For decades, Australia's top young cricketers headed to England in the winter months. Now, due to COVID-19, Darwin is the safer option and the city's cricket scene is booming as a result.
The high-performance NT Strike League, a Cricket Australia initiative, is also playing a role.
Adlam said participating in the NT Strike League, as well as playing for an invitational Northern Territory side against a Cricket Australia XI, was an "awesome experience". Darwin Cricket Club president Morgan Yeo said Darwin's dry season had "unrivalled" weather, with warm temperatures and almost no matches lost to rain."The humidity does get to you. You're always sweating," he said.Healthy competition
"Guys that used to be B-graders but are now C-graders, who used to play on turf but are now playing on hard wickets," Baird said.It is hoped the Strike League and other Cricket Australia initiatives will increase local investment in cricket, and Baird also wants the growth in Darwin cricket to flow into Indigenous cricket."It's probably one of the things that clubs would like to be able to do, but it hasn't happened because they are focused on their core business.
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