Shorter Big Bash season will rate just as well, insists Ten’s sport boss

Ten has insisted that despite an increase of cricket available to Nine this coming summer, Big Bash will again deliver it decent ratings.

Last week saw Nine unveil a comprehensive schedule of one day, Twenty20 and Test internationals ahead of the World Cup in February and March

Ten holds the rights to the domestic version of Twenty20, Big Bash, and has now released its game schedule which is over a shorter time period but the same number of games as last year.

Te’s head of sport Dave Barham insisted to Mumbrella that the network would deliver audiences.