Sydney Thunder\u00a0are\u00a0set to\u00a0take on\u00a0crosstown\u00a0rivals, the\u00a0Sydney Sixers\u00a0at Blacktown International Sports Park\u00a0this Sunday, February 8,\u00a0with the winner taking home the First Nations T20 Cup.<\/p>\n
Proudly supported by Homestar Finance, both men\u2019s and women\u2019s squads will go head-to-head in 20-over matches, celebrating cricket, culture, and community while showcasing the talent of NSW\u2019s top First Nations cricketers.<\/p>\n
Thunder women will be looking to defend their title, while the men return determined to flip the script following a narrow defeat\u00a0last year.<\/p>\n
Both squads will proudly wear the same First Nations playing shirts worn by Thunder’s WBBL and BBL teams.<\/p>\n
Unveiled in November 2025, the shirt was designed by Rheanna Lotter, a Western Sydney-based\u00a0Yuin\u00a0artist, in collaboration with WBBL players Hannah Darlington (Kamilaroi) and Anika Learoyd (Gumbaynggir).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Titled\u00a0Jaanymili\u00a0\u2013 a\u00a0Gumbaynggir\u00a0word meaning gathering, coming together and connecting \u2013 the shirt tells the story of Darlington and Learoyd\u2019s journeys, from family, to meeting each other and growing together through cricket.<\/p>\n
First Nations T20 Cup\u00a0
Where:\u00a0Blacktown International Sports Park\u00a0
When: Sunday, February 8\u00a0
Match Times:\u00a0\u00a0
10am\u00a0First Ball\u00a0–\u00a0Thunder Women v\u00a0Sixers Women\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
2pm First Ball\u00a0–\u00a0Thunder Men v\u00a0Sixers Men\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sydney Thunder Women\u2019s Squad\u00a0
Julie Muir \u2013\u00a0Wiradjuri\u00a0(C)\u00a0
Amanda Bellamy \u2013\u00a0Wiradjuri\u00a0
Tammie Dixon-Croker\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Wiradjuri\u00a0
Carlie Gilly \u2013\u00a0Wiradjuri\u00a0
Dimity Parton \u2013\u00a0Wiradjuri\u00a0\/\u00a0Yuwaalaraay\u00a0
Iriaka\u00a0Ross \u2013 Juru \/ Bindal\u00a0
Maddison Spence –\u00a0Wiradjuri\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Kaity Spence \u2013\u00a0Wiradjuri\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Loretta Stanley –\u00a0Wiradjuri\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Taleha\u00a0Urszulak\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Dharawal\u00a0
Jodie Hicks \u2013 Coach\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sydney Thunder Men\u2019s Squad
Marty Jeffrey \u2013 Tubba-Gah \/\u00a0Wiradjuri\u00a0(C)\u00a0
Kealen Blattner \u2013 Yuin\u00a0
James Britnell \u2013\u00a0Wadawurrung \/ Dja\u00a0Dja\u00a0Wurrung
Jake Castle \u2013\u00a0Dharug\u00a0
Cameron\u00a0Duroux\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Gumbaynggirr \u00a0
Damien\u00a0Duroux\u00a0\u2013 Bundjalung\u00a0
Aaron\u00a0Gater\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ngemba\u00a0
Noah Hayward –\u00a0Dharug\u00a0
Riley Ingram \u2013 Yuin \/ Gamilaraay\u00a0
Scott Jobling \u2013 Bundjalung\u00a0
Blake Pearson \u2013\u00a0First Nations\u00a0
Brayden Wilson –\u00a0Wiradjuri\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Jeff Cook \u2013 Coach\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sydney Thunder\u00a0are\u00a0set to\u00a0take on\u00a0crosstown\u00a0rivals, the\u00a0Sydney Sixers\u00a0at Blacktown International Sports Park\u00a0this Sunday, February 8,\u00a0with the winner taking home the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":["post-461082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}