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Sydney Thunder to launch Tape Ball tournament with cultural festival Source: Cricket Australia – CA Multicultural Media (eLanka) Western Sydney BBL club Sydney Thunder will launch an innovative Tape Ball League this month with a free South Asian themed cultural festival. The festival, on Saturday June 29 at Cricket Central in Sydney Olympic Park, will feature casual tape ball games, food vendors, henna painting and face painting, along with appearances from current Thunder stars Tanveer Sangha and Phoebe Litchfield, as well as Pakistani-born former Australian international and Thunder representative Fawad Ahmed. Festival guests will also be able to hear from comedian and MC Nazeem Hussain, watch performances from Bhangra dancers and Dhol drummers, amongst a host of activities for children. The cultural festival will set up a massive 24 hours of entertainment for cricket fans with the final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in the Caribbean starting at ...