CDU Men’s Top End T20 Series 2023: Squads, Fixtures & Preview – Your Ultimate Guide

The CDU Men’s Top End T20 Series 2023 will feature an exciting competition among six teams. Each team will participate in a round-robin format during the group stage. The competing teams are ACT Comets, Melbourne Renegades Academy, Melbourne Stars Academy, NT Strike, Pakistan A, and Papua New Guinea.

At the end of the group stage, the top two teams will advance to the Final, where they will vie for the prestigious CDU Men’s Top End T20 Series 2023 trophy.

The tournament will witness a total of 16 matches, held across three venues – Marrara Cricket Ground, Gardens Oval, and TIO Stadium.

Live cricket action in the CDU Men’s Top End T20 Series 2023 is already underway, with the highly anticipated Final set to take place on 6th August at the Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin.

Let’s take a glimpse at the squads of the participating teams:

ACT Comets Squad:

• Blake Faunce
• Brad Thomas
• Mark Solway
• Eric Bell
• Hanno Jacobs
• Joe Slater
• Lewis Evans
• Tom Vane Tempest
• Zak Keogh
• Tyler Hays
• Kai Brunker
• Nic Broes
• Mike McNamarra
• Zak Honeybrook

Melbourne Renegades Academy Squad:

• Will Sutherland (captain)
• Liam Blackford
• Dylan Brasher
• Matthew Fotia
• Jake Fraser-Mcgurk
• Mackenzie Harvey
• Ruwantha Kellapotha
• David Moody
• Fergus O’Neill
• Jack Prestwidge
• Corey Rocchiccioli
• Tom Rogers

Melbourne Stars Academy Squad:

• Tom Rogers
• Sam Harper
• Campbell Kellaway
• Arjun Nair
• Tom O’Donnell
• Cam McClure
• Xavier Crone
• Harry Dixon
• Wil Parker
• Harrish Kannan
• Sam Elliott
• Harkirat Bajwa
• Reiley Mark

NT Strike Squad:

• Matt Hammond (captain)
• Michael Kudra (vice-captain)
• Jacob Dickman
• Coby Edmonstone
• Harsh Bimbral
• Tom Menzies
• Sam Elder
• Hamish Martin
• Jason Sangha
• Josh Kann
• Param Uppal
• Caelan Maladay
• Jack Wood
• Brodie Symons

Pakistan A Squad:

• Rohail Nazir (captain)
• Aaliyan Mahmood
• Ali Asfand
• Amir Hassan
• Arafat Minhas
• Azan Awais
• Basit Ali
• Faisal Akram
• Imran Jr
• Irfan Khan Niazi
• Sajjad Ali
• Shamyl Hussain
• Shawaiz Irfan
• Syed Zeeshan Zameer
• Wahaj Riaz

Papua New Guinea Squad:

• Assad Vala (captain)
• Hiri Hiri
• Lega Siaka
• Sese Bau
• Tony Ura
• Hila Vare
• Kiplin Doriga
• Charles Amini
• Norman Vanua
• Riley Hekure
• Alei Nao
• John Kariko
• Kabua Morea
• Semo Kamea

The CDU Men’s Top End T20 Series 2023 promises to be a thrilling cricketing spectacle, as these talented teams battle it out for supremacy in the exciting format of T20 cricket.

Fixtures / Complete Schedule of the series

ate	Match	Venue	Time
Sunday, July 30	NT Strike vs Pakistan A	Gardens Oval, Benalla	10:00 AM
Monday, July 31	Pakistan A vs ACT Comets	Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin	2:00 PM
Tuesday, August 1	Papua New Guinea vs Melbourne Stars Academy	Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin	9:00 AM
Tuesday, August 1	NT Strike vs ACT Comets	Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin	2:00 PM
Tuesday, August 1	Pakistan A vs Melbourne Renegades Academy	TIO Stadium, Darwin	2:00 PM
Wednesday, August 2	ACT Comets vs Melbourne Renegades Academy	Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin	10:00 AM
Wednesday, August 2	NT Strike vs Papua New Guinea	TIO Stadium, Darwin	10:00 AM
Wednesday, August 2	Melbourne Stars Academy vs Pakistan A	TIO Stadium, Darwin	2:00 PM
Thursday, August 3	Melbourne Renegades Academy vs Papua New Guinea	Gardens Oval, Benalla	6:00 AM
Thursday, August 3	NT Strike vs Melbourne Stars Academy	Gardens Oval, Benalla	11:00 AM
Friday, August 4	Melbourne Stars Academy vs ACT Comets	Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin	9:00 AM
Friday, August 4	NT Strike vs Melbourne Renegades Academy	Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin	2:00 PM
Friday, August 4	Papua New Guinea vs Pakistan A	TIO Stadium, Darwin	2:00 PM
Saturday, August 5	ACT Comets vs Papua New Guinea	Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin	9:00 AM
Saturday, August 5	Melbourne Stars Academy vs Melbourne Renegades Academy	TIO Stadium, Darwin	11:00 AM
Sunday, August 6	Final	Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin	10:00 AM