Spin bowlers Danny Briggs and Johan Botha became the first players to be substituted out of a KFC BBL game under the new X-factor rule, with both the Adelaide Strikers and Hobart Hurricanes electing to strengthen their batting on a seam-friendly Launceston pitch.
While the rule had been ignored through the tournament s first seven games, Matthew Short (Strikers) and Mac Wright (Hurricanes) were brought into the game at the 10-over timeout.
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Under rules introduced at the start of BBL|10, teams are now permitted to sub in their 12th or 13th listed player for a player named in the XI (as long they have not batted or bowled more than one over) at the 10-over mark of the game s first innings.