Countries | Australia |
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Administrator | Northern Territory Cricket |
Format | Twenty20 |
First edition | 2022 |
Latest edition | 2024 |
Next edition | 2025 |
Tournament format | Round-robin and playoffs |
Current champion | Adelaide Strikers Academy (1st title) |
Most successful | Cricket Australia XI NT Strike Adelaide Strikers Academy (1 title each) |
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]
The league is played before the Big Bash League every year, and acts as a pre-season tournament for the BBL. [3] [4]
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]
Season | Final venue | Final | Matches | Teams | Source | ||
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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 | 36 | 11 | Scorecard |
Team | Country | 2022 (5) | 2023 (6) | 2024 (9) | 2025 (11) |
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ACT Comets | Australia | – | 6th | 9th | 11th |
Adelaide Strikers Academy | Australia | – | W | RU | |
Bangladesh HP XI/Bangladesh A | Bangladesh | – | RU | 9th | |
Chicago Kingsmen | USA | – | SF | ||
Cricket Australia XI | Australia | W | – | ||
Hobart Hurricanes Academy | Australia | – | 10th | ||
Melbourne Renegades Academy | Australia | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 7th |
Melbourne Stars Academy | Australia | RU | 4th | 7th | 5th |
Nepal | Nepal | – | 8th | ||
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 | – |