While the foreign players, led by Australian star player Alyssa Healy, questioned the timing of the T20 Challenge (Women's IPL) as it is clashing with the WBBL, the BCCI was also criticised for not going ahead with the women's tour of England
The match, which showcases some of Australia’s best underage cricketers, will be played as a curtain-raiser to the KFC Big Bash League fixture between the Melbourne Stars and Adelaide Strikers at Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast
Hobart Hurricanes' Emily Smith, who had posted the team line-up on her personal Instagram account before a match with Sydney Thunder in the WBBL, has been handed a one-year ban by Cricket Australia - nine months being fully suspended.
The Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) is likely to clash with India's tour of West Indies, leaving Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues with a very limited window towards the end of the fifth season of the league.
Multiple Super Overs to decide tied BBL finals, with boundary countback rule removed following England's controversial 'victory' over New Zealand in this year's 50-over World Cup summit clash.
