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NORTHERN TERRITORY CRICKET ASSOCIATION The Northern Territory Cricket Association (NTCA) continued its development role throughout the region in 2002-03. Preparations for the Top End Tour – the inaugural series between Australia and Bangladesh in Darwin and Cairns in July/August 2003 – intensified during the year, with Darwin’s Marrara Oval undergoing redevelopment works to bring it up to international standard. ICC Match Referee and West Indian great Clive Lloyd visited the Territory in January to inspect the ground ahead of the series, approving the $2.5 million venue upgrades. Melbourne Cricket Club head curator Tony Ware was also a regular visitor to Darwin, making the journey to oversee the development of drop-in wickets for the series. In a significant highlight for the region, three players gained Australian selection during the year. Left-hand batter Shelley Nitschke was selected in the Australian women’s team for season 2003-04. Hailing from Katherine, Nitschke plays with the Southern Scorpions in the Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL). Promising players Ken Skewes and Julie Woerner gained Australian under-19 selection in the respective men’s and women’s sides. Skewes, a late inclusion into the Australian under-19 team, finished the limited-overs series against the England under-19 side as Australia’s second highest run-scorer, with 176 at an average of 35.20. Woerner, a member of the Australian women’s youth side, also plays with the Southern Scorpions in the WNCL. She scored tallies of 35 and 16 in Australia’s two limited-over matches against the England female under-19 side. The year also saw the NTCA host the all-Indigenous cricket carnival, the Imparja Cup in Alice Springs in March. Despite finishing eighth in the Commonwealth Bank Under-19 and Under-17 Championships, the Northern Territory sides showed promise, with the under-19 team claiming a thrilling one-run victory over eventual champions Victoria. Skewes finished as the under-19 series’ fourth highest run-scorer with 305 at 43.57, while at the under-17 level, the Territory boasted two players in the top 10 run-scoring charts. Peter Brown was the under-17 series’ third-highest run-scorer with 367 at an average of 89.00, with Stephen Regan also enjoying a solid series, scoring 219 runs at 43.80. Regan was later named in the Australian Under-17 development squad. NT AT A GLANCE Commonwealth Bank Under-19 Championship Series: eighth Commonwealth Bank Under-17 Championship Series: eighth Men’s Grade cricket champion: Palmerston (Darwin), RSL Works (Alice Springs) Women’s Grade cricket champion: Pint 39 Top. The Northern Territory’s Chief Minister Clare Martin (right) and Sports Minister John Ah Kit give ICC Match Referee Clive Lloyd (left) a tour of Marrara’s upgraded facilities. Bottom. Ground works begin as Marrara Oval prepares for international cricket.
Tributes and Milestones Adam Gilchrist’s spectacular year was rewarded when he claimed Australian cricket’s highest individual honour, the 2003 Allan Border Medal. ADAM GILCHRIST ALLAN BORDER MEDALLIST & ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Adam Gilchrist’s fine year was rewarded when he took home Australian cricket’s highest individual honour, the Allan Border Medal in January. In a tense count, Gilchrist polled 88 votes, claiming the award by four votes ahead of Ricky Ponting, with leg-spinner Shane Warne rounding out the top three with 79 votes. The medal, awarded annually to the most outstanding Australian player of the preceding 12 months, is voted by players, media and umpires. Gilchrist’s victory rewarded his fearless stroke-play and sound glove-work over the 11 Tests and 27 one-day internationals played during the voting period. His memorable year began on the Travelex Tour of South Africa in February, where he amassed a series-high 473 runs and averaged 157.67 at nearly a run-a-ball. He was quite simply awesome with the bat, and it is difficult to believe that anyone in the history of the game – Trumper, Jessop, Richards or Botham – could have batted as devastatingly. Australia’s highest run-scorer at the ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka, Gilchrist added another 333 runs and 25 dismissals to his season tally in Australia’s Ashes victory against England. In the summer’s VB Series, the left-hander averaged 44.28 at a typically amazing strike-rate of 119.23 – the highest for any player in the series. His 10 catches and three stumpings were also series highs. The West Australian notched five hundreds and nine fifties over the 12 months, including a new Test high score of 204* in South Africa. He collected runs at a spectacular rate in both forms of the game, averaging 77.33 in Tests and 32.65 in ODIs. His work behind the stumps during the year was outstanding: acrobatic, quick and ever-reliable, Gilchrist recorded 102 dismissals. In addition to his Allan Border Medal, Gilchrist was named One-day International Player of the Year, polling 18 votes to edge out last year’s Allan Border Medallist, Matthew Hayden, and quick, Brett Lee, who tied for second with 17 votes. The One-day International Player of the Year award is presented to the player who polls the most votes from his Australian team-mates on a 3-2-1 basis. 40
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