Player of the Match
Player of the Match

10.27 pm The Thunder dragged out the drama as long as possible making what should have been a straightforward chase mighty difficult, but the Stars show why they claimed the wooden spoon in this year's BBL with some sloppy fielding after a limp batting effort. So the Thunder season will continue for at least one more match after they go into the playoffs in the fourth seed. They will host the fifth seeded Brisbane Heat in an elimination match to see who will move on.

Thunder captain Chris Green is Player of the Match: "Sitting on the bench while we were batting... we scraped in by the barest of margins. The batting, we need to rectify. It wasn't good enough. Our strength all tournament has been scrapping and defending low totals and bowling teams out for low totals. We needed some partnerships from the top four to stand up. Our batting innings, we weren't busy enough and there were a lot of dot balls, but the rotation of strike picked up at the end. It's an exciting opportunity to host a knockout. I can't wait to get back to the Showground with Thunder Nation. It's a side that we've beat twice already but we know they've been playing good cricket at the back end and we need to play well to beat them."

So that concludes our live coverage for the league phase of BBL 2022-23. Everyone can take a breather after today's drama because tomorrow is a rest day before the playoffs begin on Friday. Join us then, but that's it for today. On behalf of my commentary partner Andrew Miller, take care!

18.5
4
Wood to McAndrew, FOUR, Thunder clinch the final BBL playoff berth! Hurricanes are knocked out! Full on the stumps, winds up and heaves this over wide long-on, one bounce over the rope.
18.4
2
Wood to McAndrew, 2 runs, short ball on the stumps, top edges a pull swirling behind the keeper for two.
18.3
2
Wood to McAndrew, 2 runs, full and wide, carves this over cover wide of the sweeper for two.
18.2
1
Wood to Green, 1 run, back of a length ball on fourth stump, slapped to cover for one.

Mandatory concussion check in progress by the Thunder physio.

18.1
1lb
Wood to McAndrew, 1 leg bye, short ball into the body, goes to pull and is hit in the helmet as the ball dribbles away for a run.

END OF OVER:
18 | 3 Runs | ST: 110/7 (10 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.11, RRR: 5.00)

  • Chris Green5 (6b)
  • Nathan McAndrew4 (6b)
  • Liam Hatcher4-1-18-0
  • Adam Zampa4-0-25-3
17.6
0
Hatcher to Green, no run, length ball on off, defended to extra cover.
17.5
1
Hatcher to McAndrew, 1 run, full on fourth stump, driven toward mid-on, diving stop on the ring saves at least two runs.
17.4
0
Hatcher to McAndrew, no run, bouncer on fourth stump, goes to pull and is beaten.
17.3
2
Hatcher to McAndrew, 2 runs, length ball guided to deep third man for a tight two.
17.2
0
Hatcher to McAndrew, no run, back of a length on leg stump, beaten prodding at this. The batters thought about stealing a bye as the keeper was quite casual collecting and didn't bother flinging it at the stumps.
17.1
0
Hatcher to McAndrew, no run, back of a length ball on the stumps, defended.

END OF OVER:
17 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | ST: 107/7 (13 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.29, RRR: 4.33)

  • Chris Green5 (5b)
  • Nathan McAndrew1 (1b)
  • Adam Zampa4-0-25-3
  • Nathan Coulter-Nile4-0-29-1
16.6
2
Zampa to Green, 2 runs, full on the stumps, driven to wide long-on for two.
16.5
1
Zampa to McAndrew, 1 run, full on fifth stump, driven to long-off for one.
16.4
W
Zampa to Sams, OUT, bullseye! Zampa zips this in fuller on middle but also a touch quicker and it skids flat past a slog sweep crashing into the middle of middle stump.

DR Sams b Zampa 28 (18b 3x4 1x6) SR: 155.55

16.3
6
Zampa to Sams, SIX, drag down from Zampa on middle stump, Sams rocks back and smashes this flat over wide long-on, it lands just over the rope as the fielder running across from long-off couldn't cover the distance or else it was a chest high chance.
16.2
1
Zampa to Green, 1 run, full on off, driven firmly to extra cover for a would-be dot but Stoinis fumbles to open the door for a single.
16.1
0
Zampa to Green, no run, good length ball on middle, defended to cover.

Thunder 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st4DA WarnerM Gilkes
2nd27JJS SanghaM Gilkes
3rd10O DaviesM Gilkes
4th8AI RossO Davies
5th11AI RossDR Sams
6th20BCJ CuttingDR Sams
7th24CJ GreenDR Sams
8th16N McAndrewCJ Green

Big Bash League

TeamMWLPTNRR
PS14113221.205
SS14103210.846
MR147714-0.027
ST147714-0.716
BH146713-0.483
HH146812-0.34
AS145910-0.151
MS143116-0.287