Usman Khawaja and Alex Hales power Sydney Thunder into Knockout final
Jono Cook claimed four wickets including the key pair of Matthew Wade and D'Arcy Short
30/01Result
Eliminator, Big Bash League at Hobart, Jan 30 2020
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![Sydney Thunder]( "Sydney Thunder")
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![Hobart Hurricanes]( "Hobart Hurricanes")
140 (18.3/20 ov)
Player of the Match
30/01Result
Eliminator, Big Bash League at Hobart, Jan 30 2020
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![Sydney Thunder]( "Sydney Thunder")
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![Hobart Hurricanes]( "Hobart Hurricanes")
140 (18.3/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
AD Hales
60(37) 6x4 - 3x6
Control %80%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 11 runs
- 1x4 - 1x6
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sydney Thunder , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Sydney Thunder advanced
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.40 start, First Session 19.40-21.10, Interval 21.10-21.30, Second Session 21.30-23.00
Match days
30 January 2020 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
SYDNEY THUNDER 197/5 (20 OVERS)
- Usman Khawaja54 (34)
- Alex Hales60 (37)
- Clive Rose1/39 (3)
- Nathan Ellis1/18 (4)
HOBART HURRICANES 140 (18.3 OVERS)
- D'Arcy Short37 (24)
- Simon Milenko28 (27)
- Chris Morris3/27 (4)
- Jonathan Cook4/21 (4)
Commentator: Alex Malcolm
Sydney Thunder advance winning by 57 runs. They move on to take on the Adelaide Strikers in the Knockout in Adelaide on Saturday. The Hurricanes season ends and George Bailey's career ends with it. What a great career it has been. But the Thunder out-planned and out-executed the Hurricanes. They batted superbly with Khawaja and Hales setting the tone. Jono Cook is the Player of the Match with a career-best performance taking 4 for 21. Cook: "Very happy with getting Short and Wade. They're world class. Just happy that the plans came off. Adelaide is a daunting place to play. But we've played there on New Year's Eve and handled that. We have the momentum."
Great win for the Thunder. Thanks for company from Bellerive Oval. Join us tomorrow night for the Qualifier between the Melbourne Stars and the Sydney Sixers.
18.3
W
Sams to Ellis, OUT, caught at short third man! Another slower ball wide of off, he slices this high off the outside edge to short third man and an easy catch for Nair.
NT Ellis c Nair b Sams 5 (7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 71.42
18.2
W
Sams to Qais Ahmad, OUT, caught at backward point! Slower ball wide of off, an off spinner, he backed away and sliced it high off the edge to backward point, Khawaja circle under it and held on. It was a touch awkward
Qais Ahmad c Khawaja b Sams 8 (6b 0x4 1x6) SR: 133.33
18.1
6
Sams to Qais Ahmad, SIX, There's one from Qais! 104kph slower ball, he sat back and picked it, right in his arc and he swung it high over the midwicket fence
END OF OVER:18 | 5 Runs | HH: 134/8 (64 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.44, RRR: 32.00)
- Qais Ahmad2 (4b)
- Nathan Ellis5 (6b)
- Chris Tremain3-0-16-1
- Chris Morris4-0-27-3
Jet Li: "@Baskar: Unless Ellis gets them home from here..." 11 sixes Jet?
17.6
1
Tremain to Qais Ahmad, 1 run, low full toss, he charges and drives to cover
17.5
0
Tremain to Qais Ahmad, no run, yorker on off, he jams the bat down and defends
17.4
1
Tremain to Ellis, 1 run, fuller outside off, he sits back and drags this through midwicket
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