Alistair Dobson

I think that's one of the fascinating parts of where the future, I guess, landscape of franchise cricket will go.

We see that we've been watching what's happening in the 100.

Clearly, we watch the contracting and auction models in the IPL.

There's so many different variables out there, and we'll build one that is bespoke and custom fit for us.

India protects talent very closely.

Clearly it would be a desire, but it's not something that we spend any time really prosecuting or investigating.

There's no indication that will change and

We don't spend any energy on that.

We're more focused on particularly the Australian talent being big and strong and passionate about the BBL and overseas players when they can come in to play a role.

But yeah, that doesn't seem like it's on the horizon.

Yeah, I think the opportunity to take the BBL outside Australia, even if it is for an individual game, is a fascinating opportunity.

And you've talked about the strength and the size of India as a market.

We can't deny that.

That is the reality of global cricket now.

We're close.

We've got a few things to work through and finalise, and we're optimistic about that.

We'll be looking to...

make some announcements hopefully in the again in the coming weeks alongside the schedule but um yeah it's been it's been amazing to see the level of interest not just from india but around the world in the future of the bbl i think that well that comes with some interesting discussions on ownership and and the like what it does reinforce is just how passionate and and popular the bbl is globally

Yeah, it needs to look like a BBL game.

I think we...