One prominent Cricket NSW official is hoping to bring the Women’s Big Bash League back to Wagga next year and believes the second iteration of the experiment could be done under lights.
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Cricket NSW development manager for the Murrumbidgee Luke Olsen said it was ultimately up to the Thunder – who hosted the Adelaide Strikers at Robertson Oval twice on the weekend – to decide if they wanted to come back next season, but said there was no reason the city couldn’t showcase the WBBL in a bigger and better fashion in 2018-19.
“An evening game would be great and we have the lights here to support that,” Olsen said.
“You’d definitely get more people turning up, it would not only be cooler but also a more attractive spectacle.”
Olsen is unlikely to have trouble finding interested suitors, with Wagga’s Big Bash fans appearing leave Robertson Oval well and truly satisfied.
The most common feedback coming from the punters who spoke to The Daily Advertiser on Sunday was that the standard of play and the venue were right up to scratch, with the heat being the only drawback.
“I thought it was a good crowd considering the heat,” Harry Rosengren, a youngster who plays for Wagga City, said.
“The atmosphere was quite good and having international players here, it was good to be able to see them play.”
Fellow cricket fan Chris Smith was also pleased.
“It’d be nice to see more of this come to town,” he said.
“I thought the ground was perfect for it.”