Players from the Adelaide Football Club and Port Adelaide Football CLUB have been selected to put their cricket skills on display for the Bushfire T20 Showdown at Adelaide Oval on Sunday, 2 February.

Port Adelaide

Tom Jonas (c)

Travis Boak

Tom Clurey

Kane Farrell

Hamish Hartlett

Todd Marshall

Connor Rozee

Boyd Woodcock

Adelaide

Tom Lynch (c)

Brad Crouch

Matt Crouch

Darcy Fogarty

Paul Seedsman

Rory Sloane

Brodie Smith

Taylor Walker

Adelaide’s Tom Lynch and Port Adelaide’s Tom Jonas will captain their respective sides, with both leaders determined to secure inaugural T20 Showdown honours.

“We can’t wait to get out there and take on Port in front of a huge crowd at Adelaide Oval,” Lynch said.

“This is an opportunity to raise as much money as possible to help those affected by the bushfires and to say thank you to all the amazing firefighters.”

“We definitely want to win and it is pretty special to get a chance to play cricket on Adelaide Oval, but it’s more about doing our bit for those affected by the bushfires,” Jonas said.

“We are trying to use our position in the community to make a difference and hopefully raise a heap of money.”

With underage state representation and premiership experience on both teams, combined with bragging rights on the line, it’ll be ‘game on’ from the moment the players take to the field.

The remaining players for each team will comprise of four Adelaide Strikers/Redbacks players, one South Australian female cricketer and a CFS volunteer.

Cricketers will be selected by each captain at a player draft which will occur next Wednesday, 29 January at Adelaide Oval.

100% of net proceeds from ticketing, catering, sponsorship and all other donations for this match will go to the state’s bushfire appeal, which will raise vital funds for people directly affected by bushfires in recent months.

All tickets are being sold as general admission tickets and are priced at $20 for adults, $5 for kids and $40 for families. The State Government has also announced that it will be providing free public transport to all those attending the match.

Tickets to the Bushfire T20 Showdown are on sale now through Ticketek.

WHAT: Bushfire T20 Showdown – Special T20 cricket match featuring Adelaide and Port Adelaide football players as well as some of cricket’s biggest names with 100% of net proceeds from the match to be donated to the SA Bushfire Appeal.

WHEN: Sunday, 2 February 2020 at 2:30pm

WHERE: Adelaide Oval

TICKETS: $20 for adults, $5 for kids and $40 for families. Tickets are on sale through Ticketek. Free public transport for ticket holders.

PLAYER BIOS

PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB

Tom Jonas (Captain) – Batsman

Kensington junior premiership player.

Travis Boak – Batsman

Grange Dolphins T20 premiership player.

Tom Clurey – Batsman

Vic Country underage & Grange Dolphins T20 premiership player.

Kane Farrell – Bowler

Grange Dolphins T20 premiership player.

Hamish Hartlett – Batsman

Australia & South Australia underage wicketkeeper/batsman.

Todd Marshall – All-rounder

New South Wales underage player.

Connor Rozee – All-rounder

South Australia underage & East Torrens junior premiership player.

Boyd Woodcock – Bowler

South Australia Country underage player.

ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB

Tom Lynch (Captain) – All-rounder

Represented Victoria at junior level as a line and length bowler.

Brad Crouch – Batsman

Runner-up best and fairest as a junior with the Ballarat Cricket Association’s fourth-grade side boasting impressive numbers with both bat and ball.

Matt Crouch – Keeper-batsman

A Grade player for North Ballarat, represented Victoria in the Under 17 National Championships.

Darcy Fogarty – All-rounder

Lucindale junior player.

Paul Seedsman – All-rounder

Smacked a half-century off only 29 balls – including four sixes – in a local Twenty20 competition. Followed it up with the ball, taking 4/18 from four overs and leading his side to a 33-run win.

Rory Sloane – All-rounder

A team leader and enthusiastic fielder for the side.

Brodie Smith – Batsman

Grange C3 player leading his team to victory over Concordia OC with a dashing century.

Taylor Walker – All-rounder

In his five games for Prince Alfred OC, he has taken 12 wickets at an incredible average of 7.5, with best figures of 4/17.

BUSHFIRE T20 SHOWDOWN MEDIA INQUIRIES: Elise Partington – 0417 875 126 or elise.partington@adelaideoval.com.au

ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB MEDIA INQUIRIES: Mark Addinall – 0448 887 278 or maddinall@afc.com.au

PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB MEDIA INQUIRIES: Loukas Founten – 0411 360 406 or lfounten@pafc.com.au