Top End cricket series in 2006
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The Top End series in 2006 was an international first-class
and List A cricket
series played in Darwin
and Cairns in the north of Australia
from 30 June to 27 July 2006. Australia A
, India A, New Zealand A
and Pakistan A
played as well as a Northern Territory Chief Minister's XI and a Queensland XI team.
Venues included Marrara Oval
and Gardens Oval
in Darwin and Fretwell Park
and Cazaly Stadium in Cairns.
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
and List A cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
series played in Darwin
Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
and Cairns in the north of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
from 30 June to 27 July 2006. Australia A
Australia A cricket team
The Australia A cricket team is a cricket team representing Australia and is the second team of the Australian cricket team. They have also played far more one-day than first-class matches; indeed they have played only three first-class games against equivalent A sides, against South Africa A in...
, India A, New Zealand A
New Zealand A cricket team
The New Zealand A cricket team is a cricket team representing New Zealand, and is the "second tier" of international New Zealand cricket below the full New Zealand cricket team. The team played its first game, against an England XI, in 1996/97...
and Pakistan A
Pakistan A cricket team
The Pakistan A cricket team is a national cricket team representing Pakistan. It is the 'second-tier' of international Pakistan cricket, below the full Pakistan national cricket team. Matches played by Pakistan A are not considered to be Test matches or One Day Internationals, instead receiving...
played as well as a Northern Territory Chief Minister's XI and a Queensland XI team.
Venues included Marrara Oval
Marrara Oval
Marrara Stadium is a sports ground in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The ground was built in 1991 and Australian rules football and Cricket are primarily played at the venue...
and Gardens Oval
Gardens Oval
Gardens Oval is a cricket ground in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The first recorded match on the ground came in 2002 when Northern Territory played Queensland Academy of Sport. The ground held its only first-class match in 2006 when the touring Indians against New Zealand Whites...
in Darwin and Fretwell Park
Fretwell Park
Fretwell Park is a cricket ground in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The ground held a first-class match in 2006 when New Zealand Whites played Pakistan A as part of the 2006 Top End series. The match was abandoned due to rain, as a result it was decided to replace the match with two List A games...
and Cazaly Stadium in Cairns.