Northern Territory Cricket, formally the Northern Territory Cricket Association, is the governing body for
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
in the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...
of
Australia.
Cricket in the Northern Territory has produced state contracted players which include
Kane Richardson
Kane William Richardson (born 12 February 1991) is an Australian international cricketer who plays domestic cricket for the Melbourne Renegades.
Since 2013, Richardson has played international cricket for Australia in both One Day Internatio ...
and
Tom Andrews who are both contracted to the
South Australia Redbacks
The South Australia cricket team, officially named the West End Redbacks, is an Australian men's professional first-class cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia. The Redbacks play their home matches at Adelaide Oval and are the state c ...
.
Affiliations
The association is affiliated with
Cricket Australia
Cricket Australia (CA), formerly known as the Australian Cricket Board (ACB), is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the 'Australian Board of Control for International Crick ...
. The Alice Springs Cricket Association is a member association of Northern Territory Cricket.
Aswell as Darwin and District Cricket, Katherine District Cricket and Tennant Creek Cricket Association.
Competitions
The association supports the management of the Darwin and Districts cricket, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek and Katherine cricket competitions. The annual
Imparja Cup Indigenous
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cricket tournament is hosted by Northern Territory Cricket.
Northern Territory Cricket also support a number of community cricket carnivals that lead up into the
Imparja Cup.
Carnivals include the Lingalonga Cup in Batchelor, the Dingo Cup in Timber Creek, the Nitmiluk Cup in Katherine, the Barra Cup in Borroloola, the Wauchope vs the World carnival in Wauchope, the Uluru Cup and the Rossy Williams Shield in Tennant Creek.
References
External links
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Cri
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Organizations
* Canadian Rivers Institute, for river sciences, University of New Brunswick
* Cancer Research Institute, New York, US
* Centro de Relaciones Internacionales (International Relations Center), Universidad N ...
Cricket in the Northern Territory
1978 establishments in Australia
Sports organizations established in 1978