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Speaker 1: Now Darwin is in contention to host Australia's One Day

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Speaker 1: International match against Zimbabwe in August, but the requirement for

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Speaker 1: a drop in wicket was a pretty expensive consideration, according

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Speaker 1: to nt Cricket. Now joining me in the studio right

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Speaker 1: now is Joel Morrison, NTA Cricket Chief Executive. Good morning

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Speaker 1: to you, Joel.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie.

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Speaker 3: Lovely to have you in the studio. Mate.

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Speaker 1: Where is this campaign at to bring this match to Darwit?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's now a waiting game.

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Speaker 4: So we've been doing a lot of work over the

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Speaker 4: last six months with Cricket Australia to explore what a

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Speaker 4: One Day International in Darwin could look like and notionally,

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Speaker 4: because we haven't played international cricket in Darwin for fourteen years,

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Speaker 4: playing the first match was always going to be expensive

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Speaker 4: and getting too stadium cricket ready again is the key

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Speaker 4: to that because that's where we'd be playing the game.

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Speaker 4: And when we're talking about games in the top end,

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Speaker 4: we're always in competition with Finals Queensland and the biggest

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Speaker 4: challenge that we have compared to those venues is that

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Speaker 4: they have cricket wickets that already exist within their stadiums.

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Speaker 4: Versus we have a need to have a dropping wicket

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Speaker 4: and put it into Taoyo. So what that means if

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Speaker 4: I simplify it is stadiums in Queensland have a patch

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Speaker 4: out cricket wickets, which we don't at Taiyo Stadium.

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Speaker 2: It's just all natural turf.

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Speaker 4: But we have built a patch of clay in a

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Speaker 4: metal tray that we pick up, take across the road

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Speaker 4: and put into the ground so that we can facilitate

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Speaker 4: cricket at Teyo Stadium. And that's just an expensive exercise.

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Speaker 4: So when we're looking at one match in isolation, that's

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Speaker 4: where the challenge comes in.

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Speaker 3: And so how expensive are we talking here?

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Speaker 2: Are you talking near a couple hundred thousand dollars for.

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Speaker 4: That alone, because the way that dropping wicket is built

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Speaker 4: requires a special piece of machinery to pick it up

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Speaker 4: and transport it across the road, or it requires us

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Speaker 4: to custom build a particular transporterer here in the Northern Territory. Now,

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Speaker 4: if you have these games all the time, you get

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Speaker 4: cost efficiencies, right, But because this is the first one

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Speaker 4: in fourteen years, that's the challenge. So the good news

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Speaker 4: is we're having these conversations off the work that we've

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Speaker 4: done with Cricket three and we've got elite cricketers here

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Speaker 4: in Darwin every year and now for a couple of

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Speaker 4: build over time. So Cricket Australia are looking to bring

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Speaker 2: It may well be that we're challenged.

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Speaker 4: In this current discussion just because of that requirement around

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Speaker 4: dropping wicket, but it's great news that we're seriously in

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Speaker 4: contention for these games again.

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Speaker 1: Well absolutely, and I think that what it does as

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Speaker 1: well for tourism and you know for the Northern Territory

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Speaker 1: in terms of putting us on the map with cricket,

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Speaker 1: it would surely be a great thing.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely, and it's all part of the business case we've

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Speaker 4: put forward to Cricket Australia, which is we have a

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Speaker 4: unique opportunity in Australia where we can operate our cricket

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Speaker 4: business and industry twelve months of the year south in summer,

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Speaker 4: north in winter, which is a competitive beans for our sport.

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Speaker 4: Because we play internationally with the Australian Men's and women's

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Speaker 4: teams and we have to play year round, so if

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Speaker 4: we can do that domestically and prepare our players, but

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Speaker 4: also to help the summer scheduling that Cricket Australia has

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Speaker 4: challenges with down South when you're talking about the Big

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Speaker 4: Bash League, Women's Beeg BACHHL League in national cricket. If

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Speaker 4: you can bring some of the content forward and play

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Speaker 4: then that helps grow the business as well.

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Speaker 1: And is it a situation here where if we do

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Speaker 1: really well that one time, and I know it could

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Speaker 1: be an expensive exercise, but is there a way that

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Speaker 1: then you know, we could potentially see this happen more

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Speaker 1: often and that expense minimized to some degree.

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Speaker 4: Yes, it's the piece of the jigsaw puzzle that then

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Speaker 4: goes into the mix to say, right, well, we've now

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Speaker 4: had the case study of the match going ahead, we

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Speaker 2: Now to deliver that. So let's look at whatever else

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Speaker 2: that might look like in the future.

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Speaker 4: So whether that's international matches or domestic matches for us. Really,

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Speaker 4: we're just trying to bring more elite level cricket here

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Speaker 1: And I guess while that is a bit of a

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Speaker 1: hurdle for us here in the Northern Territory, are there

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Speaker 1: other factors that are at play that make us more

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Speaker 4: Against Absolutely Ultimately it comes down to us having a

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Speaker 4: thriving winter cricket ecosystem. With our Darwin Club Cricket competition,

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Speaker 4: we now have Cricket three six five, which puts an

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Speaker 4: that's what will make these opportunities much more feasible moving forward.

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Speaker 4: We really started to build that last year with the

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Speaker 4: year one of Cricket three six five, we've built it.

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Speaker 4: They are starting to come and we think they will

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Speaker 4: come in larger numbers as we go forward over time.

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Speaker 3: Joel, when are we going to know if this is

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Speaker 3: going to happen or not.

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Speaker 4: We'll need an answer this month, so it should be

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Speaker 4: sooner rather than later. And now it's ultimately in the

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Speaker 4: hands of Cricket Australia to make the decision. We've certainly

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Speaker 4: put our best foot forward and we've showcased what we

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Speaker 4: can do and now we just hope the cards fall

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Speaker 4: our way.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, hopefully, And it's not the only thing going on

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Speaker 1: at the moment with NT Cricket. I know that you

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Speaker 1: guys are seeking player nominations for the inaugural under nineteen

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Speaker 1: women's Junior Strike Lake.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Cricket's back.

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Speaker 4: We had local cricket back on the weekend with a

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Speaker 4: T twenty competition, and then we have all grades starting

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Speaker 4: after RESTERA plus. As you mentioned, we have junior programs

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Speaker 4: during the middle of the year to help develop our

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Speaker 4: young girls and boys, and then we've got Cricket three

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Speaker 4: six five coming back this year from June three to

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Speaker 4: August as well.

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Speaker 2: So it's all starting the heat up and it's a

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Speaker 2: lot of fun.

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Speaker 3: Very busy. You're busy busy at Cricket NT.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, that's just the way we like it.

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Speaker 1: Oh, good stuff well, NT Cricket Chief Executive Joel Morrison.

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Speaker 1: It's always good to catch up with you. Keep us

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Speaker 1: up to date with how we go with this. With

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Speaker 1: this international match as well, I'll be very interested to

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Speaker 1: see whether we do win it in the end.

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Speaker 2: Hopefully, hopefully fingers crossed.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Katie, good stuff, Good on you, Joel, you are

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Speaker 1: If you do want to get in contact with us, well,

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Speaker 1: you most certainly can send us a message zero four

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Speaker 3: Now, just on that note, with the with the NT.

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Speaker 1: Cricket seeking those player nominations for the inaugural undon nineteen

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Speaker 1: Women's Junior Strike League, my understanding is that players can

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Speaker 1: nominate as well. They can nominate at Ntcricket dot com

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