Two T20 franchises to merge as external investment nears

https://www.cityam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2254565023-e1780401956787.jpg?w=1107" />

The two Australian Big Bash franchises based in Melbourne are to merge as private equity interest in the T20 league intensifies.

The eight Big Bash teams are ripe for overseas picking amid a global interest in cricket driven by the United States and India, though not all Australian states voted in favour of selling up https://www.cityam.com/two-t20-franchises-to-merge-as-external-investment-nears/">[...]