24/01Result
Challenger (N), Big Bash League at Sydney, Jan 24 2025
Thunder won by 4 wkts (7b rem)
Player of the Match
Sam Billings
Sam BillingsSydney Thunder
24/01Result
Challenger (N), Big Bash League at Sydney, Jan 24 2025
Thunder won by 4 wkts (7b rem)
Player of the Match
Sam Billings
Sam BillingsSydney Thunder

END OF OVER:
20 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | SS: 151/7 | RR: 7.55

  • Ben Manenti1 (1b)
  • Jordan Silk43 (30b)
  • Wes Agar4-0-26-2
  • George Garton2-0-14-1

Alex will be on after the start. Will Thunder go full attack or build and hope the pitch gets even more easy? Find out soon with Alex. Place in the grand final on the line.

8:45pm: Thunder will be the happier time after that. They got early wickets thanks to Agar and McAndrew. Phillippe and Henriques were rebuilding for Sixers before a freak run out dismissed the former. Silk batted through the innings and got support from Dwarshuis. Thunder weren't as clinical as they were in the first as indicated by drop catches in the 10th and 13th over, but they were proactive throughout to keep the home crowd as quiet as possible.

Shadman: "Ben Brettel was bang on with his 150-160 prediction at 7pm! "

19.6
1
Agar to Manenti, 1 run, Clears the front leg and that's what the full ball hits. Manenti wanted to thrash it across the line, ball deflected to the off side

'Operation swing hard,' for Manenti, is the call on air

19.5
W
Agar to Kerr, OUT, Slower ball gets the wicket this time. Line is what does it. Wide and slot, Kerr tried to drag it across with a low swipe, edged it right up for Billings, the keeper, to take it to his right

H Kerr c †Billings b Agar 10 (8m 7b 0x4 1x6) SR: 142.85

MW: "Disciplined bowling this - not a single "bowlers extra" in 19 overs." Yeah, the free hit was on point when the no-ball did come

19.4
0
Agar to Kerr, no run, Length over fifth, extra bounce. 116s offcutter it was and went well above the stumps. Still goes under the heaved bat, Kerr wanted to pull it over midwicket
19.3
2
Agar to Kerr, 2 runs, Free hit is a perfect yorker with fine leg back. Leg-stump line, Kerr tries nothing funky. Jams a defensive to long-on
19.3
2nb
Agar to Silk, (no ball) 1 run, Full on leg, turned just behind square. Uh oh, front-foot noey!
19.2
2lb
Agar to Silk, 2 leg byes, The ball's gone the width of five pitches leg side, the keeper has to chase and the batters have somehow scampered back for two. Was a low full toss following the batter, beat the sweep and went off the pad
19.1
1
Agar to Kerr, 1 run, Slower and short. Just outside off as Silk was making room. Pulled to deep midwicket

Final over. Can Sixers get to 160?

END OF OVER:
19 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | SS: 143/6 | RR: 7.52

  • Jordan Silk42 (28b)
  • Hayden Kerr7 (3b)
  • George Garton2-0-14-1
  • Nathan McAndrew4-0-42-1
18.6
2
Garton to Silk, 2 runs, Yorker is wide and is broomed down the ground. Long-off runs to his diagonal right to cut it off
18.5
1b
Garton to Kerr, 1 bye, Hard length across the stumps. Fifth-stump line, beats the pull. Keeper can't take it first up but no damage done
18.4
6
Garton to Kerr, SIX, Inside the line, behind the wicket. Six. Shortish ball with full pace over middle and leg, Kerr was on fourth stump, lifted the pull from around belly-height. "Come on" he yells as it sailed well over short fine leg
18.3
1
Garton to Silk, 1 run, Slower bouncer through fifth, sharp angle away. Pulls it from around rib-height to deep midwicket

Beach ball at the sightscreen cuts off the bowler's run-up. Billings, on air, says it's been a good batting surface

Tonka : "Not a bad over from McAndrew. French cut cost him. Unlucky."

18.2
1
Garton to Kerr, 1 run, Fullish on off, batter goes back and deep in the crease before whacking the flick across the line, to deep midwicket
18.1
W
Garton to Dwarshuis, OUT, Slower one's done the trick, Weibgen takes an athletic catch running in from deep midwicket. He ran a quarter of the field but didn't rush, slowed down to get his range right, then tumbled forward while scooping the ball up just above the ground. Big fist-pumps from bowler and fielder. Full ball outside off, 108ks slowy, Dwarshuis miscued the slog sweep across the line

BJ Dwarshuis c Weibgen b Garton 30 (25m 20b 2x4 1x6) SR: 150

END OF OVER:
18 | 19 Runs | SS: 132/5 | RR: 7.33

  • Ben Dwarshuis30 (19b)
  • Jordan Silk39 (26b)
  • Nathan McAndrew4-0-42-1
  • Wes Agar3-0-20-1

19 off the over. Live forecast predicting 158 now

17.6
1
McAndrew to Dwarshuis, 1 run, Tries to smear it across with a horizontal bat swipe, inside edges the full ball onto pad. Gets it rolling towards the leg side.
17.5
6
McAndrew to Dwarshuis, SIX, Yorker missed, the pull shot not! 89 metres over long-on. Was a high-ish full toss at pace, around top-of-thigh height, Dwarshuis lunged a bit to get into a baseball stance to power a flat-bat pull over long-on
17.4
2
McAndrew to Dwarshuis, 2 runs, Wide and full, driven to long-off's right. Excellent running again. Two
17.3
4
McAndrew to Dwarshuis, FOUR, This time, it's luck that favours BJD. He tried to carve a similar ball through cover again, inside edged it very fine
17.2
4
McAndrew to Dwarshuis, FOUR, Oh wow, that is next-level placement, beats deep point haring to his left. Was a yorker on fifth, Dwarshuis cleared his front leg but the torso was leaning across to the off side, somehow generated power and got the direction right to sizzle the grass
17.1
2
McAndrew to Dwarshuis, 2 runs, Wide, low fully. Dwarshuis went across, reached out to kinda slog sweep it to long-on. Along the ground, went at a decent pace but the batters were quick enough to get two

McAndrew to close out

END OF OVER:
17 | 11 Runs | SS: 113/5 | RR: 6.64

  • Ben Dwarshuis11 (13b)
  • Jordan Silk39 (26b)
  • Wes Agar3-0-20-1
  • Nathan McAndrew3-0-23-1
16.6
1
Agar to Dwarshuis, 1 run, Yorker a stump outside leg, jams a flick to deep midwicket
16.5
0
Agar to Dwarshuis, no run, Nutmegged. Dwarshuis got the front leg out the way but the full ball went between the two feet, past the pick-up slog

Thunder 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st29DA WarnerJJS Sangha
2nd36JJS SanghaM Gilkes
3rd7SW BillingsM Gilkes
4th28SW BillingsHD Weibgen
5th28SW BillingsCJ Green
6th3SW BillingsGHS Garton
7th26SW BillingsN McAndrew

Big Bash League

TeamMWLPTNRR
HH107215-0.12
SS1062140.156
ST1053120.34
MS1055100.135
PS104680.219
MR104680.139
BH10367-0.831
AS10376-0.122