Top End T20 Series (Australia) · 3rd Match T20

Northern Territory vs Nepal

Northern Territory Strike 123/2

Nepal 122/8

15/20 ov, T:123 · RR 6.26

NT Strike won by 8 wickets (with 30 balls remaining)

Start: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:30
Venue: Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin
Toss: Northern Territory Strike, elected to bowl first

Match report

NT Strike won by 8 wickets (with 30 balls remaining) in the Top End T20 Series (Australia) (3rd Match) at Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin. Northern Territory Strike won the toss and elected to bowl first. Nepal made 122/8 and Northern Territory Strike replied with 123/2. Douwtjie Hoogenboezem top-scored with 50 from 37 balls (4 fours, 1 six). Hamish Martin took 3/19 from 4 overs.

Scorecard

Nepal 1 INN

Batting: Nepal 1 INN
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Kushal Bhurtel	c Silk b Menzies	0	5	0	0	0.00
Trit Raj Das	b Martin	13	9	2	0	144.44
Anil Sah	b Blair	14	9	1	1	155.55
Kushal Malla	run out (Hammond)	9	15	0	0	60.00
Pawan Sarraf	c Silk b Barker	41	49	3	1	83.67
Lokesh Bam	lbw b Martin	16	13	1	1	123.07
Rashid Khan	lbw b Martin	10	11	1	0	90.90
Narayan Joshi	st McMahon b Short	15	8	1	1	187.50
Shahab Alam	not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
Rijan Dhakal	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
Aakash Chand		0	0	0	0	0.00
Total	122 (20) (w 4)

Bowling: Nepal 1 INN
Bowler	O	M	R	W	ER
Tom Menzies	3.00	1	17	1	5.66
Sam Barker	3.00	0	34	1	11.33
William Blair	2.00	0	11	1	5.50
Hamish Martin	4.00	0	19	3	4.75
Matt Hammond	2.00	0	7	0	3.50
D'Arcy Short	4.00	0	23	1	5.75
Reiley Mark	2.00	0	11	0	5.50

Northern Territory Strike 2 INN

Batting: Northern Territory Strike 2 INN
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D'Arcy Short	c Kushal Malla b Sarraf	23	18	3	1	127.77
Jaga Koduru	c Das b Sarraf	8	7	2	0	114.28
Douwtjie Hoogenboezem	not out	50	37	4	1	135.13
Jordan Silk	not out	42	28	2	2	150.00
Reiley Mark		0	0	0	0	0.00
Matt Hammond		0	0	0	0	0.00
Hamish Martin		0	0	0	0	0.00
Cadell McMahon		0	0	0	0	0.00
Tom Menzies		0	0	0	0	0.00
Sam Barker		0	0	0	0	0.00
William Blair		0	0	0	0	0.00
Total	123 (15)

Bowling: Northern Territory Strike 2 INN
Bowler	O	R	W	ER
Aakash Chand	3.00	27	0	9.00
Rijan Dhakal	2.00	19	0	9.50
Shahab Alam	2.00	12	0	6.00
Pawan Sarraf	3.00	13	2	4.33
Kushal Malla	2.00	26	0	13.00
Kushal Bhurtel	3.00	26	0	8.66

Fall of wickets

Northern Territory Strike 2 INN

39/2 5.1 ov D'Arcy Short c Kushal Malla b Sarraf 23
28/1 3.2 ov Jaga Koduru c Das b Sarraf 8

Nepal 1 INN

122/8 19.5 ov Narayan Joshi st †McMahon b Short 15
112/7 18.6 ov Pawan Sarraf c Silk b Barker 41
92/6 17.2 ov Rashid Khan lbw b Martin 10
76/5 13.1 ov Lokesh Bam lbw b Martin 16
46/4 8.3 ov Kushal Malla run out
30/3 4.1 ov Trit Raj Das b Martin 13
30/2 3.4 ov Anil Sah b Blair 14
0/1 0.5 ov Kushal Bhurtel c Silk b Menzies 0

Head to head

Previous meetings
Date	Match	Result
21 Aug 2026	Northern Territory Strike v Nepal NT Strike won by 8 wickets (with 30 balls remaining)	123/2 - 122/8
15 Aug 2025	Northern Territory Strike v Nepal NT Strike won by 42 runs	177/8 - 135/8

Top End T20 Series (Australia) table

League standings
#	Team	MP	W	L	Pts
1	New Zealand A	2	2	0	4
2	Bangladesh High Performance XI	2	2	0	4
3	Victoria CA XI	2	2	0	4
4	Northern Territory Strike	2	1	1	2
5	Hyderabad Kingsmen Academy	2	1	1	2
6	Adelaide Strikers Academy	2	1	1	2
7	Hobart Hurricanes Academy	2	0	2	0
8	Australian Capital Territory	2	0	2	0
9	Nepal	2	0	2	0

Line-ups

Northern Territory Strike

D'Arcy Short
Jaga Koduru
Douwtjie Hoogenboezem
Jordan Silk
Reiley Mark
Matt Hammond
Hamish Martin
Cadell McMahon
Tom Menzies
Sam Barker
William Blair

Nepal

Kushal Bhurtel
Trit Raj Das
Anil Sah
Kushal Malla
Pawan Sarraf
Lokesh Bam
Rashid Khan
Narayan Joshi
Shahab Alam
Rijan Dhakal
Aakash Chand