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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

AI Ross
44(39) 2x4 - 2x6
Control %74%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 11 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
7 0 14 5 5 1 8 4
DR Sams
DR Sams
30(25) 3x4 - 0x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 10 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
4 1 1 6 3 3 3 9

Best performances - Bowlers

J Edwards
O4
M0
R24
W3
Eco6.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
JM Bird
O4
M0
R28
W2
Eco7.00
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Scorer: Sudeep Poojar | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

10:10pm A real dampener for the thousands that had gathered at the Sydney Showground Stadium. We were just one over away from constituting a game but in the end, the rain won. The Sydney Sixers will feel hard done by, but it is what it is. A point for the Sydney Thunder and that takes them up to sixth, level on points with the Melbourne Stars but ahead on NRR.

That's it from us for this game. Hope you enjoyed it while it was on, and we will be back with more BBL action tomorrow. Until then, this is goodbye from Shashwat, Sudeep and everyone else at ESPNcricinfo. Take care!

10:06pm It is official. The game has been called off. A bit of a shame for the sold-out crowd, given the action they had seen and how the match was shaping up. The Sixers and the Thunder get a point each.

9:55pm The cut-off time for the game to restart is 10:23pm local time, and the umpires reckon that it needs to stop raining by 10:03pm local time for the ground to be ready for play.

DaWolf: "Only one over away from making it a game, surely unless it's a complete downpour they should try to get that last over in before taking the players off?" -- That would be my thinking too. But the umpires felt it was heavy enough to come off, and the rain has only grown in intensity since.

9:30pm No positive update yet. The rain continues to fall, and the covers are firmly in place. If anything, the rain seems to have gotten heavier than when the players came off. And for what it is worth, we have already started losing overs.

9:20pm Uh-oh, the umpires have decided to take the players off. It is a drizzle at the moment, and we are just one over away from constituting a game. The players are walking off, rather than rushing off, and that indicates the rain might not be very heavy. The pitch has been covered and the square is being covered too.

END OF OVER:
4 | 11 Runs | SS: 34/1 (118 runs required from 16 overs, RR: 8.50, RRR: 7.37)

  • Kurtis Patterson13 (9b)
  • James Vince8 (6b)
  • Nathan McAndrew1-0-11-0
  • Gurinder Sandhu2-0-10-0
3.6
4
McAndrew to Patterson, FOUR, boundary to end the powerplay! Full and down the leg side. Patterson tries something resembling a scoop. Gets too much under it but also gets enough wood to clear short fine leg. Bobbles into the fence!
3.5
2
McAndrew to Patterson, 2 runs, on the pads. Patterson uses the pace and helps it behind square on the leg side for a brace
3.4
0
McAndrew to Patterson, no run, full delivery that just slides down the leg side. Patterson does not get bat on it and the ball whizzes agonizingly past leg stump
3.3
4
McAndrew to Patterson, FOUR, shot! Fractionally short on off stump. Patterson picks the length early and thumps it over mid wicket for four!

A few spots of rain, although it is not enough yet to force the players off

3.2
1
McAndrew to Vince, 1 run, back of a length outside off again. Vince eases it out to deep cover point

Big Bash League

TeamMWLPTNRR
BH1071160.972
SS1062140.339
PS1063130.725
AS1054110.331
HH10468-0.268
MS10468-1.051
MR10266-0.289
ST10174-0.652