"The Big Bash will be shortened next summer with Cricket Australia to bring forward changes in the tournament structure set to be implemented under the new TV rights deal.
The competition will revert to a 44-game season (40 home-and-away matches plus four finals) in KFC BBL|13 and future seasons, 12 months in advance of CA's extended seven-year broadcast deal with the Foxtel Group and Seven West Media that runs from 2024 to the end of the 2030-31 summer."
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