Alistair Dobson
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So that's such an amazing asset for Cricket Victoria to have lights there.
We've seen what that's done at Allen Borderfield in Brisbane and Karen Rolton Oval in Adelaide.
And the ability to have, I guess, a venue in Melbourne that is available during the Boxing Day Test, for example, 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.
So...
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.
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.