Big Bash League 2020-21: Live Streaming, Full Schedule, Squads, Rules, Teams, Venues
The 2020–21 Big Bash League (BBL) season 10 will be the tenth season of the KFC Big Bash League, the professional men’s Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia, with 61 matches scheduled to be played. On 15 July 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for the tournament. Subsequently, on 5 November 2020, Cricket Australia announced the revised dates, start times, and matchups for all 56 regular-season games, but venues have been confirmed only for the first 21 matches up until 31 December. The tournament is scheduled to start on 10 December 2020, and finish on 6 February 2021, with the majority of the matches being played at night.
New rules
There are several changes for the season, including bonus points, substitutions, and free hits for wides, which were suggested by Cricket Australia. However, on 16 November 2020, Cricket Australia announced three changes to the BBL’s playing conditions, which will add a more strategic element to the T20 tournament. All three rules are designed to maximize interest throughout the full 40 overs of a contest and ensure strategic thinking is rewarded.
The three new rules are as follow
Power Surge
The ‘Power Surge’ is a two-over period during which the fielding team is allowed only two players outside the inner fielding circle. The batting side can call for this at any point from the 11th overs of their innings. The fielding restrictions replicate those of the usual Powerplay at the beginning of an innings, which has been shortened to four overs.
The X-factor
An ‘X-factor Player’, named as either the 12th or 13th player on the team sheet, can come into the game beyond the 10th over of the first innings and replace any player who is yet to bat or has bowled no more than one over.
Bash Boost
And the ‘Bash Boost’ will be a bonus point awarded halfway through the second innings. The team chasing will receive the bonus point if they’re above the equivalent 10-over score of their opposition, while if they’re trailing, the fielding side will receive the point. Teams will also now be awarded three points for winning the match, as opposed to the traditional two.
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