Alistair Dobson

So the same challenges on the women's side exist as they do on the men's.

It's not for us.

That's certainly not how we're approaching it.

I think when we talk to the experts and advisors and others around this, their view is it's 100% absolutely in the mix of being part of a valuable, let's call it an asset, for an investor to come in because...

I think if you're investing in any asset, you're investing for growth potential a lot of the time.

And while there's upside still to be squeezed out of the BBL, there's nothing as big as the opportunity in WBBL.

So as we go through, if we go down that path, if we get to the point of inviting outside investment into the game, one of the key questions we'll have as we start to talk to those potential partners will be their approach to the WBBL and their passion for women's cricket.

So we get a few weeks in and that'll go through to the first weekend of December, which is sort of the traditional slot for WBBL alongside some international fixtures this summer.

And it's shaping up really well.

Again, we've got.

all the best players in the world playing the WBBL, including, you know, the best Indian players, which we don't have on the men's side.

And yeah, the opportunity to grow that remains.

Yeah, it'll be on or around the long weekend in January.

We're still finalising exact dates, but it'll run from mid-December through to that last weekend of January, which has been...

a great slot for us.

We're in the future.

We don't know where that will sit because we might look to adjust some of the scheduling, depending on if we've brought partners in the game and the opportunity to create more opportunity for the, for the test players to come back and play in the BBL.

That's all part of the mix of what's going on at the moment.

Yeah, it's, it's, I think it's once every four years.

And I mean, what an amazing series that's going to be in India.