The fact that BBL is happening during peak summer cricket season in Australia and your national team is playing their own matches, shows that CA isn't that interested in pushing BBL to be as big as IPL.
Though I think that BBL should have majority of the reputed players playing for the respective teams so it gets more attention from international viewers
Did y’all forget the economy crisis Australia is in? And also how bad the air fares are now? The cost of interstate travel is so ridiculous now, that’s why there are less crowds.
It was funny. I showed up for that match and I was thinking to see it on either the first or third day (because the third day is a rather important day in a test match usually). I’m happy I picked the first day to see it.
Ya I'm srilankan but seeing small crowds in Recent BBL matches worries me too, I remember those early seasons of BBL matches with big crowds and competitive nature was something else👌
Also, the season length being doubled around 2017/18 meant lower average attendance and less international players because of how long the season takes. I think they should reduce the amount of games a bit so they don’t have play games on random Tuesdays when most people aren’t on holidays yet. Bbl draft and drs are a step in the right direction. Great vid
@@kennedysan1045 yeah I agree. If it was up to bbl I think they would have shorter season but the tv company’s are telling them to have the season longer so it benefits the tv company’s
I have always found BBL to be a great watching.. (from India). Stadiums, kits and commentary are unmatched in any of the leagues. Plus the quality of cricket isn't bad either.
Surprising that you didn’t mention the two critical decisions. 1) leaving channel 10 2) lengthening the season They really got greedy thinking they could maintain the enthusiasm for a longer time period. Restricting it to boxing day to Australia Day is what they need to do, as well as not scheduling any international cricket after the Sydney test so the Aussie players can play for their clubs instead of random district cricketers.
@@p3a. yep. I’d have the final on Australia Day evening. Then follow it up with an BBL All Stars clash a few days later and then a bilateral T20 series home and away against NZ.
Shorter season. It was at its best when the comp started on when school holidays started and finished just as the holidays finished. The timing was the key.
One of the biggest factors that wasn’t mentioned was the broadcasters demanding a longer season (14 games per team) something which big name overseas players weren’t as willing as commit to as the earlier eight game seasons. And now the same broadcasters are suing Cricket Australia because they’re disappointed by the BBL’s lack of star power… which they brought upon themselves. Good video Marto
Big problem I believe is there is too much cricket happening at the same time. Case in point the current Aus v SA series so the big name Aus players arent playing in the BBL as well as the other test series currently being played e.g Eng v Pak, Ind v Ban. Lots of big name international players are not taking part. When the IPL is on, no international India matches are played. Cant expect people to fork out to go and see the international team and domestic t20 teams at the same time.
It's simple, Cricket except in India and Pakistan is dying everywhere. You say Big Players aren't playing that's why low attendance, but did you forget the pathetic attendance in the WC T20 where only India and Pakistan matches had good attendance. Even in the must win match of Australia, the crowd didn't show up.
@@asresalim6145 ....i dont agree. Realty is Against top 4 teams Eng n Aus n nz ppl come in huge numbers tooo. Obiously Ind SL Bng Pak ppl come in huge numbers.
@@kabuto652 Bro Australia vs NZ was the first match of the WC and even in that the attendance was bad. What's wrong in accepting that Cricket is dying? It's a fact. It's apparent from the people who are watching it. The Recent FIFA cup gave another big blow to Cricket
Should be less again. There has been *zero* advertising effort in recent years. Put out the word about cheap tickets (And So On), and you'll see an increase. Cricket Australia also likes to be this beacon of inclusivity (Unnecessary Games In Remote Buttfucknowhere) and I hope they keep at it. Long story short, it's a failing venture at the moment.
Quality content and great talk mate. Something I noticed when going to the Sydney Sixers game a few days ago is that the commentators were going out at the end and giving signatures which for that game was amazing because they had the likes of Gilly, Brett Lee and Mike Hussey at that game, so that could possibly draw in more crowd attendance to meet some legends!
Cricket as a whole is just dying in Australia. It's sad to see because as an Australian myself, there's no other sport that competes with it. This sport has made me feel things that no other sport has gotten close to
Seems like it. Lack of crowd in recent international matches (including T20 WC) is a huge worry for cricket in Australia. We don't want Australia to lose interest in cricket. Cricket would be simply incomplete without that Aussie aggression and dominance we all have got used to. 😥
It’s definitely not the best at the moment. But cricket will never die In Australia Problem is there is simply too many games, and not even cricket fans know what’s going on let alone the general public
As a regular BBL viewer from India here are my takes for the decline: 1) Schedule: Coincides with the start of Australian test summer. Current Australian players dont get to play the league. There are 2-3 sub standard players playing in each team every game. 2) League is more than 10 years old but there is no connect between players & club and therefore between club & fans: Except for a brief period between 2014-17 (Chris Lynn & Brisbane Heat) the league has failed to create its own superstars. RCB is the third most valuable team in IPL despite 0 titles. Their growth has been driven by superstars like Virat, AB, Gayle & their connect with the local fans. 3) Lack of international stars: It is understandable as the league is not making big money. But in recent times BBL has been treated like pension homes by international cricketers.
Also another thing that should be noted is the timing with the Australian Test cricket summer. We have some of the greatest names that can dominate and draw huge crowds to the games however they’re playing in these other test cricket matches. There’s also a lack of tribalism and contest between teams (apart from melb and syd) so there really isn’t many grudge matches to get people interested.
The best way to develop some grudge is war. That's how England and Argentina got their rivalry. And, of course, England and Germany. Especially if war crimes are committed. It just depends how important TV ratings are. Would you accept civil war if it meant future success for the BBL?
@@richardhorrocks1460 No, Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings have a well-storied rivalry with grudges, tribalism, conflicts, players switching causing uproar and what not. You don't need a civil war to create a rivalry. You only need two equally good teams to meet enough/be from same local area to start.
@@saadamansayyed Yeah, but imagine if there was a big fight between the Chennai Super Kings and the Mumbai Indians, and lots of people were killed and raped and had their villages burnt to the ground... the tension and excitement for the match after all of that would be soooooo much better! Plus with fire works and loud dance music... it would be amazing. Both teams would really want to win. It's like India and England... you really love to beat us because we colonised you for 200 years and you didn't like that. It makes matches between India and England so much more exciting.
@@richardhorrocks1460 lol I give you a thumbs up for having the balls to make such a comment..... you're not wrong, what you're saying is true. What we need is a war between the cities of Australia, everyone has been too nice lately. All of this political correctness and the push for a 'one world government' is destroying the tribal nature within us. On top of that, T20 is garbage anyway, there is far too much luck involved, there isn't much time to sculpt an innings, it's all crash and bash and hope for the best. That gets boring pretty quick. It's always the same; teams don't fight for survival in a match. Also, there are far too many player transitions between teams and always new imports coming and going, how is anyone supposed to be loyal to a team when the players keep shifting around so frequently? I've been watching cricket for almost 40 years (I'm 46), I can count on 1 hand how many T20 games I've watched from start to finish. Even the T20 World Cup is not worth my time. I'm sure I'm not the only one with that mindset. I'm all about Test cricket; which is my favourite format and ODI matches. The cricketer's personalities have been washed out of the game too by trying to market to children far too much, T20 is not for adults, it's for children with low attention span.
Fantastic video mate. I used to work at the Adelaide Oval from late 2016 to late 2021. My first season working was BBL06. Although the Strikers didn't play well, attendances were still up (I belive each team played 8 total home/away games, 4 home, 4 away). Over the next few seasons, they tried to cash in on a gold mine and put far too many games on. One reason as to why the BBL has been on a decline
White ball cricket in Australia used to be Lillee vs Richards, Warne vs Tendulkar, McGrath vs Lara, Chappell vs Holding in front of packed stadiums. It was a big sporting occasion and it meant something. BBL is played largely by a bunch of grade cricketers who wouldn't last 2 seconds in a test match. I mean how can you take it seriously when the players are laughing and joking with the commentators while they're on the field!
I mean, I get your point. The IPL for one, I can say, is proper white-ball cricket. Hot take, but the tournament is at a point where it can be considered a proper cricketing event and a career-builder. Has to do with how many test players play, the amount of young talent coming through but also the sheer star power from cricket and also outside cricket. The IPL is a league which reminds me a lot of the FWC (albeit at a much smaller scale) and how it is organised. BBL needs to take hints, and focus on making the tournament more serious.
@@asentertain352 population and stadium ratio check karo. Both will be same as in Australia and india. Also, now most of my friends and myself have stopped watching ipl, because players started resting in international matches to prepare for ipl.
@@inamuddin7942 u and ur friends dont watch that doesnt mean others dont....and from next time give proper justification to ur claims with proofs because assumptions are far different from reality
My problems with the BBL are - season is way too long and a lot of the games seem meaningless - channel 7 can't be bothered to send their commentators to games so why should we be bothered to go - scheduled at the wrong time, we want to our Australian stars playing in it - channel 7 as a whole - not all the games are free to air - the dumb new rules which seem to tweak the game every year - international players aren't big anymore. They're either people we haven't heard of or players searching for some extra cash in retirement Great vid and I agree with everything you've said
The elephant in the room regarding overseas players is that as of today, you have India, Australia, Pakistan, South Africa, England & New Zealand all playing test cricket. Where do you get the big name players from? Trent Boult refused a central contract because he would lose too much income by playing for his country and chose to play franchise cricket all over the world. So lets assume that many more players decide to do what Trent is doing, what happens to the test teams? We would end up with star studded franchise cricket and depleted test side. Don't get me wrong, I don't know what the answer is either!
If you look at the stars that were being drawn in during the early days of the BBL, they were all (or at least mostly) Australian. You mentioned them - Warnie, Hayden and Lee are/were some of the most popular players in Australian cricket of the last 20+ years. Warnie was obviously iconic, Lee was the most marketable player of his era, and Hayden just had the aura that comes with being an all time great batsman. One of the bigger problems for the BBL is that our best players - Cummins, Smith, Maxwell, Marnus, Hazelwood, Starc - and the best players from around the world can't play in the BBL because they are committed to their international duties. The league relies on 2nd and 3rd tier Australian players like Chris Lynn, Adam Zampa and Marcus Stoinis to carry the marketing of the league, and that just isn't going to work. No disrespect to those guys - they're great players - but they aren't household names that will attract casual fans the way the best test batsman of the modern era, or the much beloved captain of the nation would. Yes, the season is too long, and yes the gimmicks are tacky, and yes the games need to be on free-to-air, but until the league can organise itself so that the best players from our own country can play in the league without eschewing international and IPL opportunities, it seems pretty unlikely that the trajectory starts pointing up.
And when would that be exactly? Obviously in a perfect world we would have all our international players playing but those guys get next to no breaks the whole year. There's too much cricket on and no good window for the bbl
@@TensorEsports Marketing wise he is for sure. He's a quality bowler but he's hardly a household name. He doesn't have anywhere near the name brand value of Nathan Lyon, for example.
The truth is that cricket is dying unfortunately. And BCCI is one of the main reason . Instead of trying to spread the gospel of cricket , it is just invested in maintaining its hegemony
@@shubhampahurkar00 True. Australia, England and India have crushed the life out of the rest of the cricketing world and squandered the opportunity to spread to new horizons. The uncompetitiveness of South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the West Indies away from home is proof positive of that.
I’ve got a few theory’s about the decline: 1) The BBL is such a one-sided Comp and people are sick of seeing the scorchers and Sixers winning the title every year so no one shows up to the game for that reason 2) Season drags on just so the test players can make the squad so if it’s 8-9 games a squad that might be able to bring more people 3) Cricket Victoria controls both Melbourne teams so everyone knows renegades and stars games are rigged. 4) Follow-on from the 3rd point however we need all teams to be privately owned to get the money in to get the quality of stars 5) The draft was completely useless
The big problem for me is that they increased the number of games beyond a sustainable level. Drop it back to 8-10 games per team and each one becomes more of an event. At this point the comp is oversatured. Furthermore, it runs alongside the test season and thus the test stars aren't available to play for their teams. Fix the number and scheduling of the games and we may see it come back to more public support.
Great video, I feel your point about the loop the BBL is currently stuck in is particularly strong. It’s all well and good saying it needs more top names, but when there’s no money to pay them due to the low salary caps, you’ll keep seeing teams roll out with 40% of the team being grade or marginal state players. A couple of things I’d add would be the killing of white ball cricket to the majority of Australia by the Foxtel/Kayo sports paywall, which means the players who do get to the next level are not becoming TV draws and ticket sellers for the BBL because the majority of the country have never seen them on that level, and the test guys who would be those draws don’t play BBL. I also believe the executives running it made some errors. Firstly believing (or wishing) the BBL is the attraction, rather than the players or the standard of cricket. This has led to a sanitised tv “entertainment” or “content” style production and a tournament far too long. Secondly, they’ve cut corners on the uniforms, to where they just look super cheap and basic. This seems like a minor thing, but the majority of the time it’s what your players are seen wearing and if it looks like your league was dressed by Kmart it adds to the image of a watered down product being sold as full-strength.
The main thing for me is the timing, it runs through the Australian test Summer!! All of the Australian test team being able to play in bbl regularly im sure would bring more viewers in, as well as the fact that it isn’t competing with the test summer time slot anyway, Even though the WBBL is still in its infancy I think it’s operating much better, cheaper tickets in a time of the year where there’s no cricket on, really enjoyed being able to watch cricket through October and the start of November as a warmup to the summer of cricket as well as the T20 World Cup, surely it would make sense to run the BBL AFTER the test summer rather than during
Yeah IMO the WBBL is in the perfect time of year for it as they don't clash it with international schedules, especially for our national team which means you have our best players available for the teams for every match, not just for a one to two week period inbetween international fixtures like the BBL.
This is very short sighted, it's not just the BBL but all cricket in Australia has seen a large decline in popularity and can be directly attributed to cricket Australias move to Pay TV for a majority of its high end cricket content. All international T20s and one day matches are now exclusively on pay TV as well as any test matches played outside of Australia. If you look closely this decline is very similar to Australian Rugbys decline with their move to Pay TV, which has cost them in fans and most importantly participation numbers in junior levels, something I can't see being repaired for decades. Cricket Australia need to wake up and realise that regular high end exposure on free to air TV is what drives participation and new supporter growth (kids) and therefore bigger crowds. Oh and the international players we have out here are as big as many that have come before, you just wouldn't know it unless you're a cricket die hard with pay TV!!!
This is the same with cricket in England. Nearly all of it was behind a paywall for nearly 20 years. cricket is basically a special interest sport rather than a national pastime like football/soccer is. You never really hear about cricket in the mainstream in England unless it's the ashes, it's barely played by the masses and is seen as a posh private school sport. The hundred was a very poor attempt to make cricket mainstream again, it just confused people more, took interest away from the T20 blast and county Cricket, and after the first season half the casual viewers stopped caring
You mentioned the lack of foreign stars but no mention about the lack of Australian stars, hardly any international Australian star plays in the BBL, IPL will fall too if international stars like Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Dhoni etc are kept away from the IPL. BCCI gives the highest preference to its T20 league , CA needs to do the same.
Pretty accurate mate, ive worked in the Adelaide Oval and showup compared to a footy game is dissapointing. Being Sri Lankan and a Sri lankan fan myself used to love watching BBL when our players like Malinga, Sanga and legands like warney, Binga, Gayle played. Now you dont even see the local big names in most matches
Making it a private T20 league would solve the salary problem and there's a ton of money for investors to make in Australian cricket summer but it is also a double edged sword with less control and cutting costs in the initial seasons to get rid of the leading losses in the few years into the leadup actually something that can make profits.
First off great video mate it randomly rocked up on my recommendations and watched it Secondly another thing I'd add to the decline of the BBL is the standard it has gone downhill fast
i go to scorchers games quite off often and the crowds are still quite good i feel like they should move back to the WACA bc they would easy pack there, optus makes crowd look small but its decent crowd
Recently, Ind vs Pak match at Melbourne was Sold out, so bbl needs more and more indian and pakistani players to boost the league, as these players can attract more and more audience, but both teams schedule is so busy and even bcci doesn't allow indian players to play any league except IPL
As an Indian viewer here, I personally feel that the absence of big international Aussie players leaves the fun, intensity and competitiveness of the BBL. I really don't know whether David Warner has ever played BBL or not. Among big names, Finch, Maxy are the ones who play in December and then would be absent owing to national duty. And for the last 2-3 seasons, BBL has gone upto Feb when it easily used to finish in 2nd last week of Jan.
I am from Pakistan. But personally I think the quality of cricket is best in BBL. The kits, presentation, quality of cricket, camera work, commentary and sponsors are best. Also this league has helped Australian national team a lot by producing a lot of talent. I think Australian C team can also fight for a T20 title because they have immense bench strength and next gen is ready to perform on big stage. The main problem of BBL is that they don’t sign big players aka Superstars and the next problem is that Australian superstars like Warner, Smith, Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins don’t get the chance to participate because the league always take place when the Australian team is on tour or hosting a tour. They need to make national heroes the captains of different teams so there can be intense rivalry between national team. Imagine two teams in the final and Smith is the captain of one and Warner is the captain of another it will automatically bring the attention of Australians and other cricket lovers all around the world.
Start times can be rediculous especially if you don't live in Melbourne. At times in Perth, games start at 1pm on a Wednesday. People don't finish work until 5, the game is practically over by then
The draft kind of fixed that though. I think also peoples expectations were set too high in earlier seasons when they were over saturated with players like Chris Gayle and Flintoff so now it looks bad whatever way you put it because no one can top them.
@@king-ij1ly Indian cricket board has banned all Indians from playing in any overseas leagues to (i assume) keep their focus on IPL, so getting Indian players is out of our control.
I believe T20 specialty players also have something to do with it. These players that you only hear from 6-8 weeks of the year and then disappear into obscurity (unless your the minority following international T20 all year) The big name test players only show up for 1-2 games after the test series is over, so you don’t have those crowd drawing names, unlike the early days with all those current / freshly retired test players. T20 used to be just another short form rather then requiring a honed skill set.
There has to be a connection between the Australian star players and the audience. People visit to experience their stars and idols.. Viewership can be seen via TV as well but the joy of watching your idols in person is what makes you crazy. Bring the legends in commenting
The main reason for the downfall of bbl is the Australian non sporty pitches. Australian pitches mostly produce one sided matches. Extra bounce, green tops makes t20 less interesting.
One definite way to increase viewership would be all games being free to air. Games that are only streamed on foxtel etc just destroys interest in the game
The 2015/16 to 2017/18 was the golden era. No surprise it lost some charm when CA sold out to foxtel. Also the playing kits look atrocious. Best ones were the debut season
@@xenobladesrg7729 I don't hate the KKR jersey, my team's. Even from the early IPL days, it (along with its song, chant and name) has the best one imo, probably because the sensibilities of the owner (an actor) and city (Kolkata being an artistic and cultural city) but probably mainly because, it is designed by a renowned professional fashion designer.
Surprisingly, BBL12 was a good season. Matches had pretty decent crowd attendances post COVID. (ESPECIALLY the Scorchers who averaged 30k this season). Most of the games had decent score cards and there were a good amount of close games too. I do think that the season is too long, especially when the Stars and Renegades attendances are often affected greatly by the Australian Open and that the season goes into the start of Term 1 schooling in February. I also think that derby's such as the Melbourne Derby and the Sydney Smash should either be played before public holidays or on a weekend. The Stars vs Renegades clash at the MCG attracted 40K crowd which is a good attendance for a weekday, but I do think that the clash would have gotten at least 50k+ if the game was held on a Friday or Saturday. Last season showed how the BBL still has potential despite cricket not being the most popular sport in the country. (Dominated by AFL and NRL depending on the state).
Well compiled video mate, but I feel the BBL has it advantages over the IPL as well, mainly in terms of the commentary, they are not naming sponsors every other word, and they actually bring in current cricketers who understand the game. I remember a few years back they had Callum Ferguson, Baz and the likes in the box. Another factor that I really like is we get to hear captains talk to the bowlers abt their fields, there was Finch talking to Zak Evans i believe last season abt the need for deep Point. What the IPL lacks, BBL really makes up, if CA can get better overseas stars and get leading Australian players in, I would genuinely rate it higher than the IPL in terms of just watching and enjoying it
yeah bro i am an indian and i accept that too, even their jerseys are great too and everything is so colourful unlike ipl i really want ipl to happen in aus with BBL jersies and commentary
@@rosinchristopher4107 I completely agree, I was just talking from the perspective, that the viewing experience is a lot more pleasant while watching the BBL.
I think the novelty of T20 cricket in Australia has probably worn off from what it once was now. People flock to what’s new, so when the BBL was still relatively new but also developed enough about 6-7 years ago, it was in the absolute sweet spot for drawing big crowds and TV viewers. Sadly that’ll probably never happen again, until the next big thing for cricket comes along. It was the same with World Series Cricket, the game goes through its phases in attracting audiences. Once somethings done, rinse and repeat.
That's a keen assessment, matey. I agree with others that the season is really drawn out, now. Last season ('20-'21) I was dead keen for the start and by 2/3 of the way through I felt saturated with T20. I wonder if "shrinking to grow" might help the entire BBL. Lose one of each of the Melbourne and Sydney teams to shorten the season, with the added bonus that it could potentially strengthen all remaining teams.
The biggest issues in my eyes are. 1. The season is too long. 2. Get rid of the gimmick rules 3. (If they can afford it.) pay the players more. 4. Make all games free to air on channel 10. In order to get Australia’s test big gun players, start the test series in November and end it on the Boxing Day test. So that means start the BBL with the traditional Christmas Eve Clash in Adelaide then end the season before the school holidays ends (Jan 30.) Great vid mate ❤.
Although good percentage of people watching IPL are from India, there is a decent chunk of people from other countries who watch IPL as well. I think the success of IPL has to do with scheduling BBL in the right time of the year where international players and national players can play majority of the tournament. The slump in viewership is because of the quality of players, bring the players back and BBL will be back like it was before
Another problem is that both the Sixers and the scorchers are the most overpowered teams. This makes fans from other cities have less excitement and engagement towards the competition.
Very good points. I personally feel the power surge has added some more fun to the game, I have enjoyed the anticipation sitting in the stands waiting for it to be called when a couple batsmen felt they are going well. Another dynamic to think about which I personally have found fun but not sure how that has effected attendance.
Make all BBL games free to air and lower the ticket prices a little bit if they cant bring in international superstars like they used too and maybe the crowd attendance and tv viewership will go up.
I’m English but I used to love watching the BBL at Christmas. I haven’t tuned in for the last couple and for me there’s just too much cricket. I can’t even be bothered watching some of England’s white ball bi-lateral series never mind the BBL. I never feel like I’m missing cricket in the winter anymore because England now play about 4 winter tours.
@@Playerone1287 I don't know if this was a genuine question but I'll answer it. I think it's mainly a lack of exposure. No one else in my family was into cricket but I discovered it on the tv during the 2001 Ashes when I was 14. We also played a bit in high school (our Head of PE played for a local club). Now England games aren't on tv and most schools don't seem to play. You need to either go to a posh school or be introduced to it by a relative (I've taken my nephew to a few Blast games). I think England also has real problem with talking down cricket. The Hundred is a prime example. It's a product based on the idea that cricket is stuffy, boring and incomprehensible, which is an awful attitude to promote and govern a sport with.
@@Playerone1287 yes it does. Football has been a biggest and crazily enjoyable sport in the UK. Cricket is only alive because of South Asia's popularity.
also dont forget abt covid durign 2019-2021 there were either restrictions or middle ages people ( a lot of cricket watchers) didnt wanna come to crowded spaces this is the first year without it its gonna b intresting to see how the numbers r
How to fix BBL. 1. Drop Sydney & Melbourne down to 1 team each. There isn't the talent depth to support 8 teams. Western Sydney, Canberra, Geelong and the Gold Coast can still host games. 2. Hold it between December 1- January 1. Make the final on NYD when no other cricket is scheduled. 3. Freeze rule changes for 5 years.
It's always disheartening to see less crowds and lesser people watching cricket as a massive cricket fan it sucks so I hope CA can pull it back to it's glory days
Doubling the length of the season. Players can't commit to 14 regular games over the Aussie summer, and people can't be bothered/afford to go to so many games. When it was seven games, they all counted, and players knew they could come out to Oz, play a hectic few weeks of cricket, get paid, and move on to their next paying gig. Also, doubling the number of games devalued the domestic competitions, where for decades Aussie talent has been produced and nurtured, and also has meant some funky international scheduling. We should have had the T20 World Cup over summer, not rained out at the end of Spring. CA got greedy, and now we and they are paying the price ... a huge number of mostly pointless games, played by squads "topped up" by players we might not have ever heard of, and falling revenue in the coffers. Sometimes, greed is not good. (sorry for the huge post - I just remember how great the BBL used to be when everything mattered in a 7 game and then final series season ... the comp used to compliment the Aussie cricket summer, not destroy it).
In saying that I have looked at the crowds in the first couple of games in bbl 12 and there looks like there are a few more people are coming again last year it was terrible because a lot of the players were away for tours or had COVID making it less interesting
I think there's a key downfall that you have not discussed. That being that the season was shorter and all games fell into the school holidays, especially the finals. With the transition from one tv channel to the current, the prime weekend games have been lost to the free to air viewers and the extension of the season has at the same time placed the book ends of the season outside of the easy availability of the primary attendance target and the extended season makes it less attractive to the superstars
For mine 1) Drop the gimmicks, no one is interested 2) Drop the stupid rule changes, the game has become overly complex for casual attendees 3) The commentators are woefully inept at their jobs 4) At least in Brisbane the huge crowds were built around families rocking up, try to go up market and can the meathead aspects, once again looking at the commentators. 5) The season needs to be reduced in length, there are now some meaningless games happening 6) Expand the team numbers not the amount of games, I believe the ACT amongst others were looking for franchises. 7) The Heat need new show runners, we are going from inept to woeful, seriously what happened to Chris Lynn?
Looking in as a pom this seems pretty spot on. I've kept up with the BBL and the atmospheres make me think covid is still in its peak. As for the commentators, they are hilariously dreadful.
Another part of the problem is the overly long season of the BBL. The season should start somewhere around Christmas and finish around Australia Day. If the CA had not been so money hungry, and killed the goose that lays the golden egg, by excessively adding the number of matches, and making it harder to follow the season by putting some matches behind a paywall on subscription TV, the competition would not be in such a bad position. Because I remember during the popular period watching a game each night because they were all on free to air, so it could be easily followed. However, I do agree, the lack of big names playing in the competition was a big issue. Yet a whole lot of other issues were also at play causing the decline of the BBL.
Interesting video. I'm a big cricket but don't watch much T20, I'll watch internationals occasionally, the odd IPL game and some Blast (I'm English). My thoughts are that there is only one IPL, the PSL seems to be doing well, but essentially there is far too much franchise T20 cricket, too many leagues. Saw the highlights of the 15 all out game and my main thought was that Trent Boult has given up the chance of 400 test wickets and maybe even going past Hadlee to play in this tripe league which no one watches. IPL, PSL, BBL, BPL, SA20, IL20, LPL, CPL, Hundred, 6ixty, Abu Dhabi T10, most of these leagues exist for basically no reason beyond gambling and probably money laundering. I think in Australia it might just have run its course.
everything that you said is exactly what I have been thinking recently about the BBL, it has really declined and I totally agree with everything that was said in this short documentary. Hopefully the BBL will return to its glory days and hopefully they don't make dumb rules like the power surge. Good video and good analysis!
Even I turn the tv to the tennis sometimes when the bbl is on. I can watch the highlights on RUclips. Compared to footy it can sometimes offer less entertainment.
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The fact that BBL is happening during peak summer cricket season in Australia and your national team is playing their own matches, shows that CA isn't that interested in pushing BBL to be as big as IPL.
Facts
Indias population is over 50 times as big bro
It is because CA focuses more on reputation in International cricket than the so called money making business of IPL.
Though I think that BBL should have majority of the reputed players playing for the respective teams so it gets more attention from international viewers
The test series vs SA was played infront of empty stands too, as was much of the t20 world cup. Doesn't help having massive stadia
The biggest issues are
(a) the unnecessary gimmicks
(b) overly long season
(c) taking a lot of games off free to air
Power surge is good
@@Gwhusxb Mate i agree test match is the pinacle but T20 is second behind it its ODI cricket that is dying
@@mansukhjhandi1267 power surge isnt fun t20 is alr rly healthy and popular theres no reason for it
Did y’all forget the economy crisis Australia is in? And also how bad the air fares are now? The cost of interstate travel is so ridiculous now, that’s why there are less crowds.
@@ghostoutcry what about AFL
The BBL might not have audience, but i am more than happy to see crowd at test between AUS and SA. People like true cricket.
They had to make sure they all attended on day 1 before the test was over.
@@ededwinson5774 well thats kinda true xD
It was funny. I showed up for that match and I was thinking to see it on either the first or third day (because the third day is a rather important day in a test match usually). I’m happy I picked the first day to see it.
@@NuclearMagneticResonance haha good decision.
@@ededwinson5774 They didn't know it was going to be over on Day 2 before Day 2 began...
Ya I'm srilankan but seeing small crowds in Recent BBL matches worries me too, I remember those early seasons of BBL matches with big crowds and competitive nature was something else👌
Yeah I think so too, I hope the BBL can return back to its glory days soon!
LPL is mush worse
Right now most successful league is ipl only.
Last 3 Months Many Matches Completed There So People's Are Coverd international Matches ...may be mid of big bash Fully audience
@@Dheuwdyw 🤓🤓
Also, the season length being doubled around 2017/18 meant lower average attendance and less international players because of how long the season takes. I think they should reduce the amount of games a bit so they don’t have play games on random Tuesdays when most people aren’t on holidays yet. Bbl draft and drs are a step in the right direction. Great vid
spot on
Also then they don’t get as much money from sponsers or from tv etc cause less games = less promo for them
@@adriandevil7232 but nobody is going or watching anyway, so they're possibly getting even less exposure
Yeah maybe build abit of hype for each game
@@kennedysan1045 yeah I agree. If it was up to bbl I think they would have shorter season but the tv company’s are telling them to have the season longer so it benefits the tv company’s
I have always found BBL to be a great watching.. (from India).
Stadiums, kits and commentary are unmatched in any of the leagues. Plus the quality of cricket isn't bad either.
Just lacks Superstars and crowd...
Same 💯
I've always enjoyed BBL more than IPL for some reason. I loved the whole atmosphere of their grounds and the aussie commentary cannot be topped.
@@martiananomaly same
True...they have such amazing Jersey..wonder why IPL jersey look so horrible
Surprising that you didn’t mention the two critical decisions.
1) leaving channel 10
2) lengthening the season
They really got greedy thinking they could maintain the enthusiasm for a longer time period. Restricting it to boxing day to Australia Day is what they need to do, as well as not scheduling any international cricket after the Sydney test so the Aussie players can play for their clubs instead of random district cricketers.
Yes. Boxing Day to Oz Day is the right call.
does that include finals?
@@p3a. yep. I’d have the final on Australia Day evening. Then follow it up with an BBL All Stars clash a few days later and then a bilateral T20 series home and away against NZ.
Yeah he miss a lot in the video
@@lukedastoli9959 ok that clears things up
Shorter season. It was at its best when the comp started on when school holidays started and finished just as the holidays finished. The timing was the key.
One of the biggest factors that wasn’t mentioned was the broadcasters demanding a longer season (14 games per team) something which big name overseas players weren’t as willing as commit to as the earlier eight game seasons.
And now the same broadcasters are suing Cricket Australia because they’re disappointed by the BBL’s lack of star power… which they brought upon themselves.
Good video Marto
Big problem I believe is there is too much cricket happening at the same time. Case in point the current Aus v SA series so the big name Aus players arent playing in the BBL as well as the other test series currently being played e.g Eng v Pak, Ind v Ban. Lots of big name international players are not taking part. When the IPL is on, no international India matches are played. Cant expect people to fork out to go and see the international team and domestic t20 teams at the same time.
I think lack of competition n no indian Eng Nz player in big bash causing its decline.
Lot of matches is not big negatives 👍
There's bbl, IPL , lpl and msl going on at the same time.
It's simple, Cricket except in India and Pakistan is dying everywhere. You say Big Players aren't playing that's why low attendance, but did you forget the pathetic attendance in the WC T20 where only India and Pakistan matches had good attendance. Even in the must win match of Australia, the crowd didn't show up.
@@asresalim6145 ....i dont agree.
Realty is
Against top 4 teams
Eng n Aus n nz ppl come in huge numbers tooo.
Obiously Ind SL Bng Pak ppl come in huge numbers.
@@kabuto652
Bro Australia vs NZ was the first match of the WC and even in that the attendance was bad.
What's wrong in accepting that Cricket is dying? It's a fact. It's apparent from the people who are watching it. The Recent FIFA cup gave another big blow to Cricket
Another reason is, tickets are expensive. Should be between $15 - $22 for general stands. Not $35 - $45
Should be less again. There has been *zero* advertising effort in recent years. Put out the word about cheap tickets (And So On), and you'll see an increase. Cricket Australia also likes to be this beacon of inclusivity (Unnecessary Games In Remote Buttfucknowhere) and I hope they keep at it. Long story short, it's a failing venture at the moment.
Quality content and great talk mate. Something I noticed when going to the Sydney Sixers game a few days ago is that the commentators were going out at the end and giving signatures which for that game was amazing because they had the likes of Gilly, Brett Lee and Mike Hussey at that game, so that could possibly draw in more crowd attendance to meet some legends!
was this the strikers vs sixers game?
@@Dheuwdyw yeah but it’s a more enjoyable and fast paced version
@@jackcurran6213 yeah mate
@@goskywalker ye I was at that game
Cricket as a whole is just dying in Australia. It's sad to see because as an Australian myself, there's no other sport that competes with it. This sport has made me feel things that no other sport has gotten close to
Seems like it. Lack of crowd in recent international matches (including T20 WC) is a huge worry for cricket in Australia. We don't want Australia to lose interest in cricket. Cricket would be simply incomplete without that Aussie aggression and dominance we all have got used to. 😥
It’s definitely not the best at the moment. But cricket will never die In Australia
Problem is there is simply too many games, and not even cricket fans know what’s going on let alone the general public
While CA keep fucking around with white ball cricket, real cricket hopefully will never die.
@@adriandevil7232 agree
That's why the T20 format keeps cricket alive
As a regular BBL viewer from India here are my takes for the decline:
1) Schedule: Coincides with the start of Australian test summer. Current Australian players dont get to play the league. There are 2-3 sub standard players playing in each team every game.
2) League is more than 10 years old but there is no connect between players & club and therefore between club & fans: Except for a brief period between 2014-17 (Chris Lynn & Brisbane Heat) the league has failed to create its own superstars. RCB is the third most valuable team in IPL despite 0 titles. Their growth has been driven by superstars like Virat, AB, Gayle & their connect with the local fans.
3) Lack of international stars: It is understandable as the league is not making big money. But in recent times BBL has been treated like pension homes by international cricketers.
Most importantly cricket is no more popular in Australia 🥲🥲🥲
@@pastormartinsempai6371 yup india carrying a dying sport
@@prafful_sahu 2.5 billion fans worldwide isn't a joke mate🙂
@@dhruv7208 1.4 billion from india itself
@@Foodie_sum ON TOP OF That almost 1.8~2 billion from the Indian Subcontinent 🥲
And to make it even worse the thunder just got bowled out for 15 😭😭😭
Also another thing that should be noted is the timing with the Australian Test cricket summer. We have some of the greatest names that can dominate and draw huge crowds to the games however they’re playing in these other test cricket matches. There’s also a lack of tribalism and contest between teams (apart from melb and syd) so there really isn’t many grudge matches to get people interested.
The best way to develop some grudge is war. That's how England and Argentina got their rivalry. And, of course, England and Germany. Especially if war crimes are committed. It just depends how important TV ratings are. Would you accept civil war if it meant future success for the BBL?
@@richardhorrocks1460 haha dw when i will become pm of india i will nuke the entire world just to make cricket the most popular game
@@richardhorrocks1460 No, Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings have a well-storied rivalry with grudges, tribalism, conflicts, players switching causing uproar and what not. You don't need a civil war to create a rivalry. You only need two equally good teams to meet enough/be from same local area to start.
@@saadamansayyed Yeah, but imagine if there was a big fight between the Chennai Super Kings and the Mumbai Indians, and lots of people were killed and raped and had their villages burnt to the ground... the tension and excitement for the match after all of that would be soooooo much better! Plus with fire works and loud dance music... it would be amazing. Both teams would really want to win. It's like India and England... you really love to beat us because we colonised you for 200 years and you didn't like that. It makes matches between India and England so much more exciting.
@@richardhorrocks1460 lol I give you a thumbs up for having the balls to make such a comment..... you're not wrong, what you're saying is true.
What we need is a war between the cities of Australia, everyone has been too nice lately. All of this political correctness and the push for a 'one world government' is destroying the tribal nature within us.
On top of that, T20 is garbage anyway, there is far too much luck involved, there isn't much time to sculpt an innings, it's all crash and bash and hope for the best. That gets boring pretty quick. It's always the same; teams don't fight for survival in a match.
Also, there are far too many player transitions between teams and always new imports coming and going, how is anyone supposed to be loyal to a team when the players keep shifting around so frequently?
I've been watching cricket for almost 40 years (I'm 46), I can count on 1 hand how many T20 games I've watched from start to finish. Even the T20 World Cup is not worth my time. I'm sure I'm not the only one with that mindset.
I'm all about Test cricket; which is my favourite format and ODI matches.
The cricketer's personalities have been washed out of the game too by trying to market to children far too much, T20 is not for adults, it's for children with low attention span.
Fantastic video mate. I used to work at the Adelaide Oval from late 2016 to late 2021. My first season working was BBL06. Although the Strikers didn't play well, attendances were still up (I belive each team played 8 total home/away games, 4 home, 4 away). Over the next few seasons, they tried to cash in on a gold mine and put far too many games on. One reason as to why the BBL has been on a decline
As an Indian i got a bit sad when I saw very less crowd in recent BBL matches
White ball cricket in Australia used to be Lillee vs Richards, Warne vs Tendulkar, McGrath vs Lara, Chappell vs Holding in front of packed stadiums. It was a big sporting occasion and it meant something. BBL is played largely by a bunch of grade cricketers who wouldn't last 2 seconds in a test match. I mean how can you take it seriously when the players are laughing and joking with the commentators while they're on the field!
I mean, I get your point. The IPL for one, I can say, is proper white-ball cricket. Hot take, but the tournament is at a point where it can be considered a proper cricketing event and a career-builder. Has to do with how many test players play, the amount of young talent coming through but also the sheer star power from cricket and also outside cricket. The IPL is a league which reminds me a lot of the FWC (albeit at a much smaller scale) and how it is organised. BBL needs to take hints, and focus on making the tournament more serious.
@@saadamansayyed lol, ipl is mostly watched by dream11 players and other fantasy app players. And some kids, rest don't watch it ..
@@inamuddin7942that's you boy lol why the stadium is full 😒
@@asentertain352 population and stadium ratio check karo. Both will be same as in Australia and india.
Also, now most of my friends and myself have stopped watching ipl, because players started resting in international matches to prepare for ipl.
@@inamuddin7942 u and ur friends dont watch that doesnt mean others dont....and from next time give proper justification to ur claims with proofs because assumptions are far different from reality
Mate, but this season has pulled it back, great games with nice crowds. This season is fire and hope will continue to be like this
Yep, but mainly in those other grounds than the main one, try to set that again.
My problems with the BBL are
- season is way too long and a lot of the games seem meaningless
- channel 7 can't be bothered to send their commentators to games so why should we be bothered to go
- scheduled at the wrong time, we want to our Australian stars playing in it
- channel 7 as a whole
- not all the games are free to air
- the dumb new rules which seem to tweak the game every year
- international players aren't big anymore. They're either people we haven't heard of or players searching for some extra cash in retirement
Great vid and I agree with everything you've said
Channel 7 - where any sport not AFL goes to die
And yet Channel 7 have the best graphics BBL has ever been broadcasted with...
"scheduled at the wrong time, we want to our Australian stars playing in it" Has always been the case even in BBL's heyday.
Even in 2022 stadium were almost empty except Indian and Pakistani fan the local people of Australia seems to loose interest in cricket
The elephant in the room regarding overseas players is that as of today, you have India, Australia, Pakistan, South Africa, England & New Zealand all playing test cricket. Where do you get the big name players from? Trent Boult refused a central contract because he would lose too much income by playing for his country and chose to play franchise cricket all over the world. So lets assume that many more players decide to do what Trent is doing, what happens to the test teams? We would end up with star studded franchise cricket and depleted test side. Don't get me wrong, I don't know what the answer is either!
If you look at the stars that were being drawn in during the early days of the BBL, they were all (or at least mostly) Australian. You mentioned them - Warnie, Hayden and Lee are/were some of the most popular players in Australian cricket of the last 20+ years. Warnie was obviously iconic, Lee was the most marketable player of his era, and Hayden just had the aura that comes with being an all time great batsman. One of the bigger problems for the BBL is that our best players - Cummins, Smith, Maxwell, Marnus, Hazelwood, Starc - and the best players from around the world can't play in the BBL because they are committed to their international duties. The league relies on 2nd and 3rd tier Australian players like Chris Lynn, Adam Zampa and Marcus Stoinis to carry the marketing of the league, and that just isn't going to work. No disrespect to those guys - they're great players - but they aren't household names that will attract casual fans the way the best test batsman of the modern era, or the much beloved captain of the nation would.
Yes, the season is too long, and yes the gimmicks are tacky, and yes the games need to be on free-to-air, but until the league can organise itself so that the best players from our own country can play in the league without eschewing international and IPL opportunities, it seems pretty unlikely that the trajectory starts pointing up.
And when would that be exactly? Obviously in a perfect world we would have all our international players playing but those guys get next to no breaks the whole year. There's too much cricket on and no good window for the bbl
Dude...no way Zampa is 2nd-3rd tier😐
@@TensorEsports Marketing wise he is for sure. He's a quality bowler but he's hardly a household name. He doesn't have anywhere near the name brand value of Nathan Lyon, for example.
The truth is that cricket is dying unfortunately. And BCCI is one of the main reason . Instead of trying to spread the gospel of cricket , it is just invested in maintaining its hegemony
@@shubhampahurkar00 True. Australia, England and India have crushed the life out of the rest of the cricketing world and squandered the opportunity to spread to new horizons. The uncompetitiveness of South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the West Indies away from home is proof positive of that.
You've planted an idea into the fans minds.. good job! well done!!
I’ve got a few theory’s about the decline:
1) The BBL is such a one-sided Comp and people are sick of seeing the scorchers and Sixers winning the title every year so no one shows up to the game for that reason
2) Season drags on just so the test players can make the squad so if it’s 8-9 games a squad that might be able to bring more people
3) Cricket Victoria controls both Melbourne teams so everyone knows renegades and stars games are rigged.
4) Follow-on from the 3rd point however we need all teams to be privately owned to get the money in to get the quality of stars
5) The draft was completely useless
ok so why does this man not have at LEAST 1k subs?
At 1:21 I was at that game and the atmosphere was awesome.
The big problem for me is that they increased the number of games beyond a sustainable level. Drop it back to 8-10 games per team and each one becomes more of an event. At this point the comp is oversatured. Furthermore, it runs alongside the test season and thus the test stars aren't available to play for their teams. Fix the number and scheduling of the games and we may see it come back to more public support.
Great video, I feel your point about the loop the BBL is currently stuck in is particularly strong. It’s all well and good saying it needs more top names, but when there’s no money to pay them due to the low salary caps, you’ll keep seeing teams roll out with 40% of the team being grade or marginal state players.
A couple of things I’d add would be the killing of white ball cricket to the majority of Australia by the Foxtel/Kayo sports paywall, which means the players who do get to the next level are not becoming TV draws and ticket sellers for the BBL because the majority of the country have never seen them on that level, and the test guys who would be those draws don’t play BBL.
I also believe the executives running it made some errors. Firstly believing (or wishing) the BBL is the attraction, rather than the players or the standard of cricket. This has led to a sanitised tv “entertainment” or “content” style production and a tournament far too long. Secondly, they’ve cut corners on the uniforms, to where they just look super cheap and basic. This seems like a minor thing, but the majority of the time it’s what your players are seen wearing and if it looks like your league was dressed by Kmart it adds to the image of a watered down product being sold as full-strength.
The main thing for me is the timing, it runs through the Australian test Summer!! All of the Australian test team being able to play in bbl regularly im sure would bring more viewers in, as well as the fact that it isn’t competing with the test summer time slot anyway, Even though the WBBL is still in its infancy I think it’s operating much better, cheaper tickets in a time of the year where there’s no cricket on, really enjoyed being able to watch cricket through October and the start of November as a warmup to the summer of cricket as well as the T20 World Cup, surely it would make sense to run the BBL AFTER the test summer rather than during
Yeah IMO the WBBL is in the perfect time of year for it as they don't clash it with international schedules, especially for our national team which means you have our best players available for the teams for every match, not just for a one to two week period inbetween international fixtures like the BBL.
But by then all the cricket grounds in Australia are taken over by Australian Rules Football. You can't play cricket then
This is very short sighted, it's not just the BBL but all cricket in Australia has seen a large decline in popularity and can be directly attributed to cricket Australias move to Pay TV for a majority of its high end cricket content. All international T20s and one day matches are now exclusively on pay TV as well as any test matches played outside of Australia.
If you look closely this decline is very similar to Australian Rugbys decline with their move to Pay TV, which has cost them in fans and most importantly participation numbers in junior levels, something I can't see being repaired for decades.
Cricket Australia need to wake up and realise that regular high end exposure on free to air TV is what drives participation and new supporter growth (kids) and therefore bigger crowds.
Oh and the international players we have out here are as big as many that have come before, you just wouldn't know it unless you're a cricket die hard with pay TV!!!
This is the same with cricket in England. Nearly all of it was behind a paywall for nearly 20 years.
cricket is basically a special interest sport rather than a national pastime like football/soccer is.
You never really hear about cricket in the mainstream in England unless it's the ashes, it's barely played by the masses and is seen as a posh private school sport.
The hundred was a very poor attempt to make cricket mainstream again, it just confused people more, took interest away from the T20 blast and county Cricket, and after the first season half the casual viewers stopped caring
You mentioned the lack of foreign stars but no mention about the lack of Australian stars, hardly any international Australian star plays in the BBL, IPL will fall too if international stars like Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Dhoni etc are kept away from the IPL. BCCI gives the highest preference to its T20 league , CA needs to do the same.
Pretty accurate mate, ive worked in the Adelaide Oval and showup compared to a footy game is dissapointing. Being Sri Lankan and a Sri lankan fan myself used to love watching BBL when our players like Malinga, Sanga and legands like warney, Binga, Gayle played. Now you dont even see the local big names in most matches
Bbl 12 final attendance was epic🔥
Check the crowd of Perth Scorcher match
Excellent research bro I highly appreciate your work. You have studied it quite deeply really nicely
In Adelaide last night the attendance was good it seems to be one of the only states with ok attendance
Perth gets good attendances but the scorchers success probably helps.
They should let an NZ side get involved and merge the Melbourne sides
Making it a private T20 league would solve the salary problem and there's a ton of money for investors to make in Australian cricket summer but it is also a double edged sword with less control and cutting costs in the initial seasons to get rid of the leading losses in the few years into the leadup actually something that can make profits.
That's an interesting point actually
Good Reaserch.. Loved It. .. Simple And Awesome 😻🤙
Glad you liked it!!!
Whenever I see Gayle in Renegades jersey the only thing I first remember will always be " don't blush baby"
Season too long for big names to commit. Schedule BBL when Australian national side can participate
First off great video mate it randomly rocked up on my recommendations and watched it
Secondly another thing I'd add to the decline of the BBL is the standard it has gone downhill fast
i go to scorchers games quite off often and the crowds are still quite good i feel like they should move back to the WACA bc they would easy pack there, optus makes crowd look small but its decent crowd
Recently, Ind vs Pak match at Melbourne was Sold out, so bbl needs more and more indian and pakistani players to boost the league, as these players can attract more and more audience, but both teams schedule is so busy and even bcci doesn't allow indian players to play any league except IPL
As an Indian viewer here, I personally feel that the absence of big international Aussie players leaves the fun, intensity and competitiveness of the BBL.
I really don't know whether David Warner has ever played BBL or not. Among big names, Finch, Maxy are the ones who play in December and then would be absent owing to national duty. And for the last 2-3 seasons, BBL has gone upto Feb when it easily used to finish in 2nd last week of Jan.
Warner played BBL 1 I think he scored one of the first centuries. He actually signed back to the thunder this year so I think he plans to play again
I’ve always said that PSL is the second best league after ipl, bbl is far behind from these 2
@@shahzebali1891 is becoz westerners no longer like the sport of cricket its now limited just to Indian subcontinent
@@indiantiger6729 yeah, it seems like in leagues like IPL and PSL there’s still passion and competition unlike BBL anymore…
Very soothing voice 👌
I understood very easily 😃
Love from India 🇮🇳
I am from Pakistan. But personally I think the quality of cricket is best in BBL. The kits, presentation, quality of cricket, camera work, commentary and sponsors are best. Also this league has helped Australian national team a lot by producing a lot of talent. I think Australian C team can also fight for a T20 title because they have immense bench strength and next gen is ready to perform on big stage. The main problem of BBL is that they don’t sign big players aka Superstars and the next problem is that Australian superstars like Warner, Smith, Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins don’t get the chance to participate because the league always take place when the Australian team is on tour or hosting a tour. They need to make national heroes the captains of different teams so there can be intense rivalry between national team. Imagine two teams in the final and Smith is the captain of one and Warner is the captain of another it will automatically bring the attention of Australians and other cricket lovers all around the world.
This comment needs to be pinned!!
I barely like cricket at all but still found this video extremely entertaining
Cricket is the greatest most entertaining sport in the world ❤
hey man wud love to see a video on the rise of bbl after such a successfull 13th season
Start times can be rediculous especially if you don't live in Melbourne. At times in Perth, games start at 1pm on a Wednesday. People don't finish work until 5, the game is practically over by then
Good one mate. Much love from Sri Lanka. Don't stop making these quality videos.
I think attendance has also dropped because of the lack of famous international players
The draft kind of fixed that though. I think also peoples expectations were set too high in earlier seasons when they were over saturated with players like Chris Gayle and Flintoff so now it looks bad whatever way you put it because no one can top them.
@@stantonclark might add something with indian names
@@king-ij1ly Indian cricket board has banned all Indians from playing in any overseas leagues to (i assume) keep their focus on IPL, so getting Indian players is out of our control.
BBL is by far very unique ln its own , i hope BBL picks up pace and gets bigger.
I believe T20 specialty players also have something to do with it.
These players that you only hear from 6-8 weeks of the year and then disappear into obscurity (unless your the minority following international T20 all year)
The big name test players only show up for 1-2 games after the test series is over, so you don’t have those crowd drawing names, unlike the early days with all those current / freshly retired test players.
T20 used to be just another short form rather then requiring a honed skill set.
There has to be a connection between the Australian star players and the audience. People visit to experience their stars and idols.. Viewership can be seen via TV as well but the joy of watching your idols in person is what makes you crazy. Bring the legends in commenting
The main reason for the downfall of bbl is the Australian non sporty pitches. Australian pitches mostly produce one sided matches. Extra bounce, green tops makes t20 less interesting.
The fact that they named it the "Big Bash" League tells that CA were never very serious about this league in the first place.
so what should they do?
One definite way to increase viewership would be all games being free to air. Games that are only streamed on foxtel etc just destroys interest in the game
But then Lachlan Murdoch doesn’t make any money, and we can’t have that lol
Love that when you said "short documentary" you really meant it. No need to pad out a video when you don't need to.
Also you're dead on.
The 2015/16 to 2017/18 was the golden era. No surprise it lost some charm when CA sold out to foxtel. Also the playing kits look atrocious. Best ones were the debut season
Indians hate their ipl jersey but love bbl ones.
@@xenobladesrg7729 yes, I just luv BBL jerseys
And IPL is worst when it comes to uniforms specially LSG
@@xenobladesrg7729 I don't hate the KKR jersey, my team's. Even from the early IPL days, it (along with its song, chant and name) has the best one imo, probably because the sensibilities of the owner (an actor) and city (Kolkata being an artistic and cultural city) but probably mainly because, it is designed by a renowned professional fashion designer.
Surprisingly, BBL12 was a good season. Matches had pretty decent crowd attendances post COVID. (ESPECIALLY the Scorchers who averaged 30k this season). Most of the games had decent score cards and there were a good amount of close games too. I do think that the season is too long, especially when the Stars and Renegades attendances are often affected greatly by the Australian Open and that the season goes into the start of Term 1 schooling in February. I also think that derby's such as the Melbourne Derby and the Sydney Smash should either be played before public holidays or on a weekend. The Stars vs Renegades clash at the MCG attracted 40K crowd which is a good attendance for a weekday, but I do think that the clash would have gotten at least 50k+ if the game was held on a Friday or Saturday. Last season showed how the BBL still has potential despite cricket not being the most popular sport in the country. (Dominated by AFL and NRL depending on the state).
Well compiled video mate, but I feel the BBL has it advantages over the IPL as well, mainly in terms of the commentary, they are not naming sponsors every other word, and they actually bring in current cricketers who understand the game. I remember a few years back they had Callum Ferguson, Baz and the likes in the box. Another factor that I really like is we get to hear captains talk to the bowlers abt their fields, there was Finch talking to Zak Evans i believe last season abt the need for deep Point. What the IPL lacks, BBL really makes up, if CA can get better overseas stars and get leading Australian players in, I would genuinely rate it higher than the IPL in terms of just watching and enjoying it
yeah bro i am an indian and i accept that too, even their jerseys are great too and everything is so colourful unlike ipl
i really want ipl to happen in aus with BBL jersies and commentary
@@Playerone1287 you want ipl to happen in aus with bbl jersies and commentary, the actual fuck is that supposed to mean?
🤡Hypocrisy with commentary can't run a tournament you need quality of players & top sponsors plus people support, bbl lacks these things but ipl has
@@rosinchristopher4107 I completely agree, I was just talking from the perspective, that the viewing experience is a lot more pleasant while watching the BBL.
I think the novelty of T20 cricket in Australia has probably worn off from what it once was now. People flock to what’s new, so when the BBL was still relatively new but also developed enough about 6-7 years ago, it was in the absolute sweet spot for drawing big crowds and TV viewers. Sadly that’ll probably never happen again, until the next big thing for cricket comes along. It was the same with World Series Cricket, the game goes through its phases in attracting audiences. Once somethings done, rinse and repeat.
That's a keen assessment, matey. I agree with others that the season is really drawn out, now. Last season ('20-'21) I was dead keen for the start and by 2/3 of the way through I felt saturated with T20. I wonder if "shrinking to grow" might help the entire BBL. Lose one of each of the Melbourne and Sydney teams to shorten the season, with the added bonus that it could potentially strengthen all remaining teams.
The biggest issues in my eyes are.
1. The season is too long.
2. Get rid of the gimmick rules
3. (If they can afford it.) pay the players more.
4. Make all games free to air on channel 10.
In order to get Australia’s test big gun players, start the test series in November and end it on the Boxing Day test. So that means start the BBL with the traditional Christmas Eve Clash in Adelaide then end the season before the school holidays ends (Jan 30.)
Great vid mate ❤.
The BBL simply cannot compete with the Aus Open tennis tournament. Also Channel Ten were awful at broadcasting the BBL.
@@amireallythatgrumpy6508 Australian open is very popular?
@@pk25------- Being an international event, and one of the 'Grand Slam' tournaments (involving the best players in the world yes it is.
This was an incredible video! 👏👏👏
Thanks mate!
Although good percentage of people watching IPL are from India, there is a decent chunk of people from other countries who watch IPL as well. I think the success of IPL has to do with scheduling BBL in the right time of the year where international players and national players can play majority of the tournament. The slump in viewership is because of the quality of players, bring the players back and BBL will be back like it was before
At 0:12 is when I subscribed because I laughed at Steve smith dropping a catch
This was quality marto
Thanks cardy!
Lack of big name overseas players is probably the main reason.
nice work man....
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Thanks legend!
Amazing video, make more like these on afl teams, like the Gold Coast issue
Another problem is that both the Sixers and the scorchers are the most overpowered teams. This makes fans from other cities have less excitement and engagement towards the competition.
Very good points. I personally feel the power surge has added some more fun to the game, I have enjoyed the anticipation sitting in the stands waiting for it to be called when a couple batsmen felt they are going well. Another dynamic to think about which I personally have found fun but not sure how that has effected attendance.
Make all BBL games free to air and lower the ticket prices a little bit if they cant bring in international superstars like they used too and maybe the crowd attendance and tv viewership will go up.
You missed the obvious one, BBL matches are now put behind a paywall, it was at its peak when every game was on FTA
Most games seem to be on Channel Seven
BBL being Played Without Aussie Stars is a Dud 😀😀
I’m English but I used to love watching the BBL at Christmas. I haven’t tuned in for the last couple and for me there’s just too much cricket. I can’t even be bothered watching some of England’s white ball bi-lateral series never mind the BBL. I never feel like I’m missing cricket in the winter anymore because England now play about 4 winter tours.
why is cricket declining in your country 😭😭😭😭
@@Playerone1287 I don't know if this was a genuine question but I'll answer it. I think it's mainly a lack of exposure. No one else in my family was into cricket but I discovered it on the tv during the 2001 Ashes when I was 14. We also played a bit in high school (our Head of PE played for a local club). Now England games aren't on tv and most schools don't seem to play. You need to either go to a posh school or be introduced to it by a relative (I've taken my nephew to a few Blast games). I think England also has real problem with talking down cricket. The Hundred is a prime example. It's a product based on the idea that cricket is stuffy, boring and incomprehensible, which is an awful attitude to promote and govern a sport with.
@@Playerone1287 yes it does. Football has been a biggest and crazily enjoyable sport in the UK. Cricket is only alive because of South Asia's popularity.
also dont forget abt covid durign 2019-2021 there were either restrictions or middle ages people ( a lot of cricket watchers) didnt wanna come to crowded spaces this is the first year without it its gonna b intresting to see how the numbers r
How to fix BBL.
1. Drop Sydney & Melbourne down to 1 team each. There isn't the talent depth to support 8 teams. Western Sydney, Canberra, Geelong and the Gold Coast can still host games.
2. Hold it between December 1- January 1. Make the final on NYD when no other cricket is scheduled.
3. Freeze rule changes for 5 years.
1. There should be two NZ teams. 2. No. The first half of January is also a good time, but it does need to finish before the Aus Open. 3. Yes.
This is elite stuff marto
Cheers lach!
Go the cats
Used to love watching BBL, was super exciting, Cricket overall just isn't being marketed enough...
Outstanding doco lad
Cheers winks 👌
It's always disheartening to see less crowds and lesser people watching cricket as a massive cricket fan it sucks so I hope CA can pull it back to it's glory days
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Doubling the length of the season. Players can't commit to 14 regular games over the Aussie summer, and people can't be bothered/afford to go to so many games. When it was seven games, they all counted, and players knew they could come out to Oz, play a hectic few weeks of cricket, get paid, and move on to their next paying gig. Also, doubling the number of games devalued the domestic competitions, where for decades Aussie talent has been produced and nurtured, and also has meant some funky international scheduling. We should have had the T20 World Cup over summer, not rained out at the end of Spring. CA got greedy, and now we and they are paying the price ... a huge number of mostly pointless games, played by squads "topped up" by players we might not have ever heard of, and falling revenue in the coffers. Sometimes, greed is not good.
(sorry for the huge post - I just remember how great the BBL used to be when everything mattered in a 7 game and then final series season ... the comp used to compliment the Aussie cricket summer, not destroy it).
Loved your comments
I think it still has a lot a lot of Aussies still love the BBL
Thanks for this mate
In saying that I have looked at the crowds in the first couple of games in bbl 12 and there looks like there are a few more people are coming again last year it was terrible because a lot of the players were away for tours or had COVID making it less interesting
I think there's a key downfall that you have not discussed. That being that the season was shorter and all games fell into the school holidays, especially the finals. With the transition from one tv channel to the current, the prime weekend games have been lost to the free to air viewers and the extension of the season has at the same time placed the book ends of the season outside of the easy availability of the primary attendance target and the extended season makes it less attractive to the superstars
For mine
1) Drop the gimmicks, no one is interested
2) Drop the stupid rule changes, the game has become overly complex for casual attendees
3) The commentators are woefully inept at their jobs
4) At least in Brisbane the huge crowds were built around families rocking up, try to go up market and can the meathead aspects, once again looking at the commentators.
5) The season needs to be reduced in length, there are now some meaningless games happening
6) Expand the team numbers not the amount of games, I believe the ACT amongst others were looking for franchises.
7) The Heat need new show runners, we are going from inept to woeful, seriously what happened to Chris Lynn?
Looking in as a pom this seems pretty spot on. I've kept up with the BBL and the atmospheres make me think covid is still in its peak. As for the commentators, they are hilariously dreadful.
Another part of the problem is the overly long season of the BBL. The season should start somewhere around Christmas and finish around Australia Day. If the CA had not been so money hungry, and killed the goose that lays the golden egg, by excessively adding the number of matches, and making it harder to follow the season by putting some matches behind a paywall on subscription TV, the competition would not be in such a bad position. Because I remember during the popular period watching a game each night because they were all on free to air, so it could be easily followed. However, I do agree, the lack of big names playing in the competition was a big issue. Yet a whole lot of other issues were also at play causing the decline of the BBL.
only 3 games for each group should happen.Then qualifying matches
I’ve always said that PSL is the second best league after ipl, bbl is far behind from these 2
Quality of cricket is 🤮. PSL is a shit league.
@@mrnoman6634 if you’re saying this it clearly means that you haven’t watched any match of this league, get out of here toxic kid
Interesting video. I'm a big cricket but don't watch much T20, I'll watch internationals occasionally, the odd IPL game and some Blast (I'm English). My thoughts are that there is only one IPL, the PSL seems to be doing well, but essentially there is far too much franchise T20 cricket, too many leagues. Saw the highlights of the 15 all out game and my main thought was that Trent Boult has given up the chance of 400 test wickets and maybe even going past Hadlee to play in this tripe league which no one watches. IPL, PSL, BBL, BPL, SA20, IL20, LPL, CPL, Hundred, 6ixty, Abu Dhabi T10, most of these leagues exist for basically no reason beyond gambling and probably money laundering. I think in Australia it might just have run its course.
Here after the Thunder got bowled out for 15 last night lmao. MEME LEAGUE for a reason
everything that you said is exactly what I have been thinking recently about the BBL, it has really declined and I totally agree with everything that was said in this short documentary. Hopefully the BBL will return to its glory days and hopefully they don't make dumb rules like the power surge. Good video and good analysis!
Go back to state v state T20 and the crowds will come back
@@mikeydynoncomedy Exactly and bring some big names in and lessen the amount of games, the season goes for too long.
Even I turn the tv to the tennis sometimes when the bbl is on. I can watch the highlights on RUclips. Compared to footy it can sometimes offer less entertainment.