- BATSMENRB4s6sSR17.1 hit wicket! That full slower ball is so slow, Buttler's swing on the reverse-sweep has come extremely early. It's longer as a result, because he still has eyes on the ball. Makes connection with it too, off the inside edge. It rolls through to the keeper but he hits the stumps with that same edge 115/52.1 taken in his follow through! Length ball pushed across him. Looks to hammer it on the rise into the off side. But it comes off slow again, and gets the bat's toe-end. Lobs back to Behrendorff who plucks it to his left 10/112.5 middle stump is out. That stays shin height from a short length. Ferguson backs away to try and punch through cover and there's no way he can stop this from hitting the stumps. Kept too low 92/214.2 rolls onto the stumps off his pad. Another one keeps low. Length ball, headed down leg side. Looks to sweep and this deflects off the front pad and rolls on from under him 98/315.4 taken at long-off! Agar leaps to his left and holds on. This was a slower ball, dropped short outside off. He lined up and summoned all his core strength to slap this, but couldn't get it over Agar. Big wicket for Scorchers 105/418.2 length ball in at leg stump. Squats and swipes from under, ends up slicing it straight to deep square 121/6Extras5 (b 1, lb 1, w 3)TOTAL142/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.1)Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Shane Watson, 2.1 ov), 2-92 (Callum Ferguson, 12.5 ov), 3-98 (Joe Root, 14.2 ov), 4-105 (Daniel Sams, 15.4 ov), 5-115 (Jos Buttler, 17.1 ov), 6-121 (Jason Sangha, 18.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JP Behrendorff 3 0 21 1 7.00 9 2 1 0 0 NM Coulter-Nile 4 0 29 1 7.25 11 4 0 1 0 DJ Willey 1 0 8 0 8.00 1 1 0 0 0 AJ Tye 4 0 36 1 9.00 5 4 0 1 0 AC Agar 4 0 27 2 6.75 6 1 1 0 0 JA Richardson 4 0 19 1 4.75 12 2 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR8.5 that looks plumb! Klinger rooted to the crease as this googly rips back in. Looks to play across the line, trying to flick through midwicket. Trapped right in front of middle stump 50/23.4 sliding into middle and leg, tries to launch it over but with the kind of pace on offer, all he can do is launch it into the hands of long-on running to his right 18/19.4 was that outside off? No, thinks the umpire. Length ball skidding through low and in at off stump. Bancroft shuffles across to flick and might be caught just inside the line. There was no forward stride there, so no doubt about height 50/310.3 taken one-handed at slip! Watson sticks his left hand out and grabs onto this outside edge. Length ball pushed through flat outside off. Agar steps out and looks to go leg side, but he isn't to the pitch and this spins just enough. Superb reflexes from Watson, that bat speed was high on that. Ball was really flying away 52/411.1 direct hit! From deep point! Length ball outside off, poked off the front foot to sweeper's left. He rockets a throw at the base of off stump as Cartwright comes back for the second. Stunning. 54/5Extras10 (b 2, lb 5, w 3)TOTAL141/5 (20 Overs, RR: 7.05)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (David Willey, 3.4 ov), 2-50 (Michael Klinger, 8.5 ov), 3-50 (Cameron Bancroft, 9.4 ov), 4-52 (Ashton Agar, 10.3 ov), 5-54 (Hilton Cartwright, 11.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SL Rainbird 3 0 18 0 6.00 7 1 0 0 0 JD Cook 4 0 13 1 3.25 12 0 0 0 0 DR Sams 3 0 36 0 12.00 2 4 0 2 0 CJ Green 4 0 32 1 8.00 8 1 2 0 0 GS Sandhu 2 0 13 0 6.50 3 0 0 0 0 Fawad Ahmed 4 0 22 2 5.50 9 2 0 1 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sydney Thunder , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.15 start, First Session 19.15-20.35, Interval 20.35-20.55, Second Session 20.55- 22.15
Match days
02 January 2019 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sydney Thunder 2, Perth Scorchers 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 1 wicket)
- Sydney Thunder: 50 runs in 6.6 overs (42 balls), Extras 1
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (JC Buttler 21, CJ Ferguson 29, Ex 0)
- Sydney Thunder: 100 runs in 14.4 overs (88 balls), Extras 3
- JC Buttler: 50 off 50 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Innings Break: Sydney Thunder - 142/6 in 20.0 overs (CJ Green 18, GS Sandhu 6)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 32 runs, 1 wicket)
- Perth Scorchers: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (52 balls), Extras 4
- Perth Scorchers: 100 runs in 16.6 overs (102 balls), Extras 4
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (AJ Turner 31, WG Bosisto 18, Ex 2)
- AJ Turner: 50 off 32 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Total attendance: 17,882
Match Coverage
All Match NewsThunder survive Turner's 36-ball 60* for nailbiting win
After Jos Buttler and Callum Ferguson gave them 142 on a slow surface, Thunder had Scorchers on the mat, before Turner nearly snatched victory