Ethan Bartlett will play for the ACT Comets in the Sydney T20 competition on Sunday. Photo: Jeffrey Chan

He only stepped off a plane from Holland last week, but ACT Comets all-rounder Ethan Bartlett wasn't going to miss the chance to audition for a spot in the Big Bash League.

Comets players will be hoping to impress selectors from the Sydney Thunder in their opening roundof the Twenty20 Sydney grade competition at Campbelltown on Sunday.

Professional contracts will be up for grabs, with the Comets in the "Sydney Thunder Conference" of the tournament while the Sydney Sixers will also be casting their eye over potential players.

Bartlett is coming off an impressive season in the Cricket ACT first-grade competition where he helped Wests/UC win both the two-day and Twenty20 titles.

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He has also returned this week from a five-month playing stint with a Dutch club side in The Hague.

The Comets proved to be a stepping stone to the BBL last summer, with Jono Dean and Ben Oakley both playing for the Adelaide Strikers and Blake Dean securing a contract with the Thunder.

Bartlett said the recruitment of those players showed that the BBL was a realistic goal for others in the Comets' system.

"It makes you realise it's probably not that far away if guys we play with week in and week out are playing in it," Bartlett said.

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ACT Comets' Ethan Bartlett eyes a shot at Big Bash big time