END OF OVER:20 | 16 Runs | AS: 154/6 (2 runs required, RR: 7.70)
- Jamie Overton31 (28b)
- Harry Nielsen2 (2b)
- Ben Dwarshuis3-0-38-0
- Jackson Bird4-0-19-2
Here's the updated table then, as the Sixers move up to second place, one point behind the Brisbane Heat. The Strikers remain in fourth. And on that note, it's a wrap from us. On behalf of Sudeep, Ranjith and the rest of the team, this is Madushka signing off.
Jordan Silk is the Player of the Match for his game-defining knock of 66 off 45.
Josh: "Last over chaos takes away from how poorly the strikers batted thenMaybe if we didn't let the 17th over go for 4 runs Or the 19th go for 5 runs We wouldn't have needed 18 off the 20th"
saravanan: "So many dots in the match paid back Adelaide Strikers"
10.22pm So the Sixers make it three from three, coming out victors in a classic nailbiter! It was a win set up courtesy Jordan Silk's 45-ball 66, and then with the ball the Sixers did excellently to keep the Striker's in check throughout. When Chris Lynn and then Matt Short were going strong it looked like the Strikers would have too much, but the spinners in particular kept things tight, along with the outstanding Jackson Bird. It was only in the final two overs that some lusty boundaries brought some genuine peril, as Jamie Overton threatened to steal the game at the death but the Sixers - as has become the norm - just know how to come through in tight games such as this.
4 needed off the last ball. Overton on strike.
5 from 2.
Just 6 from 3 now.
18 from 6 needed. Here's Dwarshuis
END OF OVER:19 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | AS: 138/6 (18 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.26, RRR: 18.00)
- Jamie Overton16 (23b)
- Harry Nielsen1 (1b)
- Jackson Bird4-0-19-2
- Jack Edwards4-0-48-1
JJ Bazley c Vince b Bird 8 (4m 4b 1x4 0x6) SR: 200.00
Saravanan: "I can see the struggle of probability percentage "
23 needed off 12, but six off those deliveries are to be bowled by Bird
END OF OVER:18 | 15 Runs 1 Wkt | AS: 133/5 (23 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.38, RRR: 11.50)
- James Bazley6 (2b)
- Jamie Overton14 (20b)
- Jack Edwards4-0-48-1
- Jackson Bird3-0-14-1
Here's James Bazley. 29 needed off 14.
MW Short c Henriques b Edwards 55 (74m 48b 3x4 2x6) SR: 114.58
Edwards to bowl the second over of the power surge
END OF OVER:17 | 4 Runs | AS: 118/4 (38 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.94, RRR: 12.66)
- Matthew Short47 (45b)
- Jamie Overton13 (19b)
- Jackson Bird3-0-14-1
- Todd Murphy3-0-14-1
Just four off the over from Bird, great stuff.
Right, time for the power surge. Bird back into the attack
END OF OVER:16 | 3 Runs | AS: 114/4 (42 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 7.12, RRR: 10.50)
- Jamie Overton12 (18b)
- Matthew Short44 (40b)
- Todd Murphy3-0-14-1
- Steve O'Keefe4-0-22-0