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2509dThe Report by Daniel Brettig

Thunder stay afloat after surviving late Bancroft-Cartwright blitz

Usman Khawaja, fresh off his return from the Ashes, smacked 85 in the first innings to lift the Thunder to 175

2509dJarrod Kimber

Khawaja covers for Thunder's fumbles

Despite another creaky performance that highlighted the weaknesses in their side, Usman Khawaja just about proved the difference against Perth Scorchers

Scorchers INNINGS		R	B
WG Bosisto	caught	9	7
M Klinger	caught	4	9
CT Bancroft	not out	75	56
AJ Turner	lbw	3	5
AC Voges	bowled	1	3
HWR Cartwright	not out	65	41
AC Agar
TT Bresnan
M Kelly
JS Paris
MG Johnson
EXTRAS	(b 1, lb 9, w 4, nb 1)
TOTAL	172 (4 wkts; 20 ovs)

Thunder BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
GS Sandhu	4.0	21	1	5.25
MJ McClenaghan	4.0	53	1	13.25	(1nb, 4w)
CJ Green	4.0	43	1	10.75
Fawad Ahmed	4.0	19	1	4.75
AJ Nair	4.0	26	0	6.50

Scorchers 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	11	M Klinger	WG Bosisto
2nd	14	M Klinger	CT Bancroft
3rd	7	AJ Turner	CT Bancroft
4th	3	AC Voges	CT Bancroft
5th	137	CT Bancroft	HWR Cartwright

Big Bash League

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
PS	10	8	2	16	0.154
AS	10	7	3	14	0.801
MR	10	6	4	12	0.297
HH	10	5	5	10	-0.291
SS	10	4	6	8	0.331
ST	10	4	6	8	-0.039
BH	10	4	6	8	-0.437
MS	10	2	8	4	-0.926