Big Bash League faces scrutiny amid arm-wrestle over its place in Australian summer | Sam Perry

In the absence of on-field talking points, the performance of the league has become a regular feature of the cricket seasonThere is something darkly comic about a Brisbane Heat capitulation. In a league still negotiating its place in the public consciousness, the men in teal once again provided the Big Bash League’s most stable storyline: top-heavy slogging is saleable, but not successful. To watch Chris Lynn, mic in hand, account for another defeat in a post-match interview, staring into