Cricket Australia hopes the debut of its radical split innings format and more Twenty20 matches will reinvigorate the domestic cricket calendar.
Cricket Australia hopes the debut of its radical split innings format and more Twenty20 matches will reinvigorate the domestic cricket calendar.
Fifty-over cricket has been abandoned in favour of the National One-Day Cup, a format that divides an innings into two blocks, the first of 20 overs and the second of 25 overs.
Fans will get a first taste of the new format when Queensland and Tasmania face off at the Gabba on October 6 after CA released its domestic fixtures on Wednesday.
CA has also tweaked the Sheffield Shield fixtures to allow Australia's Test players to represent their states before the Ashes series opener against England, starting on November 25.
"The opportunity for many international players to take part in a component of the ... Sheffield Shield season, which will lead in to our ... Ashes summer, is not a common occurrence and is something that I am sure Australian cricket fans will be keen to see.
"Combined with the successful KFC Big Bash, I believe this is a tremendously strong men's interstate program for 2010-11."
Foxtel will broadcast 22 matches of the National One-Day Cup, while all 20 of the Twenty20 fixtures will be broadcast.
The Sheffield Shield final, to be held over March 17-21, will also be broadcast by the pay TV provider.
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