Pat Cummins has to laugh at the prospect of Melbourne Stars merging with rivals the Renegades before having the chance to win a BBL title.
But despite privatisation dividing opinion across the cricket landscape, Test captain Cummins is in favour of opening the BBL up to outside investors as Cricket Victoria plans.
On Tuesday, CV informed players and staff of plans to effectively merge the two existing Melbourne BBL franchises and sell off their second licence.
The deal is far from complete. For a start, any sale of a BBL team would require approval from Cricket Australia and the Australia Cricketers Association.
But the proposed plan amounts to the biggest step yet towards BBL privatisation, a hot-button issue that has come to a head in recent weeks.
