Several months ago, the following inquiry was submitted to the Club & Competitions Managers (CCM) and Northern Territory Cricket (NT Cricket ):
"Could you provide context on how tribunal findings and on/off-field incidents are handled and communicated to the public?"
No response has been received to date.
The current season has witnessed multiple suspensions, with at least three cases resulting in multi-game penalties. However, the Darwin and District Cricket Competition has not published any of these findings, nor are they available on the official websites of the DDCC or NT Cricket as per Darwin and Districts Cricket Competition Fixed Penalties PDF.
In keeping with the longstanding practices of the governing body, there appears to be a continued effort to obscure such issues. Historically, when the NT News has reported on similar matters in previous seasons, the governing body has lodged formal complaints against such reporting.
It has been alleged that two players, currently under suspension, were permitted to participate in a T20 match last night (although only one actually did so).