We have a trifecta of new rules for the BBL season ahead because, as Trent Woodhill explained, "we need innovation because people like change." Do we? Jake's been off the grid so we get his immediate reaction to each one.

Plus, Virat Kohli's done what we all hope to be capable of one day by eschewing a few games of cricket to spend time with his family; Mitchell Starc's taken his state skipper off the Christmas card list; A COVID cluster has bobbed up in Adelaide one month before the First Test; and there are so many poms coming to the Big Bash that you'd think it was a beach in 17 degree weather.