Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg says an investigation into allowing private investment into the BBL is "unashamedly" with a view to making it the second best T20 league in the world behind the IPL, but stressed it would not go ahead if it came at the cost of Australia 's traditional New Year's Test at the SCG.

CA released a statement last week regarding the next evolution of the BBL after Boston Consulting Group (BCG) had been commissioned by the CA Board earlier this year to assess the current model and future structure of the BBL, with a series of recommendations presented to the board earlier last week.

A "recommendation of alternative forms of investment and ownership to realise the potential for growth, including consideration of private investment" was one of the key point

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