Cricket Australia has released the schedule for the upcoming 2020-21 season of its popular T20 tournament Big Bash League (BBL) or BBL 10.

The schedule has matches penciled in to be played at Tasmania, Queensland, Canberra, and Adelaide as the sport's governing body are hopeful that the respective states in the country will continue to ease border restrictions in the coming days to make the movement of players, officials and the like possible.

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Also though the revised dates, start times, and matchups for all 56 regular-season games were announced, venues were confirmed only for the first 21 matches up until December 31.

As per reports in Australia, the government is expected to ease restriction on movement between states by December 10, and hence CA and other authorities are willing to wait and watch before announcing fixtures for the rest of the season.

"We are working through scenarios for the 35 regular season matches and finals series to be played in the New Year with our partners and government bodies. An announcement on these venues will be made in the coming weeks. This is, without doubt, the most complex fixturing task ever undertaken by the League and we are excited with where it has landed,” Alistair Dobson, Cricket Australia's Head of Big Bash Leagues, said in a statement.

"It has been a difficult year for so many people around Australia and we look forward to bringing the BBL to every state, should border conditions allow us to,” he added.

CA will also release information about ticket sales and crowd capacities at the venues in due time.

(news18.com inputs)