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Best performances - Batsmen

CT Bancroft
CT Bancroft
61(44) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 18 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
3 4 3 11 8 2 11 19
N Chaudhary
41(31) 1x4 - 3x6
Control %77%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 8 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
4 0 7 2 3 5 9 11

Best performances - Bowlers

B Stanlake
B Stanlake
O4
M0
R34
W3
Eco8.5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
CJ Jordan
CJ Jordan
O4
M0
R36
W2
Eco9
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Scorer: Sudeep Poojar | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

10:53pm That will be all from us for this game. There is lots happening in the cricket world currently, including the small matter of an IPL auction over in Abu Dhabi. Do hop over for all the live updates from there. Until next time, from Sudeep and myself (Shashwat), this is goodbye!

Chris Jordan, Player of the Match: At this stage, you just want to get over the line and get two points. Would have liked to finish it off earlier but the important thing is that we did finish it off. When I came on in the first over, I was trying to protect the short side. In the second over, we assessed and thought there was a bit in the wicket. Glad it paid off today. Hopefully we can go through the season and get on a run like last season, and hopefully the crowd can keep building too.

10:48pm Phew. That got rather tense. The Hurricanes, for most of the run-chase, seemed in control. Owen did the early running before that baton was taken over by Chaudhary. McDermott, David and Wade all played cameos but it boiled down to Jordan and Ellis in the final over. Sams erred with a No ball, and that proved to be pivotal as HH scraped past the line.

The Thunder did well to drag the game as deep as they did. They kept picking wickets post the Power Surge and that gave them a glimmer of hope. Ultimately, though, they just did not have enough on the board, and that is perhaps what let them down, despite a spirited bowling display in the back half.

19.5
1
Sams to Ellis, 1 run, Ellis seals the deal, finally! And the defending champions are underway! Back of a length on off. Ellis gets behind the line and shows the full face of the bat to punch it past the stumps. Ellis lets out a bit of emotion after hitting the winning runs. The Hurricanes have gotten the better of the Sydney Thunder again, and their title defence is off to an ideal start!

1 off 2

19.4
0
Sams to Ellis, no run, oh my - another dot! Back of a length outside off. Ellis tries to smash it into next week and only swats away a few flies in the process
19.3
0
Sams to Ellis, no run, zippy full toss on off. Ellis a tad late on it and he splices it towards cover

Some shenanigans towards the end here. Scores still level, and Hurricanes still yet to get past the finish line. For what it is worth, that ball was way over Ellis' head

19.2
0
Sams to Ellis, no run, oh - that was nearly a wide! Banged into the track on middle and off. Ellis swings like a rusty gate and misses. He wants the wide for height, but the umpires are not having any of it. But hang on. We are getting a review for something. Nothing on UltraEdge. Seems like the Thunder reviewed it, arguing it was a caught-behind. No provision to check the wide on DRS, so on we go!
19.1
2
Sams to Ellis, 2 runs, speared in full on middle and leg. Ellis smears it to deep mid wicket and races back for two. Scores level!
19.1
1nb
Sams to Ellis, 1 no ball, oh dear - you have got to be kidding me! The worst time for the ball to slip out of the hand. This goes a mile over Ellis' head and is collected on the full by the keeper. Ellis need a step-ladder to reach that

Last over coming up. Just four needed. Sams to bowl

Hurricanes 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st48N ChaudharyMJ Owen
2nd61BR McDermottN Chaudhary
3rd15BR McDermottTH David
4th17MS WadeTH David
5th10MS WadeRehan Ahmed
6th17MS WadeCJ Jordan
7th13CJ JordanNT Ellis