Top Five Teams To Get Playoff Tickets For Big Bash League 2019-20

The Big Bash League has come up with another new rule. Now there will be five teams who will contest in the playoff stages for the upcoming season of the Big Bash League. The teams that will finish at the fourth and fifth position will take on each other in the eliminator contest on January 30. The teams which will finish at the top two positions will take on each other in the Qualifier on 31st January.

Meanwhile, the winning team of the Eliminator will take on the third-placed ranked team on February 1. Subsequently, the loser of the qualifier will lock horns with the winner of the knockout on February 6. The final of the Big Bash League will take place on February 8.

The move is made to give more chances to the top two teams.

The final of the tournament will take place between the Winner of The Qualifier and the Winner of The Challenger as CA released the full schedule for the tournament.

The move comes after Cricket Australia aims to make the contest much fairer to the team finishing in the top two teams of the points table. In fact, in the six out of the eight editions of the Big Bash League, the top two teams of the points table have been knocked out in the semifinal.

“If a team can go on a run like that at the end of a season, they probably earn the right to win it,” Cricket Australia’s Head of the BBL Alistair Dobson said. “You’d have to win four finals to win it from fifth. Also, another team being a part of it keeps the end of the (regular) season alive. We’re really excited about the finals.

“The number one element is to give the best chance for the teams finishing first and second to make it through. We want to reward the teams finishing first and second as well as we can. (We want) more fans to be part of the finals. This model also gives us a chance for the team hosting the final to have more preparation. It’s been a big focus to end the season in an appropriate fashion.”

BBL schedule is cut short.

The ninth season of the Big Bash League will commence with Brisbane Heat taking on Sydney Thunder on December 27. The tournament is now shrunk from 54 days to 42 days.

The following is the itinerary of the playoff matches:

January 30: The Eliminator (Fourth v Fifth)

January 31: The Qualifier (First v Second)

February 1: The Knock-Out (Third v Winner of The Eliminator)

February 6: The Challenger (Loser of The Qualifier v Winner of The Knock-Out)

February 8: The Final (Winner of The Qualifier v Winner of The Challenger).