got an amazing product, it’s highly profitable.<\/p>\n

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“And the decision that rests on Australian cricket is what we do next, so it’s a (big) decision.”<\/p>\n

New Zealand Cricket announced it would pursue a proposed NZ20 franchise league for its domestic T20 hit.<\/p>\n

The NZC board debated whether to join the BBL and WBBL, before giving in-principle support for a new league, though it stressed it wasn’t a final commitment.<\/p>\n

“There was extensive discussion on the merits of these (BBL) proposals,” NZC chair Diana Puketapu-Lyndon said.<\/p>\n

“But the board concluded that now is the right time to revitalise our 21-year-old Super Smash competition.”<\/p>\n

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