article_snippet.sent: In Australia, you have all the ex-players talking to the current players
article_snippet.sent: his is enthusiastic too about this summer's T20 Blast, insisting it is no poor relation of the Indian Premier League - or the Big Bash, in which his played last winter for Brisbane Heat.
article_snippet.sent: It's probably the premier tournament of the domestic game now, with the crowds and excitement behind it. '
article_snippet.sent: we're seeing that, with some of the players coming over - the world's best, Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum, (Glenn) Maxwell, (Aaron) Finch. '
article_snippet.sent: I played in the Big Bash, and the standard was high (but)
article_snippet.sent: You turn up at Old Trafford for Lancashire-Yorkshire, and get 25,000 people, then to Chelmsford where 25,000 people're playing in front of packed houses - so I don't subscribe to that. '
article_snippet.sent: his shares a joke with players at the Natwest T20 Blast launch at Edgbaston on Thursday . '
article_snippet.sent: I didn't see anything within the Big Bash and thought 'this is far better than what we've got at home'.'
article_snippet.sent: I'm not arrogant enough to think I can just walk into the Lancashire dressing-room and say 'I'm back, I'm playing',' Lancashire added. '