Sangha's late onslaught lifts Thunder after being hit with Covid
Strikers' lack of power hitting resulted in a sixth defeat in seven games; Sams shines with four wickets for Thunder
31/12Result
27th Match (N), Big Bash League at Adelaide, Dec 31 2021
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![Sydney Thunder]( "Sydney Thunder")
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![Adelaide Strikers]( "Adelaide Strikers")
165/7 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
31/12Result
27th Match (N), Big Bash League at Adelaide, Dec 31 2021
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![Sydney Thunder]( "Sydney Thunder")
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![Adelaide Strikers]( "Adelaide Strikers")
165/7 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
Best performances - Bowlers
DR Sams
- O4
- M0
- R33
- W4
- Eco8.25
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
S Mahmood
- O4
- M0
- R35
- W2
- Eco8.75
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sydney Thunder , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
31 December 2021 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sydney Thunder 3, Adelaide Strikers 1
Scorecard Summary
SYDNEY THUNDER 187/3 (20 OVERS)
- Ben Cutting37 (32)
- Jason Sangha*91 (55)
- Fawad Ahmed1/22 (4)
- Daniel Worrall1/34 (4)
ADELAIDE STRIKERS 165/7 (20 OVERS)
- Jonathan Wells46 (26)
- Matt Renshaw38 (26)
- Saqib Mahmood2/35 (4)
- Daniel Sams4/33 (4)
Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: @PeterDellaPenna
END OF OVER:20 | 5 Runs 2 Wkts | AS: 165/7 (23 runs required, RR: 8.25)
- Harry Nielsen13 (11b)
- Daniel Worrall1 (1b)
- Daniel Sams4-0-33-4
- Nathan McAndrew3-0-32-0
10.02 pm Thunder march into Adelaide missing Hales, Ross and Tanveer Sangha due to Covid issues and still waltz out of Adelaide Oval with a comfortable win thanks to the exploits of Jason Sangha with the bat, setting up the win with an unbeaten 91 before Sams takes four wickets in the chase to close the door on the Strikers.
Ben Cutting on the Thunder win: "It's nice to get out there to face a few balls and set up a baseline for Jason Sangha to smack it like he did. It was a very interesting day from both a physical and mental perspective holed up in our hotel rooms. We didn't know if the game was going to be on or off."
That's it from us tonight. For Danyal Rasool, I'm Peter Della Penna. Happy New Year's to everyone following along in Australia where the countdown is less than 90 minutes away to 2022 in the eastern states. Come back for more BBL action in the new year. Take care!
19.6
2
Sams to Nielsen, 2 runs, slower ball full on sixth stump, shuffles well across his stumps to flick this to deep backward square for a pair.
19.5
1
Sams to Worrall, 1 run, short and wide, slapped to the cover sweeper for one.
Not a night to remember for Rashid. No wickets and now a golden duck.
19.4
W
Sams to Rashid Khan, OUT, slower bouncer at 121 kph on middle, Rashid goes to pull and a thick top edge flutters to Billings behind the stumps.
Rashid Khan c †Billings b Sams 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
19.3
1
Sams to Nielsen, 1 run, full on fifth stump, driven to long-on.
Rashid enters off strike, about five overs too late...
19.2
W
Sams to Wells, OUT, full and wide outside off, goes to drive this over cover and it carries all the way to the sweeper. McAndrew spilled a diving effort earlier but this time steadies himself to take the catch before leaving his feet on an effort tumbling forward.
JW Wells c McAndrew b Sams 46 (26b 5x4 1x6) SR: 176.92
19.1
1
Sams to Nielsen, 1 run, short on the stumps, pulls this tamely to deep midwicket for one.
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