England and Pakistan are not the only countries looking to enhance their domestic Twenty20 events after witnessing the IPL extravaganza, as Australia is now also keen.

Cricket Australia is looking into the prospect of revising the ‘KFC Twenty20 Big Bash’ interstate competition in the 2009-10 season.

The details have yet to be determined but CA Chief Executive James Sutherland said on Tuesday that it will ‘significantly enhance Twenty20 cricket in this country’.

The Cricket Australia website said that currently under consideration by CA are issues such as the involvement of stars from other nations, how teams would be assembled, whether teams would be privately owned, and how the tournament would fit in with Australia’s smaller population and economy.

“They’re the sorts of issues that we're looking at closely now to weigh up what will be the optimal outcome,” Sutherland said.

“I’ll tell you in 12 months how it works. They're all the things that we're really working through at the moment.

“There’s lots of challenges but we're absolutely committed to working through to revamp our Twenty20 competition in a positive fashion that will be very, very good for the game.

“We’ve got the benefit of seeing some of the things that have been brought in with the IPL, innovations that may be good for the game.

“We’re under no illusion that our market is a different size and we need to tailor our product to our market but we still see tremendous benefits being able to flow from Twenty20 cricket that will bring new people to the game.”