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Sheffield Shield to take a hit

THE Sheffield Shield final appears set to stay but next summer's first-class competition is in danger of being cut by two rounds to create room for Cricket Australia's revamped Twenty20 Big Bash competition.

A high-ranking CA official has told The Age that the move to abbreviate the shield season will be canvassed today at a CA board meeting in Melbourne, where talks will be dominated by Australia's humiliating Ashes capitulation and the introduction of the new Big Bash League.

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