02/01Result
31st Match (N), Big Bash League at Sydney, Jan 2 2022
Thunder won by 28 runs
Player of the Match
Matthew GilkesSydney Thunder
02/01Result
31st Match (N), Big Bash League at Sydney, Jan 2 2022
Thunder won by 28 runs
Player of the Match
Matthew GilkesSydney Thunder

That's all from our BBL coverage tonight - join us tomorrow for the Melbourne Derby, but until then, this is Matt Roller signing off on behalf of Thilak Rama.

"It was a very good win for the boys in a big game for us," Matt Gilkes - who has pipped Hasnain to the player-of-the-match award - tells Fox. "[Using my feet against spin] That's something I've been working on quite a lot, I've not been great against spin so I've been working really hard on it. I feel like I've thrown my wicket away over the last couple of games so I was trying to play smart cricket shots. [Mood in the camp?] There's been a lot of disruption over the last three or four days but Greeny and TB [Bayliss] have been really happy with how we've put that to one side. TB has been great, he keeps things so simple and gives us freedom to go out there and express ourselves. He's been really good, especially for us batters up top."

Back-to-back wins against the Strikers for the Thunder despite their issues with Covid. Set up by Gilkes' 93 but Hasnain was the star, taking three wickets in four balls in his first over on BBL debut. The Thunder go third, overtaking the Hurricanes, while the Strikers are stuck in seventh and have still only won one game this season.

19.1
W
Green to Nielsen, OUT, wide outside off, looks to go big over the off side. Cutting races in from long-off and dives forward, sliding on his knees, and clings onto it, scooping it up just before it hits the turf! Great catch to finish a strong team performance from the Thunder

HJ Nielsen c Cutting b Green 39 (55m 31b 4x4 1x6) SR: 125.80

Green to finish off.

END OF OVER:
19 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | AS: 144/9 (29 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.57, RRR: 29.00)

  • Fawad Ahmed4 (2b)
  • Harry Nielsen39 (30b)
  • Saqib Mahmood4-0-44-2
  • Daniel Sams4-0-26-1
18.6
4
Mahmood to Fawad Ahmed, FOUR, drills the yorker down the ground for four! 88mph/142kph, maybe a fraction short of yorker length but not at all far off, and Fawad thumps him past mid-off!
18.5
0
Mahmood to Fawad Ahmed, no run, reverse-swinging yorker from Mahmood in the channel outside off stump. Beats Fawad on the outside edge as he prods forward

Fawad Ahmed strides out at No. 11.

18.4
W
Mahmood to Siddle, OUT, knocks him over! Perfect leg-stump yorker from Mahmood at 88mph/141kph, far too good for Siddle. Pegs back the stumps and the Thunder are closing in on another impressive win

PM Siddle b Mahmood 4 (3m 3b 1x4 0x6) SR: 133.33

18.3
4
Mahmood to Siddle, FOUR, back of a length, Siddle throws the kitchen sink at it and top-edges it over Billings for a one-bounce four! Uses the pace on the ball to his advantage
18.2
0
Mahmood to Siddle, no run, on a length, Siddle backs away looking to flay one through the off side but can't lay bat on ball. Can't have missed off stump by much!
18.1
1
Mahmood to Nielsen, 1 run, skiddy, 88mph/141kph on a length, whipped out to midwicket

Mahmood to bowl his final over. Not at his best tonight. Siddle is the new man at the non-striker's end.

END OF OVER:
18 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | AS: 135/8 (38 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.50, RRR: 19.00)

  • Harry Nielsen38 (29b)
  • Daniel Sams4-0-26-1
  • Mohammad Hasnain4-1-20-3
17.6
W
Sams to Agar, OUT, gets his man. Sams finishes his spell with a wicket. Angled into the pads, Agar looks to swing the slower ball away but gets a leading edge on it. Comes down with snow on it, and Green settles underneath it at long-on before sprinting round to the far end of the ground with one eye on the Thunder's over-rate

WA Agar c Green b Sams 9 (18m 13b 0x4 0x6) SR: 69.23

17.5
1
Sams to Nielsen, 1 run, full toss, plinked down the ground to Cutting on the bounce
17.4
1
Sams to Agar, 1 run, angling in, very full, chipped down to long-off on the bounce via a leading edge
17.4
1w
Sams to Agar, 1 wide, slower ball, banged into the pitch, wide outside off stump. Sams having plenty of trouble with those wide lines tonight
17.3
0
Sams to Agar, no run, yorker, wide outside off stump and Agar can't get bat on it. 86mph/138kph
17.2
1
Sams to Nielsen, 1 run, yorker, inside-edged to short fine leg
17.1
1
Sams to Agar, 1 run, another slowie, slapped to cover
17.1
1w
Sams to Agar, 1 wide, offcutter, very wide outside off. Agar can't lay bat on it. Groans from the crowd as it's given as a wide once again

Sams returns for his final over.

END OF OVER:
17 | 3 Runs | AS: 129/7 (44 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.58, RRR: 14.66)

  • Wes Agar7 (9b)
  • Harry Nielsen36 (27b)
  • Mohammad Hasnain4-1-20-3
  • Gurinder Sandhu2-0-14-0

Superb stuff from Hasnain on debut. For those with an eye on the speed gun, Fox's graphics tell us that his fastest ball tonight was 149.1kph, with an average of 143.0kph (before the final ball of his spell)

16.6
1
Mohammad Hasnain to Agar, 1 run, yorker outside off, slapped to the edge of the ring. 90mph/145kph to finish
16.5
0
Mohammad Hasnain to Agar, no run, nowhere near it. Agar backs away, giving himself room to flash Hasnain away through the off side, but he's beaten for pace by the yorker outside off and can't lay bat on ball
16.4
1
Mohammad Hasnain to Nielsen, 1 run, another slower ball, Nielsen shuffles across to lap him but can only dink it out towards fine leg due to the lack of pace
16.3
0
Mohammad Hasnain to Nielsen, no run, gives himself room outside leg stump and is completely foxed by Hasnain's slower ball. Beaten on the cut
16.2
1
Mohammad Hasnain to Agar, 1 run, another yorker, tailing in late at 91mph/146kph, and Agar digs it out for a single towards deep backward square
16.1
0
Mohammad Hasnain to Agar, no run, nails the yorker, 89mph/144kph, and Agar can't get bat on it. Fourth-stump line, not far away from clipping the base of off

Hasnain to bowl his fourth and final over.

Good return for Sandhu and the Strikers need 47 off the last 24 balls. Feels like Nielsen or bust.

END OF OVER:
16 | 5 Runs | AS: 126/7 (47 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 7.87, RRR: 11.75)

  • Wes Agar5 (5b)
  • Harry Nielsen35 (25b)
  • Gurinder Sandhu2-0-14-0
  • Saqib Mahmood3-0-35-1
15.6
1
Sandhu to Agar, 1 run, slower ball wide outside off, hacked down to long-off
15.5
1
Sandhu to Nielsen, 1 run, deep in the crease, Sandhu lands this in the slot and Nielsen muscles it down to long-on

Strikers 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st25MW ShortJ Weatherald
2nd0MT RenshawJ Weatherald
3rd0JW WellsMT Renshaw
4th25MT RenshawHJ Hunt
5th15MT RenshawT Kelly
6th45HJ NielsenT Kelly
7th1HJ NielsenRashid Khan
8th24HJ NielsenWA Agar
9th5PM SiddleHJ Nielsen
10th4Fawad AhmedHJ Nielsen

Big Bash League

TeamMWLPTNRR
PS14113400.926
SS1494351.027
ST1495350.725
AS1468280.237
HH147727-0.332
MS147726-0.222
BH1431116-0.91
MR1431016-1.477