The Imparja Cup is an 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...

n 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...

 tournament based in Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Alice Springs is the second largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Popularly known as "the Alice" or simply "Alice", Alice Springs is situated in the geographic centre of Australia near the southern border of the Northern Territory...

. The tournament is contested annually by teams of Indigenous Australian cricketers.

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

Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Alice Springs is the second largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Popularly known as "the Alice" or simply "Alice", Alice Springs is situated in the geographic centre of Australia near the southern border of the Northern Territory...

 and Ross Williams from Tennant Creek

Tennant Creek, Northern Territory

Tennant Creek is a town located in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is the fifth largest town in the Northern Territory and it is located on the Stuart Highway, just south of the intersection with the western terminus of the Barkly Highway....

. By 1998 Northern Territory Cricket

Northern Territory Cricket

Northern Territory Cricket, formally the Northern Territory Cricket Association, is the governing body for cricket in the Northern Territory of Australia.Cricket in the Northern Territory has produced state contracted players...

 had became involved in organising the tournament and in 2001 Cricket Australia

Cricket Australia

Cricket Australia, formerly known as the Australian Cricket Board, is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket...

 turned the tournament into a national competition. Imparja Television

Imparja Television

Imparja Television is an Australian television network servicing remote eastern and central Australia, that began broadcasting on 2 January 1988. It is based in Alice Springs, where it has a studio and satellite uplink facility. Notably, it is controlled by Australian Aborigines through ownership...

 have been involved in the annual match and the national tournament since 1994.

Format

In its current format there are four divisions. The top division, the State/Territory Division is played as a round-robin

Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...

 tournament played in a combination of 40 over and Twenty20

Twenty20

Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...

 matches with the two top teams playing off in a 40 over playoff final.

Teams in the Major Centres Division play Twenty20 cricket, the Community Division Super 8

Short form cricket

Short form cricket is a collective term for several modified forms of the sport of cricket, with playing times significantly shorter than more traditional forms of the game....

, and the Women's Division Super 8.

Winners

Imparja Cup 2001-

Year	State/Territory Division	Major Centres Division	Community Division	Women's Division
2009	Queensland	Alkupitja	Tangentyere	New South Wales
2008	Queensland	Katherine	Cooktown	New South Wales
2007	New South Wales	Alkupitja	Cat Tigers	CGA Cougars
2006	Queensland	Alice Springs	Melville Island	Darwin
2005	Queensland	Alice Springs	Alkupitja	Darwin
2004	Queensland	Alice Springs	Normanton	Tennant Creek
2003	New South Wales	Darwin
2002	Northern Territory	Darwin
2001	Tasmania