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Katie Woolf spoke with NT Cricket CEO Joel Morrison and Cricket Australia High Performance coach Troy Cooley · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: I've mentioned on the show now a few times that
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  Speaker 1: my new producer Max he is also a young cricketer,
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  Speaker 1: so he's lined up quite a bit for me when
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  Speaker 1: it comes to cricket.
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  Speaker 2: Which I absolutely love.
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  Speaker 1: He's a sportsman himself, so I think it's really great
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  Speaker 1: to have more of a sport element within the show
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  Speaker 1: as well, and we do catch up with our next
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  Speaker 1: guest quite often.
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  Speaker 2: But joining us in the studio right now.
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  Speaker 1: I've got Anti Cricket CEO Joel Morrison.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Joel. Good morning Katie, and we're
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  Speaker 2: going to try to also get on the phone line
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  Speaker 2: right now. I believe that.
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  Speaker 1: I've got Cricket Australia's High Performance coach Troy Cooley.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Troy.
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  Speaker 3: Good morning Katy.
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  Speaker 2: Lovely to have you on the show. Troy. Now, Joel,
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  Speaker 2: I might go to you quickly first.
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  Speaker 1: I know that there has been plenty happening this season
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  Speaker 1: and there's going to be lots going on in the
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  Speaker 1: territory in the coming weeks and months, isn't there.
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  Speaker 4: That's right, We're heading into our chamber NT top end
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  Speaker 4: series where the Northern Territory Strike are taking on the
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  Speaker 4: cricket Australia eleven and this forms a really key part
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  Speaker 4: of our Cricket three six five program, which is currently
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  Speaker 4: just over halfway of the ten week program. And it's
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  Speaker 4: great to have our senior men's team back in action
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  Speaker 4: this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: It certainly is now is what else?
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  Speaker 1: We've also got a few other things though coming up
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  Speaker 1: as well, don't we.
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  Speaker 4: That's right off the back of the Top End series.
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  Speaker 4: We then go into the Festival of Cricket right at
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  Speaker 4: the end two weeks of T twenty action with the
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  Speaker 4: Too Strike League, where we've got our four teams taking
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  Speaker 4: part in the NT who will be joined by the
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  Speaker 4: Melbourne Renegades and the Melbourne Stars who obviously play in
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  Speaker 4: the Big Bash League, which is quite exciting and it'll
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  Speaker 4: be a two weeks NonStop festival of cricket under lights
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  Speaker 4: out at Morara.
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  Speaker 1: We want to understand that there's going to be some
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  Speaker 1: pretty big names coming here for that, Ossie Cricket and
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  Speaker 1: Glenn Maxwell coming up with the Melbourne Stars to play
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  Speaker 1: in that T twenty Strike League.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 4: The Melbourne Stars announced that yesterday, so great opportunity for
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  Speaker 4: fans of cricket in the Top end to get out
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  Speaker 4: and see one of the best players in the world
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  Speaker 4: hitting big six as we hope in our backyard.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt.
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  Speaker 1: Hey Troy, have you been watching much of the cricket
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  Speaker 1: being played up here while interstate?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, well, any time I possibly can. You know, we
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  Speaker 3: love the cricket going between that and there are Australian
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  Speaker 3: men playing. You know, it's been good to be able
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  Speaker 3: to switch on cricket.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I would imagine that it is.
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  Speaker 1: And there seems to be so much happening up here
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  Speaker 1: in the Northern Territory at the moment. I mean, is
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  Speaker 1: it sort of surprising for you to see just how
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  Speaker 1: much we've got going on?
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  Speaker 3: Well, look, given a strange world we're living at the moment,
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  Speaker 3: any cricket is great cricket. But it's just so fantastic
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  Speaker 3: that the NT can get the games going up here
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  Speaker 3: and support you. They support our games. So surprising, yes,
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  Speaker 3: but just hopeing we can get more.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, what's the future of cricket three six five going
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  Speaker 1: to look like from a Cricket Australia perspective.
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  Speaker 3: Well, from my coaching perspective, the more games are better,
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  Speaker 3: so you know, just working with Joel and the team
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  Speaker 3: up here any opportunity we can get players playing cricket,
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  Speaker 3: and especially in these conditions up here, which are different
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  Speaker 3: to what we see down in the other state. It's
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  Speaker 3: just a great opportunity to develop our skills, not only
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  Speaker 3: our young players, but some of our older players like
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  Speaker 3: Maxie as well.
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  Speaker 1: Now we know that Australian Test captain Tim Pai was
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  Speaker 1: announced to be coming.
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  Speaker 2: Up to the Northern Territory. What's he going to be
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  Speaker 2: doing while he's up here?
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  Speaker 3: God, I thought it was going to be a secret.
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  Speaker 3: We've we've got I mean, how how fortunate we are
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  Speaker 3: to have Tim, our Australian captain coming up you know,
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  Speaker 3: mixing with our young boys and in this opportunity. So
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  Speaker 3: that's one big bonus for us is to have him
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  Speaker 3: around possibly some of our future stars up here. But
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  Speaker 3: also he's he's also stinging his he's been diverse and
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  Speaker 3: getting his coaching qualifications put together as well, so he's
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  Speaker 3: doing a little bit of that puss. He's definitely going
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  Speaker 3: to be passing on some of that real knowledge into
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  Speaker 3: our young quicks, our young batters and our young skinners.
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  Speaker 3: And luckily enough we've got two keepers up here, our
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  Speaker 3: keepers as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, good stuff.
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  Speaker 1: Now, how what's the team looking obviously going into the games.
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  Speaker 3: Well, you know, it's COVID sort of disrupteds a fair bit.
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  Speaker 3: So most of these players have been getting themselves sorted
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  Speaker 3: in their own states. So we've been through our head
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  Speaker 3: coach who's not up here at the moment, Anthony Clark.
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  Speaker 3: We've been sort of touching base while they've been getting
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  Speaker 3: ready in their states, which has been great. This is
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  Speaker 3: really the first time that they've actually going to come
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  Speaker 3: together this afternoon for a training session and we're going
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  Speaker 3: to put a team together and we're going to give
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  Speaker 3: the NT a bit of a touch up.
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  Speaker 1: So the TSAVO is the first time that realistically you're
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  Speaker 1: all going to get together.
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  Speaker 2: Correct, Oh, what's that been like?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it must add a real difficult sort of element,
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  Speaker 1: but I guess they're all, you know, you're all kind
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  Speaker 1: of used to it at this point.
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  Speaker 3: Well I think some of them are, definitely, But that's
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  Speaker 3: something that someone going to get used to as well.
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  Speaker 3: So it's another great sort of adaptive quality in these players.
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  Speaker 3: You know, you know they're going to be packing their
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  Speaker 3: bags hopefully one day and joining an Australian team maybe
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  Speaker 3: on the the side of the world. Yeah, you know,
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  Speaker 3: to get a little bit of a taste of what
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  Speaker 3: it's like to come together quickly gel with some new
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  Speaker 3: teammates we're all Australian of course, and get out there
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  Speaker 3: and put your best foot forward and play some really
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  Speaker 3: good cricket. I think this is just a great quality
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  Speaker 3: that they can sort of get right now.
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  Speaker 1: And Troy, is it a good opportunity for you as
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  Speaker 1: well to sort of see some of that that talent
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  Speaker 1: that is on display here in the territory at the moment,
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  Speaker 1: some of those younger players as well.
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  Speaker 3: It's perfect for us, you know. I'm you know, I'm
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  Speaker 3: sick of watching them on the TV, and I'm sick
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  Speaker 3: of watching them on Zoom and all those new virtual
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  Speaker 3: ways that we look at. And so yeah, it's be
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  Speaker 3: able to get together with them to use all the
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  Speaker 3: five senses that we've got for a coach, it's going
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  Speaker 3: to be I'm really getting excited, and you're probably telling
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  Speaker 3: my voice. I love and do some work with them
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  Speaker 3: up here.
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  Speaker 2: I love it. Look, I you know, I don't know
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  Speaker 2: a huge amount.
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  Speaker 1: About cricket, but I am a big sports fan, any sport,
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  Speaker 1: and I think it's so wonderful to see how much
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  Speaker 1: we've got happening here in the Northern Territory at the moment,
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  Speaker 1: and cricket, well, cricket int seem to be doing a
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  Speaker 1: phenomenal job with that. So we're really excited to have
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  Speaker 1: you all coming to the Northern Territory.
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  Speaker 3: We're just so excited that Joel and his team up
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  Speaker 3: here and the Northern Territory are able to do this.
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  Speaker 3: You know, a couple of you know, with the COVID
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  Speaker 3: and what's going on. A couple of days ago, we
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  Speaker 3: didn't we didn't have the Victorians coming up and we
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  Speaker 3: haven't got our New South Wales unfortunately coming up. South
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  Speaker 3: Australia was locked down. But it's all opened up. You know,
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  Speaker 3: it's like thanks somebody for that, and we've got I've
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  Speaker 3: got an opportunity. And you know, all credit to Joel
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  Speaker 3: and his team. They've been working hard and we're going
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  Speaker 3: to come up here and place an exciting trick and
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  Speaker 3: give some boys an opportunity.
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  Speaker 2: Well, wonderful stuff, Troy and Joel.
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  Speaker 1: Just to go back to you, we know that it
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  Speaker 1: is also such a great benefit to the Northern Territory community.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I understand that this is all part of
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  Speaker 1: as well, or all of the stuff that's happening at
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  Speaker 1: the moment is sort of about partnering up to some
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  Speaker 1: degree with the Chamber of Commerce and making sure that
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  Speaker 1: we've got more happening around.
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  Speaker 2: The top end.
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  Speaker 4: That's right. The Chamber have got involved with the program
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  Speaker 4: ultimately because while it is a fantastic cricket program bringing
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  Speaker 4: together thirty of the best young players from around the
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  Speaker 4: country and our best territory players, the opportunity is so
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  Speaker 4: much more than that. It's a ten week program that
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  Speaker 4: we can really utilize as a vehicle to market and
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  Speaker 4: promote Northern Australia and the top end in particular. And
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  Speaker 4: that doesn't just extend to the sporting community. That expends
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  Speaker 4: to business and particularly the hospitality sector. This year we've
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  Speaker 4: got with our program running now over two thousand bed nights,
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  Speaker 4: which we think will deliver an economic impact of around
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  Speaker 4: about a million dollars to the economy, and we're going
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  Speaker 4: through the process now of getting that measure so we
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  Speaker 4: confirm up those numbers. But this is just the starting point.
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  Speaker 4: This is year one and we're in the business of
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  Speaker 4: making sure we partner with those who are incentivized to
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  Speaker 4: grow the North because we want to showcase the North
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  Speaker 4: of Australia and the top end to the rest of
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  Speaker 4: the country with these young players from around Australia, but
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  Speaker 4: also to the rest of the world and particularly southeast
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  Speaker 4: where we know we're getting a lot of eyeballs from
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  Speaker 4: India and as an example, we had one of our
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  Speaker 4: fifty over series matches that had an audience of four
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  Speaker 4: hundred thousand people and three hundred thousand of those came
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  Speaker 4: from India.
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  Speaker 2: Wow, that's pretty phenomenal stuff.
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  Speaker 4: Absolutely so, it's a great opportunity the best time of
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  Speaker 4: year in the top end to market and promote all
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  Speaker 4: that is great about the Northern Territory and it being
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  Speaker 4: a destination to live, study, play and work.
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  Speaker 1: Oh good stuff, Well Troy, while I've still got you
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  Speaker 1: on the line, thank you so much for your time
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  Speaker 1: this morning, mate, and we look forward to having you
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  Speaker 1: in the territory.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks Gadie, look forward to putting on some good cricket.
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  Speaker 2: Oh good stuff, Thank you, Troy.
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  Speaker 1: And of course Troy Cooley is the Cricket Australia High
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  Speaker 1: Performance Coach and well Joel Morrison Anti Cricket CEO. We
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  Speaker 1: always appreciate your time. Thank you so much for coming in.
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  Speaker 4: Not the problem. Game one this Sunday ten thirty am
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  Speaker 4: start at gardens Over and murp Hughes will be there
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  Speaker 4: with the chamber with a whole host of family activities
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  Speaker 4: from about twelve thirty onwards. So get down by your tickets.
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  Speaker 4: Tickets at the gate or anti cricket dot.
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  Speaker 1: Com do you I was going to say, where can
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  Speaker 1: people head to if they are after some more infoso
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  Speaker 1: ntcricket dot com dot au.
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  Speaker 4: That's right and you'll find all your details there.
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  Speaker 2: Mate, before I let you go.
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  Speaker 1: Now, Max my producer, he is obviously a cricketer as well.
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  Speaker 2: Tell us how good is he?
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  Speaker 4: He's pretty good, I'll give him that. And he looks
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  Speaker 4: really embarrassed there. Actually funny story, Max. I worked with
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  Speaker 4: his father Nick at the AFL and Cricket Australia. So
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  Speaker 4: it's a small world and it's territory. Is that type
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  Speaker 4: of place right where you have world to collide and
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  Speaker 4: he I think he took six dismissals as a wicket
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  Speaker 4: keeper in his last game, so he was our player
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  Speaker 4: of the match and he's doing very well well.
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  Speaker 1: He keeps all that pretty quiet. When he comes in
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  Speaker 1: here to work.
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  Speaker 2: So there you go. I'm glad to hear I wanted
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  Speaker 2: to get a bit of background Dick blow the surface there.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely good on you, Joel. Thanks so much for your time.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks Kennie,