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Big Bash LeagueMatch 56 · T20

Sydney Thunder beat Melbourne Stars by 3 wickets

Melbourne Cricket Ground, . Sydney Thunder won the toss and chose to bowl.

Melbourne Stars119/720 ov
Sydney Thunder120/718.5 ov
Sydney Thunder won by 3 wickets
Perth Scorchers won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Sydney Thunder won the toss and chose to bowl. Melbourne Stars made 119 for 7 in 20 overs, Hilton Cartwright 36 from 36 balls and Tom Rogers 35 from 36 balls. Usman Qadir took 3 for 24.

Sydney Thunder reached 120 for 7 in 18.5 overs, Daniel Sams 28 from 18 balls. Adam Zampa took 3 for 25.

Sydney Thunder won by 3 wickets.

Key performers

Melbourne Stars innings

119/7(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Joe Clarke †c †M Gilkes b GS Sandhuc †M Gilkes b GS Sandhu4410100.00
Tom Rogersc CJ Green b Usman Qadirc CJ Green b Usman Qadir35362097.22
Campbell Kellawayc AI Ross b DR Samsc AI Ross b DR Sams131220108.33
Marcus Stoinisc sub (JA Davies) b Usman Qadirc sub (JA Davies) b Usman Qadir8701114.29
Hilton Cartwrightc JJS Sangha b CJ Greenc JJS Sangha b CJ Green363610100.00
Beau Websterc CJ Green b Usman Qadirc CJ Green b Usman Qadir141410100.00
Nick Larkinnot outnot out5*70071.43
Nathan Coulter-Nilec JJS Sangha b CJ Greenc JJS Sangha b CJ Green03000.00
Luke Woodnot outnot out1*100100.00
Extras(w 3)(w 3)3
Total20 Ov (RR 5.95)20 Ov (RR 5.95)119/7
Did not bat: Liam Hatcher, Adam Zampa
Fall of wickets: 4-1 (JM Clarke, 0.4 ov), 23-2 (C Kellaway, 3.5 ov), 35-3 (MP Stoinis, 6 ov), 84-4 (TF Rogers, 13.2 ov), 112-5 (BJ Webster, 18 ov), 112-6 (HWR Cartwright, 18.1 ov), 112-7 (NM Coulter-Nile, 18.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Gurinder Sandhu201316.5062010
Chris Green401924.75101010
Daniel Sams302719.0043000
Nathan McAndrew401804.50100010
Usman Qadir402436.0090100
Ben Cutting20904.5030000
Jason Sangha10909.0001000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stJM Clarke 4(4) & TF Rogers 0(0)44
2ndC Kellaway 13(12) & TF Rogers 4(7)1919
3rdMP Stoinis 8(7) & TF Rogers 4(6)1213
4thTF Rogers 27(23) & HWR Cartwright 22(21)4944
5thBJ Webster 14(14) & HWR Cartwright 14(14)2828
6thHWR Cartwright 0(1) & NCR Larkin 0(0)01
7thNM Coulter-Nile 0(3) & NCR Larkin 0(0)03
8thL Wood 1(1) & NCR Larkin 5(7)7*8

Sydney Thunder innings

120/7(18.5 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Matthew Gilkes †c †JM Clarke b BJ Websterc †JM Clarke b BJ Webster20273074.07
David Warnerc TF Rogers b L Woodc TF Rogers b L Wood230066.67
Jason Sanghast †JM Clarke b A Zampast †JM Clarke b A Zampa10111090.91
Oliver Daviesc L Wood b NM Coulter-Nilec L Wood b NM Coulter-Nile8170047.06
Alex Rossb A Zampab A Zampa141111127.27
Daniel Samsb A Zampab A Zampa281831155.56
Ben Cuttingrun out (L Wood)run out (L Wood)9901100.00
Chris Greennot outnot out6*70085.71
Nathan McAndrewnot outnot out12*1010120.00
Extras(lb 7, w 4)(lb 7, w 4)11
Total18.5 Ov (RR 6.37)18.5 Ov (RR 6.37) · Target 120 from 20 ov120/7
Fall of wickets: 4-1 (DA Warner, 1.3 ov), 31-2 (JJS Sangha, 6 ov), 41-3 (M Gilkes, 9 ov), 49-4 (O Davies, 10 ov), 60-5 (AI Ross, 11.5 ov), 80-6 (BCJ Cutting, 14.4 ov), 104-7 (DR Sams, 16.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Liam Hatcher411804.50173000
Luke Wood3.503318.61103120
Nathan Coulter-Nile402917.2593020
Adam Zampa402536.25100200
Beau Webster30812.67110000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stM Gilkes 0(6) & DA Warner 2(3)49
2ndJJS Sangha 10(11) & M Gilkes 16(16)2727
3rdM Gilkes 4(5) & O Davies 5(13)1018
4thO Davies 3(4) & AI Ross 5(2)86
5thAI Ross 9(9) & DR Sams 1(2)1111
6thBCJ Cutting 9(9) & DR Sams 7(8)2017
7thCJ Green 3(4) & DR Sams 20(8)2412
8thN McAndrew 12(10) & CJ Green 3(3)16*13

Commentary

End of innings: ST 120/7 (18.5 ov)
18.54
L Wood to N McAndrew, FOUR
18.42
L Wood to N McAndrew, 2 runs
18.32
L Wood to N McAndrew, 2 runs
18.21
L Wood to CJ Green, 1 run
18.11Lb
L Wood to N McAndrew, 1 leg bye
End of over 183 runsST 110/7002010
CJ Green 5(6)N McAndrew 4(6)LC Hatcher 4-1-18-0
17.60
LC Hatcher to CJ Green, no run
17.51
LC Hatcher to N McAndrew, 1 run
17.40
LC Hatcher to N McAndrew, no run
17.32
LC Hatcher to N McAndrew, 2 runs
17.20
LC Hatcher to N McAndrew, no run
17.10
LC Hatcher to N McAndrew, no run
End of over 1710 runs, 1 wktST 107/7016W12
CJ Green 5(5)N McAndrew 1(1)A Zampa 4-0-25-3
16.62
A Zampa to CJ Green, 2 runs
16.51
A Zampa to N McAndrew, 1 run
16.4W
A Zampa to DR Sams, OUT
DR Sams b A Zampa 28(18) [4s-3 6s-1] · FoW 104/7 (16.4 ov)
16.36
A Zampa to DR Sams, SIX
16.21
A Zampa to CJ Green, 1 run
16.10
A Zampa to CJ Green, no run
End of over 1615 runsST 97/621144Wd2
DR Sams 22(16)CJ Green 2(2)NM Coulter-Nile 4-0-29-1
15.62
NM Coulter-Nile to DR Sams, 2 runs
15.6Wd
NM Coulter-Nile to DR Sams, wide
15.54
NM Coulter-Nile to DR Sams, FOUR
15.44
NM Coulter-Nile to DR Sams, FOUR
15.31
NM Coulter-Nile to CJ Green, 1 run
15.21
NM Coulter-Nile to DR Sams, 1 run
15.12
NM Coulter-Nile to DR Sams, 2 runs
End of over 159 runs, 1 wktST 82/6610W11
DR Sams 9(11)CJ Green 1(1)L Wood 3-0-24-1
14.61
L Wood to DR Sams, 1 run