Top End T20 Series
T20 cricket league played in Northern Territory, Australia
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Top End T20 Series is a Twenty20 cricket tournament that takes place in the Northern Territory of Australia.[1] It is organised by Northern Territory Cricket, sanctioned by Cricket Australia and was first contested during 2022.[2]
| Countries | Australia |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Northern Territory Cricket |
| Format | Twenty20 |
| First edition | 2022 |
| Latest edition | 2025 |
| Next edition | 2026 |
| Tournament format | Round-robin and playoffs |
| Current champion | Perth Scorchers Academy (1st title) |
| Most successful | Cricket Australia XI NT Strike Adelaide Strikers Academy Perth Scorchers Academy (1 title each) |
The league is played before the Big Bash League every year, and acts as a pre-season tournament for the BBL.[3][4]
History
The competition was launched in 2022. It aims to make up for the absence of high-profile cricket in Northern Territory, and to act as a showcase for players from the Territory.[5][6][7][8]
Results
| Season | Final venue | Final | Matches | Teams | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Result | Runner-up | |||||
| 2022 | Gardens Oval, Darwin | Cricket Australia XI | Cricket Australia XI won by 30 runs | Melbourne Stars Academy | 11 | 5 | Scorecard |
| 2023 | Marrara Oval, Darwin | NT Strike | NT Strike won by 46 runs | Pakistan Shaheens | 16 | 6 | Scorecard |
| 2024 | Marrara Oval, Darwin | Adelaide Strikers Academy | Adelaide Strikers Academy won by 32 runs | Bangladesh HP XI | 30 | 9 | Scorecard |
| 2025 | Marrara Oval, Darwin | Perth Scorchers Academy | Perth Scorchers Academy won by 15 runs | Adelaide Strikers Academy | 36 | 11 | Scorecard[9] |
Team summary by season
| Team | Country | 2022 (5) |
2023 (6) |
2024 (9) |
2025 (11) |
2026 (9) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACT Comets | Australia | – | 6th | 9th | 11th | |
| Adelaide Strikers Academy | Australia | – | W | RU | ||
| Bangladesh HP XI/Bangladesh A | Bangladesh | – | RU | 9th | ||
| Chicago Kingsmen/HH Kingsmen | USA | – | SF | |||
| Cricket Australia XI | Australia | W | – | |||
| Cricket Victoria | Australia | – | ||||
| Hobart Hurricanes Academy | Australia | – | 10th | |||
| Melbourne Renegades Academy | Australia | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 7th | – |
| Melbourne Stars Academy | Australia | RU | 4th | 7th | 5th | – |
| Nepal | Nepal | – | 8th | – | ||
| Nepal A | Nepal | – | ||||
| New Zealand A | New Zealand | – | ||||
| NT Strike | Australia | 4th | W | 4th | 6th | |
| Pakistan Shaheens | Pakistan | – | RU | 3rd | SF | – |
| Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea | 5th | 5th | – | ||
| Perth Scorchers Academy | Australia | – | 8th | W | – | |
| Tasmania | Australia | – | 5th | – | ||