Robert Craddock

It'll be fantastic.

Exactly.

And it's become very embarrassing for Victoria.

Let's be honest about it, Gerard, because here's the thing.

The players wanted privatisation.

Like, they were really eager to make progress.

And for them to say, sorry, Victoria, this won't work, that is an absolute gobsmack for it.

And I think even... And I don't think the chairs will approve it today, but even if they did, it's still stuck in quicksand.

So...

It's just left the Big Bash competition this season coming up in a terrible state because what do you do?

Do you revitalise the stars and the renegades after previously, you know, basically putting in the compost heap?

I mean, you know, it cheapens the whole product.

And, Gerard, the other point that no-one's making is this.

How would you be if you're a private investor looking on?

I mean, it's got to be damaging the price of the product, surely.

And I know that for a fact, that some, you know...

large companies looking on saying, why would you bother trying to own a team in Australia when you've got five, when the players aren't aligned with the board who aren't aligned with the States, you've got everyone fighting.

Well, you can't get away from the fact that Australia lost the series.

Like it's a bad look for any big company, isn't it?

You can't get away from the fact that our second 11 almost is not a patch on the first.