Alistair Dobson

And if we're exploring playing games in different markets, that's the bread and butter of the big bash and always will be.

Will we see night games at the Junction Oval?

Yeah, I was at the Junction Oval on the weekend and the lights are up and what I'm told, they're about to be plugged in and even turned on.

So yeah, we will see some WBBL under lights.

In fact, we'll most likely see the opening day of WBBL, a doubleheader.

at the Junction Oval under lights.

Um, we're looking at whether there's even a BBL game there under lights during the season as well.

So that's, that's such an amazing asset for, for Cricket Victoria to have lights there.

We've seen what that's done at Allen Border Field in Brisbane and Karen Rolton Oval in Adelaide and the ability to have, I guess, a venue in Melbourne that is, um, available during the boxing day test, for example, um, is an opportunity, but it's pretty exciting.

I know Cricket Victoria are looking forward to it.

Yeah, we've dipped our toe into the, I guess, let's call them the stadium games for WBBL.

I think there's some interest for one or two clubs to keep a game there, but we've had a look at those for now.

We'll be back playing in primarily, I guess, the more unique or traditional WBBL venues, North Sydney Oval and Dromoyne and Allen Borderfield and the Junction Oval.

Yeah.

Right now, we think that's the best fit for the WBBL.

It is the world's best cricket league for women.

We still are very passionate about that from a quality perspective.

The same truth exists for the WBBL that we need to be competitive globally.

We need to keep investing in the WBBL.

The players are rightly now incredibly well rewarded around the world to play in the WPL in India and now the 100 in the UK.