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Not to be confused with Korea Baseball Futures League.
Futures League 
Countries 
AustraliaAdministrator Cricket Australia Format 3 day Tournament format Round-robin tournament Number of teams 7 (Futures League)
8 (FLT20)Current champion ACT Comets (Futures League)
Victoria U23s (FLT20)Website Official website The Futures League is the Australian national second XI cricket competition. Run by Cricket Australia, it is part of its development program and includes the various state and territory second XI teams, for the 2009–10 season onwards the tournament was renamed the Futures League because a change of rules restricting teams to only have three players over the age of 23, however it is now six players.[1] It was previously known as the ACB Cup, and changed to the Cricket Australia Cup when the Australian Cricket Board was renamed to Cricket Australia.
The Cricket Australia Cup (men) was the national second XI competition with playing conditions generally mirroring those of the Pura Cup competition. The Cricket Australia Cup (women) is generally staged as a week-long tournament involving most states and territories. However with the Futures League came a change of rules with games restricted to 3 days and restrictions of 96 first innings overs and 144 overs in total per side, a four day Futures League Twenty20 tournament was also added which is played in Melbourne during December.[2] From the 2011–12 season the Futures League has returned to four day matches with no over restrictions and six players over the age of 23 allowed to play in the team.[3]
Contents
Teams
- New South Wales U23s
- Western Australia U23s
- Queensland Academy of Sport
- Victoria U23s
- South Australia U23s
- Tasmania U23s
- Australian Capital Territory
- Cricket Australia Centre of Excellence (Futures League Twenty20 only)
Champions
ACB/Cricket Australia Cup (4 day)
Year Premiers 2006–07 New South Wales 2nd XI 2007–08 2008–09 New South Wales 2nd XI 
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Year Premiers 2009–10 Victoria U23s 2010–11 ACT Comets Futures League (4 day)
Year Premiers 2011–12 Futures League Twenty20
Year Premiers 2009–10 Western Australia U23s 2010–11 Victoria U23s References
- ^ "Futures League preview". Sportal. Cricket Australia. 24 September 2010. http://www.cricket.com.au/news-display/Futures-League-preview/21870. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
- ^ Greg Buckle (1 October 2009). "Cricket Australia reaches out for talent". Brisbane Times. http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-sport/cricket-australia-reaches-out-for-talent-20091001-gdu9.html. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
- ^ "Sheffield Shield to go twilight". Australian Associated Press. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 17 August 2011. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-17/sheffield-shield-to-go-twilight/2843790/?site=sport§ion=all%3Fsite%3Dsport. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
External links
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