Sydney Thunder
Match Complete
Adelaide Strikers
| 6/178 Adelaide Strikers win by 6 runs |
| 2/41 (4.0) | *Siddle | O: 20.0 | Gilkes* | 0 (0) |
| 2/33 (4.0) | Conway | RR:7.63 | McAndrew | 2 (1) |
| c. Cockbain b. Conway |  | 19.5 6/176 |  | Cutting 16(10) |
| c. Thornton b. Conway | | 19.4 5/176 | | Ross 56(39) |
| lbw. Siddle | | 16.6 4/150 | | Sams 1(2) |
| c. Wells b. Siddle | | 16.2 3/146 | | Sangha 61(43) |
| c. Ahmed b. Short | | 6.3 2/56 | | Khawaja 23(17) |
| c. Siddle b. Thornton | | 2.1 1/15 | | Hales 9(9) |
| First Innings: Adelaide Strikers | 6/184 | RR: 7.89 | O: 20.0 |
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| First Innings: Adelaide Strikers | 6/184 | RR: 7.89 | O: 20.0 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A.T. Carey+ c. Sams b. Sangha | 23 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 164.29 |
M.W. Short lbw. Sangha | 39 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 139.29 |
I.A. Cockbain c. Sangha b. McAndrew | 65 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 171.05 |
T.M. Head c. Ross b. Sandhu | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
J.W. Wells c. Cutting b. Sangha | 18 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 150.00 |
M.T. Renshaw not out | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 166.67 |
T. Kelly c. Green b. Sandhu | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 123.08 |
H.T.R.Y. Thornton not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
P.M. Siddle* | |||||
H.N.A. Conway | |||||
F.K. Ahmed | |||||
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 3, nb 0) | 5 | ||||
| Total | 184 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G.S. Sandhu | 4.0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 10.00 |
| N.J. McAndrew | 3.0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 9.33 |
| D.R. Sams | 4.0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 11.75 |
| C.J. Green | 2.0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8.00 |
| T. Sangha | 4.0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3.75 |
| J.J.S. Sangha | 3.0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 12.00 |
| First Innings: Sydney Thunder | 6/178 | RR: 7.63 | O: 20.0 |
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| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A.D. Hales c. Siddle b. Thornton | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
U.T. Khawaja* c. Ahmed b. Short | 23 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 135.29 |
J.J.S. Sangha c. Wells b. Siddle | 61 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 141.86 |
A.I. Ross c. Thornton b. Conway | 56 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 143.59 |
D.R. Sams lbw. Siddle | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
B.C.J. Cutting c. Cockbain b. Conway | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 160.00 |
N.J. McAndrew not out | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 200.00 |
M.R. Gilkes+ not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
C.J. Green | |||||
G.S. Sandhu | |||||
T. Sangha | |||||
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 7, nb 1) | 10 | ||||
| Total | 178 | ||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Ec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.W. Short | 4.0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7.00 |
| H.N.A. Conway | 4.0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 8.25 |
| H.T.R.Y. Thornton | 3.0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 11.67 |
| P.M. Siddle | 4.0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 10.25 |
| F.K. Ahmed | 4.0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 8.50 |
| T.M. Head | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 |
It’s sudden death tonight when the Sydney Thunder take on the Adelaide Strikers at the MCG. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 7:15pm (AEDT).
The Thunder start their finals series tonight after finishing third in the regular season. They did have somewhat of a form slump late, losing to the Hurricanes and Sixers before recording a win over the Renegades.
Sam Billings has been difficult to replace for Sydney, however Usman Khawaja could be the answer. Khawaja scored 77 against the Renegades and single-handedly got them to a competitive score.
Alex Hales has had some good knocks recently while Jason Sangha has been one of the players of the tournament.
On the bowling front, Daniel Sams’ variety has picked up 19 wickets for the Thunder. Together with Tanveer Sangha, they are the key to keeping the opposition to chase-able totals.
After the Eliminator on Friday night, the Strikers have won five in a row and are playing with great confidence. Although the final margin was only 20 runs, the Hurricanes never really looked in the game.
Alex Carey looked right at home opening up again, with his partner Matt Short being one of the finds of the tournament. With Travis Head, Ian Cockbain and Matt Renshaw in the middle of the order, their batting order has depth.
The loss of Rashid Khan was tough for the Strikers but Fawad Ahmed has done a terrific job since coming into the team.
Peter Siddle is currently the Golden Arm and looks unassailable at the moment. Hales will be looking to get at Short, who will bowl in the power play.
Prediction
Momentum is everything in sport and the Strikers are riding high right now. Carey and Head have added some real stability to Adelaide’s batting order.
The Thunder have a number of game breakers among them, including Khawaja, Hales and Sams. This is seriously a toss of the coin.
I’m leaning slightly towards Adelaide, who will move through to the final three.
Adelaide Strikers by ten runs or two wickets.
Game information
Kick-off: 7:15pm (AEDT)
Venue: MCG, Melbourne
TV: Fox Sports, Channel Seven
Live stream: Kayo
Odds: Thunder: $1.65; Strikers: $2.25
Squads
Sydney Thunder
Usman Khawaja, Jonathan Cook, Ben Cutting, Oliver Davies, Brendan Doggett, Matt Gilkes, Chris Green, Alex Hales, Baxter Holt, Saqib Mahmood, Nathan McAndrew, Arjun Nair, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Gurinder Sandhu, Jason Sangha, Tanveer Sangha, Chris Tremain
Adelaide Strikers
Wes Agar, Fawad Ahmed, Alex Carey, Ian Cockbain Harry Conway, Daniel Drew, Ryan Gibson, Travis Head, Spencer Johnson, Thomas Kelly, Harry Nielsen, Liam O’Connor, Matthew Renshaw, Liam Scott, Matt Short, Peter Siddle, Jake Weatherald, Jon Wells, Daniel Worrall
Don Freo
Roar Rookie
He shouldn't have mishit it. Only himself to blame. Ussie is being quite petulant about this. It's an umpire's decision and nothing (apart from barracking) to say it should be overturned.
Ian_
Roar Rookie
I find the commentary about Ian Cockbain (on 7) interesting. They always mention he was plucked out of Melbourne suburban cricket, but have they ever mentioned that he is also a very experienced English county cricketer? There's definitely a narrative there, and they're sticking to it.
jameswm
Roar Guru
Just absurd. We all saw it hit the ground.
jameswm
Roar Guru
That catch off khawaja…
David Holden
Roar Guru
Thanks for following the blog tonight and I will be back on Australia Day evening for the Sixers vs Strikers
David Holden
Roar Guru
The Adelaide train keeps rolling along with a tight win against the Thunder. Conway and Siddle bowled well under pressure. The Strikers now move to the SCG and they have a real chance of beating an undermanned Sixers team
David Holden
Roar Guru
STRIKERS WIN BY 6 RUNS
David Holden
Roar Guru
DROPPED. Wells doesn't quite get there but the Strikers win
David Holden
Roar Guru
Conway on a hat trick and Gilkes is in
David Holden
Roar Guru
WICKET. Cutting goes down the ground but it goes to Cockbain and that is the game. The Strikers roll on
David Holden
Roar Guru
9 needed from 2 balls as McAndrew comes in
David Holden
Roar Guru
WICKET, Ross gets the top edge. Thornton and Carey collide but Thornton has held on
David Holden
Roar Guru
Swing and a miss from Ross after a slower ball
David Holden
Roar Guru
FOUR. Thick outside edge from Ross and its clears Fawad to go for 4
David Holden
Roar Guru
13 off 5 balls...swinging back towards the Strikers
David Holden
Roar Guru
Cutting taken on the helmet and they take a leg bye. Doctor will come out for a quick concussion check
David Holden
Roar Guru
14 required off the last Conway over
David Holden
Roar Guru
Ross cuts to deep point and he just gets home for 2 Sydney Thunder 4/171 (19 overs) Adelaide Strikers 184
David Holden
Roar Guru
Cutting drives hard to long off for 1
David Holden
Roar Guru
Yorker and Ross brings up his 50 off 35 balls