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Big Bash LeagueMatch 20 · T20

Adelaide Strikers beat Sydney Thunder by 25 runs

Sydney Showground Stadium, . Adelaide Strikers won the toss and chose to bat.

Sydney Thunder133/920 ov
Adelaide Strikers158/720 ov
Adelaide Strikers won by 25 runs
Adelaide Strikers won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Adelaide Strikers won the toss and chose to bat. Adelaide Strikers made 158 for 7 in 20 overs, Colin Ingram 48 from 31 balls and Alex Carey 34 from 28 balls. Fawad Ahmed took 3 for 31.

Sydney Thunder made 133 for 9 in 20 overs, Kurtis Patterson 29 from 36 balls and Ben Rohrer 29 from 13 balls. Michael Neser took 3 for 29.

Adelaide Strikers won by 25 runs.

Key performers

Adelaide Strikers innings

158/7(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Alex Carey †b Fawad Ahmedb Fawad Ahmed342841121.43
Jake Weatheraldc †JC Buttler b GS Sandhuc †JC Buttler b GS Sandhu151320115.38
Travis Headc KR Patterson b Fawad Ahmedc KR Patterson b Fawad Ahmed12131092.31
Colin Ingramc †JC Buttler b GS Sandhuc †JC Buttler b GS Sandhu483124154.84
Jonathan Wellsb Fawad Ahmedb Fawad Ahmed10130076.92
Michael Neserc BJ Rohrer b CJ Greenc BJ Rohrer b CJ Green12130192.31
Jake Lehmannrun outrun out4300133.33
Rashid Khannot outnot out16*602266.67
Peter Siddlenot outnot out0*000-
Extras(lb 3, w 4)(lb 3, w 4)7
Total20 Ov (RR 7.90)20 Ov (RR 7.90)158/7
Fall of wickets: 29-1 (J Weatherald, 3.5 ov), 54-2 (TM Head, 8.1 ov), 64-3 (AT Carey, 9 ov), 98-4 (JW Wells, 14.1 ov), 127-5 (MG Neser, 17.4 ov), 140-6 (CA Ingram, 18.5 ov), 141-7 (JS Lehmann, 19.1 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Shane Watson10808.0021010
Mitchell McClenaghan403809.5082210
Chris Green402215.50130200
Gurinder Sandhu302829.3382220
Fawad Ahmed403137.75114100
Arjun Nair402807.0050100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stAT Carey 12(10) & J Weatherald 15(13)2923
2ndTM Head 12(13) & AT Carey 12(13)2526
3rdAT Carey 10(5) & CA Ingram 0(0)105
4thCA Ingram 24(18) & JW Wells 10(13)3431
5thMG Neser 12(13) & CA Ingram 16(8)2921
6thCA Ingram 8(5) & JS Lehmann 3(2)137
7thRashid Khan 0(1) & JS Lehmann 1(1)12
8thRashid Khan 16(5) & PM Siddle 0(0)17*5

Sydney Thunder innings

133/9(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Kurtis Pattersonc JW Wells b B Stanlakec JW Wells b B Stanlake29363080.56
Jos Buttler †b Rashid Khanb Rashid Khan212131100.00
Shane Watsonc JS Lehmann b MG Neserc JS Lehmann b MG Neser14161087.50
Callum Fergusonc MG Neser b B Laughlinc MG Neser b B Laughlin9130069.23
Arjun Nairc J Weatherald b Rashid Khanc J Weatherald b Rashid Khan10910111.11
Ben Rohrerc B Laughlin b MG Neserc B Laughlin b MG Neser291313223.08
Chris Greenc Rashid Khan b MG Neserc Rashid Khan b MG Neser8501160.00
Ryan Gibsonnot outnot out2*200100.00
Gurinder Sandhuc †AT Carey b PM Siddlec †AT Carey b PM Siddle01000.00
Mitchell McClenaghanlbw b PM Siddlelbw b PM Siddle02000.00
Fawad Ahmednot outnot out0*2000.00
Extras(b 4, lb 4, w 3)(b 4, lb 4, w 3)11
Total20 Ov (RR 6.65)20 Ov (RR 6.65) · Target 159 from 20 ov133/9
Fall of wickets: 45-1 (JC Buttler, 6.5 ov), 61-2 (KR Patterson, 11 ov), 75-3 (SR Watson, 13.1 ov), 87-4 (CJ Ferguson, 15.1 ov), 97-5 (AJ Nair, 16.2 ov), 125-6 (BJ Rohrer, 18.3 ov), 131-7 (CJ Green, 18.5 ov), 133-8 (GS Sandhu, 19.2 ov), 133-9 (MJ McClenaghan, 19.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Michael Neser402937.25111210
Billy Stanlake402416.00144010
Rashid Khan402125.25102000
Peter Siddle411323.25141000
Ben Laughlin403819.5081310
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stKR Patterson 21(20) & JC Buttler 21(21)4541
2ndSR Watson 5(9) & KR Patterson 8(16)1625
3rdSR Watson 9(7) & CJ Ferguson 5(6)1413
4thCJ Ferguson 4(7) & AJ Nair 7(5)1212
5thBJ Rohrer 3(3) & AJ Nair 3(4)107
6thBJ Rohrer 26(10) & CJ Green 2(3)2813
7thCJ Green 6(2) & RJ Gibson 0(0)62
8thRJ Gibson 2(2) & GS Sandhu 0(1)23
9thMJ McClenaghan 0(2) & RJ Gibson 0(0)02
10thFawad Ahmed 0(2) & RJ Gibson 0(0)0*2

Commentary

End of innings: ST 133/9 (20 ov)
End of over 201 run, 2 wktsST 133/91W0W00
Fawad Ahmed 0(2)RJ Gibson 2(2)PM Siddle 4-1-13-2
19.60
PM Siddle to Fawad Ahmed, no run
19.50
PM Siddle to Fawad Ahmed, no run
19.4W
PM Siddle to MJ McClenaghan, OUT
MJ McClenaghan lbw b PM Siddle 0(2) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 133/9 (19.4 ov)
19.30
PM Siddle to MJ McClenaghan, no run
19.2W
PM Siddle to GS Sandhu, OUT
GS Sandhu c †AT Carey b PM Siddle 0(1) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 133/8 (19.2 ov)
19.11
PM Siddle to RJ Gibson, 1 run
End of over 199 runs, 2 wktsST 132/711W6W1
RJ Gibson 1(1)GS Sandhu 0(0)MG Neser 4-0-29-3
18.61
MG Neser to RJ Gibson, 1 run
18.5W
MG Neser to CJ Green, OUT
CJ Green c Rashid Khan b MG Neser 8(5) [4s-0 6s-1] · FoW 131/7 (18.5 ov)
18.46
MG Neser to CJ Green, SIX
18.3W
MG Neser to BJ Rohrer, OUT
BJ Rohrer c B Laughlin b MG Neser 29(13) [4s-1 6s-3] · FoW 125/6 (18.3 ov)
18.21
MG Neser to CJ Green, 1 run
18.11
MG Neser to BJ Rohrer, 1 run
End of over 1823 runsST 123/5066641
BJ Rohrer 28(11)CJ Green 1(2)B Laughlin 4-0-38-1
17.61
B Laughlin to BJ Rohrer, 1 run
17.54
B Laughlin to BJ Rohrer, FOUR
17.46
B Laughlin to BJ Rohrer, SIX
17.36
B Laughlin to BJ Rohrer, SIX
17.26
B Laughlin to BJ Rohrer, SIX
17.10
B Laughlin to BJ Rohrer, no run
End of over 177 runs, 1 wktST 100/54bW1110
CJ Green 1(2)BJ Rohrer 5(5)Rashid Khan 4-0-21-2
16.60
Rashid Khan to CJ Green, no run
16.51
Rashid Khan to BJ Rohrer, 1 run
16.41
Rashid Khan to CJ Green, 1 run
16.31
Rashid Khan to BJ Rohrer, 1 run
16.2W
Rashid Khan to AJ Nair, OUT
AJ Nair c J Weatherald b Rashid Khan 10(9) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 97/5 (16.2 ov)
16.14b
Rashid Khan to AJ Nair, 4 byes
End of over 166 runs, 1 wktST 93/4W12120
BJ Rohrer 3(3)AJ Nair 10(7)B Laughlin 3-0-15-1