Khawaja, Ferguson, Rashid star in nail-biting New Year's Eve bash
Sydney Thunder handed Adelaide Strikers their first loss of BBL 2019
31/12Result
17th Match (D/N), Big Bash League at Adelaide, Dec 31 2019
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![Sydney Thunder]( "Sydney Thunder")
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![Adelaide Strikers]( "Adelaide Strikers")
165/9 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
31/12Result
17th Match (D/N), Big Bash League at Adelaide, Dec 31 2019
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![Sydney Thunder]( "Sydney Thunder")
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![Adelaide Strikers]( "Adelaide Strikers")
165/9 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
CJ Ferguson
73(46) 7x4 - 2x6
Control %82%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 29 runs
- 3x4 - 0x6
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sydney Thunder , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
31 December 2019 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sydney Thunder 2, Adelaide Strikers 0
Scorecard Summary
SYDNEY THUNDER 168/5 (20 OVERS)
- Callum Ferguson73 (46)
- Usman Khawaja63 (50)
- Peter Siddle2/30 (4)
- Billy Stanlake1/27 (4)
ADELAIDE STRIKERS 165/9 (20 OVERS)
- Jake Weatherald52 (37)
- Rashid Khan40 (18)
- Daniel Sams2/32 (4)
- Arjun Nair2/19 (3)
Scorer: @Diamond_Khaan | Commentator: Sreshth Shah
END OF OVER:20 | 10 Runs 2 Wkts | AS: 165/9 (4 runs required, RR: 8.25)
- Peter Siddle4 (8b)
- Chris Morris4-0-37-2
- Daniel Sams4-0-32-2
10.02pm What a way to finish the decade! A classical T20 game with so many ebbs and flows. Strikers fail to win a new year's eve game for the first time in six matches. Thunder, however, were the better side. Two top-order half centuries from them in the first innings and then the screws were turned in the first half of the second innings. Ferguson, Khawaja impressive but so was Weatherald for Strikers. As for the bowlers, Sams and Morris were good for Thunder with the ball, with the tidy Arjun Nair for support. As for Rashid Khan, he once again showed us how potent he is with the bat.
That's all from us at ESPNcricinfo for 2019, see you next year for more BBL action! Enjoy the evening...
19.6
W
Morris to Agar, OUT, full, outside off, and Agar tries to ramp but the ball goes through him. Keeper throws the ball back to Morris, and he gets the run-out at the bowlers' end. Thunder win by three runs
WA Agar run out 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Four to win. Three for a Super Over. Two or less - and Thunder win. Agar to face the ball. Conference between four senior men in the field. Must say, New Year's Eve couldn't have had a better finish
19.5
W
Morris to Rashid Khan, 1 run, OUT, full toss, outside leg stump, and flicked to deep backward square leg. Rashid comes back for the suicidal second run, but he was never going to make it. An entertaining innings comes to a close. Gets a standing ovation too
Rashid Khan run out 40 (18b 4x4 3x6) SR: 222.22
Strikers need five off two.
19.4
4
Morris to Rashid Khan, FOUR, fastest hands in Australia! Full outside off, and he helicopters a sliced shot through the point region. Those wrists are working overtime
Nine off three.
19.3
4
Morris to Rashid Khan, FOUR, magical! Full toss on middle, but he walks across the stumps - falls down while doing that - but manages to paddle it past short fine leg
19.2
0
Morris to Rashid Khan, no run, gold dust from Morris. Yorker length, just outside off, and wedged into the pitch. Siddle is running, but Rashid says no
Strikers need 13 off five. Who you backing, folks?
19.1
1
Morris to Siddle, 1 run, does it by driving this full ball to Ferguson at cover. Rashid gets back on strike
Can Strikers win their sixth straight New Year's eve BBL match? They need 14 off six. But the only problem is that Siddle's on strike. Morris has been tasked with the final over. "We will rock you" playing in the background. The crowd's pumped.
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