Northern Territory Women's Division

Northern Territory Women's Division, is a cricket team representing Northern Territory of Australia. The team takes part in the Imparja Cup Cricket Australia has declared the tournament into a national competition.

Format

There are different formats of competition the women take part in the Super 8 format, however they have never won, unlike the men's team, who won in 2002

History

The tournament has its origins in an annual match started in 1994 between Alice Springs and Tennant Creek by Shane and Mervyn Franey from Alice Springs and Ross Williams from Tennant Creek.^[1] By 1998 Northern Territory Cricket had became involved in organising the tournament and in 2001 Cricket Australia turned the tournament into a national competition.^[2][3][4] Imparja Television have been involved in the annual match and the national tournament since 1994.^[1][5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Imparja Cup 2009". Northern Territory Cricket. http://www.ntcricket.com.au/docs/IC%20Booklet%2009.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-12. 
2. ^ "History of the Imparja Cup". Cricket Australia. http://cricket.com.au/default.aspx?s=imparja-cup2. Retrieved 2009-10-12. 
3. ^ "Imparja Cup makes historic visit". Torres News. 13 September 2008. http://www.torresnews.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=947&Itemid=1. Retrieved 2009-10-12. 
4. ^ Craddock, Robert (13 February 2008). "Test match statistic is a sorry state of affairs". Courier Mail. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23208880-10389,00.html. Retrieved 2009-10-12. 
5. ^ Koch, Dan (28 February 2008). "Matthew Hayden turns out for indigenous". The Australian. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25116140-2722,00.html. Retrieved 2009-10-12.