Northern Territory Cricket in Darwin will host the 2022 edition of the CDU Top End T20 tournament from August 11th – 21st, 2022 and will host the Men’s national squad of Papua New Guinea in the competition, which will also feature teams from ACT Comets, Melbourne Renegades Academy, Melbourne Stars Academy and Northern Territory Strike.
PNG team were unfortunately not able to feature in the inaugural Cricket 365 program event last year due to COVID-19. Charles Darwin University (CDU) has been roped in as the tournament Sponsors for both the Strike League and Top End T20 competitions organized by Northern Territories Cricket this year, with all the matches to be live streamed.
Squads
Melbourne Stars Academy: Liam Blackford, Brody Couch, Xavier Crone, Damon Egan, Sam Elliott, Clint Hinchliffe, Nick Larkin, Jai Lemire, Jono Merlo, Tom O’Connell, Tom O’Donnell, Tom Rogers and Brodie Symons
Papua New Guinea: Assad Vala (Captain), Charles Amini, Norman Vanua, Sese Bau, Tony Ura, Lega Siaka, Hiri Hiri, Hila Vare, Simon Atai, Kabua Vagi Morea, Chad Soper, Sema Kamea, Damien Ravu and Nosaina Pokana
Melbourne Renegades Academy: Mackenzie Harvey (Captain), Will Sutherland (Captain), Zak Evans, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Tom Jackson, Ruwantha Kellapotha, Campbell Kellaway, Jack Lalor, Fergus O’Neill, Jack Prestwidge, Tom Rogers, James Seymour, Chris Tremain and Kyle Williamson
NT Strike: Matthew Hammond (captain), Ash Chandrasinghe, Antum Naqvi, Dylan Brasher, Dean Fry, Tom Andrews, Corey Kelly, Michael Kudra, Alex Bleakley, Hamish Martin, Tom Menzies, Ben Ellis and D’Arcy Short
CA XI: Jason Sangha (Captain), Sam Fanning, Toby Gray, Caelan Maladay, Brad Hope, Josh Kann, Dhruv Kant, Blake Macdonald, Mitch Owen, Sam Rahaley, Corey Rocchiccioli and Raveesh Srivastava
2022 CDU Top End T20 Schedule
11th/12th August 2022: Northern Territory Strike vs Cricket Australia XI (Scorecard) ; Cricket Australia XI vs Papua New Guinea (Scorecard)
13th August 2022: Melbourne Renegades Academy vs Melbourne Stars Academy (Scorecard)
15th/16th August 2022: Melbourne Stars Academy vs Papua New Guinea (Scorecard) ; Cricket Australia XI vs Melbourne Renegades Academy (Scorecard)
17th/18th August 2022: Melbourne Renegades Academy vs Northern Territory Strike (Scorecard) ; Melbourne Stars Academy vs Cricket Australia XI (Scorecard)
19th August 2022: Northern Territory Strike vs Papua New Guinea (Scorecard)
20th August 2022: Melbourne Renegades Academy vs Papua New Guinea (Scorecard)
21st August 2022: FINAL (Scorecard)