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Big Bash LeagueMatch 29 · T20

Sydney Thunder beat Perth Scorchers by 6 wickets

Perth Stadium, . Perth Scorchers won the toss and chose to bat.

Perth Scorchers142/920 ov
Sydney Thunder143/417 ov
Sydney Thunder won by 6 wickets
Perth Scorchers won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Perth Scorchers won the toss and chose to bat. Perth Scorchers made 142 for 9 in 20 overs, Ashton Turner 61 from 37 balls. Nathan McAndrew took 3 for 29.

Sydney Thunder reached 143 for 4 in 17 overs, Oliver Davies 58 from 47 balls and Alex Ross 41 not out from 18 balls. Jhye Richardson took 2 for 36.

Sydney Thunder won by 6 wickets.

Key performers

Perth Scorchers innings

142/9(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Adam Lythrun out (†M Gilkes/RR Rossouw/JA Davies)run out (†M Gilkes/RR Rossouw/JA Davies)11161068.75
Faf du Plessisc BCJ Cutting b B Doggettc BCJ Cutting b B Doggett170014.29
Cameron Bancroftc JA Davies b CJ Greenc JA Davies b CJ Green280025.00
Josh Inglis †c AI Ross b Usman Qadirc AI Ross b Usman Qadir680075.00
Ashton Turnerc BCJ Cutting b N McAndrewc BCJ Cutting b N McAndrew613733164.86
Nick Hobsonc JA Davies b N McAndrewc JA Davies b N McAndrew161220133.33
Jhye Richardsonb Usman Qadirb Usman Qadir150020.00
Matthew Kellyrun out (†M Gilkes/JA Davies/Usman Qadir)run out (†M Gilkes/JA Davies/Usman Qadir)171211141.67
Andrew Tyenot outnot out13*1001130.00
Jason Behrendorffc †M Gilkes b N McAndrewc †M Gilkes b N McAndrew240050.00
Peter Hatzoglounot outnot out4*210200.00
Extras(b 1, lb 2, w 4, nb 1)(b 1, lb 2, w 4, nb 1)8
Total20 Ov (RR 7.10)20 Ov (RR 7.10)142/9
Fall of wickets: 7-1 (F du Plessis, 2.2 ov), 10-2 (CT Bancroft, 3.5 ov), 18-3 (A Lyth, 5.4 ov), 28-4 (JP Inglis, 7.2 ov), 64-5 (NR Hobson, 11.5 ov), 84-6 (JA Richardson, 14 ov), 105-7 (AJ Turner, 16.4 ov), 132-8 (M Kelly, 18.4 ov), 135-9 (JP Behrendorff, 19.3 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Brendan Doggett402817.00141211
Chris Green401513.75110000
Nathan McAndrew402937.25113110
Usman Qadir403629.0052110
Joel Davies302307.6751100
Ben Cutting10808.0021010
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stA Lyth 5(7) & F du Plessis 1(7)714
2ndCT Bancroft 2(8) & A Lyth 1(1)39
3rdJP Inglis 3(3) & A Lyth 5(8)811
4thAJ Turner 6(5) & JP Inglis 3(5)1010
5thNR Hobson 16(12) & AJ Turner 20(15)3627
6thJA Richardson 1(5) & AJ Turner 19(8)2013
7thAJ Turner 16(9) & M Kelly 4(7)2116
8thAJ Tye 11(8) & M Kelly 13(5)2712
9thJP Behrendorff 2(4) & AJ Tye 0(1)35
10thP Hatzoglou 4(2) & AJ Tye 2(1)7*3

Sydney Thunder innings

143/4(17 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Matthew Gilkes †c AJ Turner b JP Behrendorffc AJ Turner b JP Behrendorff322640123.08
Alex Halesc †JP Inglis b JA Richardsonc †JP Inglis b JA Richardson04000.00
Rilee Rossouwc †JP Inglis b JA Richardsonc †JP Inglis b JA Richardson01000.00
Oliver Daviesc AJ Turner b M Kellyc AJ Turner b M Kelly584742123.40
Alex Rossnot outnot out41*1833227.78
Ben Cuttingnot outnot out5*60083.33
Extras(lb 1, w 6)(lb 1, w 6)7
Total17 Ov (RR 8.41)17 Ov (RR 8.41) · Target 143 from 20 ov143/4
Fall of wickets: 10-1 (AD Hales, 1.4 ov), 10-2 (RR Rossouw, 1.5 ov), 77-3 (M Gilkes, 10.3 ov), 114-4 (O Davies, 14.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Jason Behrendorff302317.6772100
Jhye Richardson3.403629.8283210
Matthew Kelly403017.5083020
Peter Hatzoglou3033011.0042220
Andrew Tye301505.0060010
Ashton Turner0.205015.0001000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stM Gilkes 9(6) & AD Hales 0(4)1010
2ndRR Rossouw 0(1) & M Gilkes 0(0)01
3rdO Davies 39(32) & M Gilkes 23(20)6752
4thAI Ross 18(11) & O Davies 19(15)3726
5thBCJ Cutting 5(6) & AI Ross 23(7)29*13

Commentary

End of innings: ST 143/4 (17 ov)
End of over 1717 runsST 143/4116441
AI Ross 41(18)BCJ Cutting 5(6)JA Richardson 3.4-0-36-2AJ Turner 0.2-0-5-0
16.61
AJ Turner to AI Ross, 1 run
16.54
AJ Turner to AI Ross, FOUR
16.44
JA Richardson to AI Ross, FOUR
16.36
JA Richardson to AI Ross, SIX
16.21
JA Richardson to BCJ Cutting, 1 run
16.11
JA Richardson to AI Ross, 1 run
End of over 1611 runsST 126/40Wd20161
AI Ross 25(13)BCJ Cutting 4(5)P Hatzoglou 3-0-33-0
15.61
P Hatzoglou to AI Ross, 1 run
15.56
P Hatzoglou to AI Ross, SIX
15.41
P Hatzoglou to BCJ Cutting, 1 run
15.30
P Hatzoglou to BCJ Cutting, no run
15.22
P Hatzoglou to BCJ Cutting, 2 runs
15.2Wd
P Hatzoglou to BCJ Cutting, wide
15.10
P Hatzoglou to BCJ Cutting, no run
End of over 157 runs, 1 wktST 115/44011W1
BCJ Cutting 1(1)AI Ross 18(11)M Kelly 4-0-30-1
14.61
M Kelly to BCJ Cutting, 1 run
14.5W
M Kelly to O Davies, OUT
O Davies c AJ Turner b M Kelly 58(47) [4s-4 6s-2] · FoW 114/4 (14.5 ov)
14.41
M Kelly to AI Ross, 1 run
14.31
M Kelly to O Davies, 1 run
14.20
M Kelly to O Davies, no run
14.14
M Kelly to O Davies, FOUR
End of over 1411 runsST 108/3161111
O Davies 53(43)AI Ross 17(10)JA Richardson 3-0-24-2
13.61
JA Richardson to O Davies, 1 run
13.51
JA Richardson to AI Ross, 1 run
13.41
JA Richardson to O Davies, 1 run
13.31
JA Richardson to AI Ross, 1 run
13.26
JA Richardson to AI Ross, SIX
13.11
JA Richardson to O Davies, 1 run