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Adam Gilchrist believes it would be “commercial suicide” for Cricket Australia to allow their contracted players to play in the UAE or South Africa T20 Leagues that will clash with the BBL in January. Speaking on SEN Radio on Wednesday, Gilchrist was discussing a report on Australian who said David Warner was seeking an exemption from CA to play in the UAE league in January. Warner is contracted to CA, but Australia had no international cricket in the final three weeks of January following the completion of a three-Test series with South Africa on January 8. “It’s a big kicker, no, maybe a step towards being signed to a club before or over a country for the main amount of cricket you play,” Gilchrist said. “I think it’s almost commercial suicide for them to let a player like him go head-to-head with their own competitors. “They can’t force David Warner to play in the BBL. I understand that. But to let him go, or any other player, don’t just pick Warner, because there will be other p

Australian cricket is under greater pressure than ever to attract big overseas talent to the BBL due to the huge amount of money that may be offered in the new South African and UAE T20 leagues which will run at the same time of year. , according to Ricky Ponting and Usman Khawaja. Ponting has moved into a team role in the BBL for the first time since playing and commenting on the tournament for the first 11 years after being appointed chief strategist at Hobart Hurricanes. He made his first major appointment Friday announcing Jeff Vaughan as head coach for the next three years alongside new assistants James Hopes and Darren Berry. Ponting and his new coaching staff held a three-hour meeting on Thursday night where they discussed Hurricane’s plans for the upcoming overseas draft to be held on August 28. Hurricane will have the last (8th) pick in the first two rounds after being drawn out last in a weighted lottery. But following developments that South Africa’s new T20 league has so