Let’s start with a bash then get a Coast team

NEWS Cricket Australia is likely to stage at least one Big Bash League match at Metricon Stadium in 2018/19 is welcomed on the Gold Coast. The league has been a summer sensation and it’s almost a nobrainer to extend games to the Gold Coast, especially at a facility like Metricon, designed to accommodate drop-in pitches. The razzle-dazzle of Twenty20 fits the Gold Coast like a glove and while there’s plenty to do in the region in summer, it shouldn’t be too hard to tear people off the beach for what is one of the country’s best sporting experiences. The Coast has been arguing for its own franchise in the league but fans are likely to have to show their commitment at one-off games first.