- BATSMENRB4s6sSR15.3 Agar has Khawaja holing out to backward point. Agar holds this back outside off and gets this to angle away. Nice drop in pace. Khawaja throws his hands at the ball only to slice an outside edge to Klinger. No hundred for Khawaja 138/34.5 gets a clear edge through to the keeper. Tries to manufacture some room and slash a cut but there is no pace and Patterson has to force a slap. Gets a clean edge to the keeper. A wicket for Kelly in his first BBL over 45/19.3 Watson skies a catch to long-off. Chips a really slow delivery in the air. Doesn't pick the lack in pace and goes for the big heave. Caught at long-off as he chips in it the air off the toe-end of the bat 84/217.5 holes out this time and it's the lack of pace that does him in. A short of a length delivery that comes on at minimal pace around off and Ferguson has to muster all the power he can. Hits it straight into the hands of deep midwicket 157/4Extras4 (lb 2, w 2)TOTAL175/4 (20 Overs, RR: 8.75)Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Kurtis Patterson, 4.5 ov), 2-84 (Shane Watson, 9.3 ov), 3-138 (Usman Khawaja, 15.3 ov), 4-157 (Callum Ferguson, 17.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MG Johnson 4 0 25 0 6.25 12 3 0 1 0 JS Paris 4 0 28 0 7.00 8 3 0 1 0 WG Bosisto 1 0 19 0 19.00 1 3 1 0 0 M Kelly 4 0 32 1 8.00 6 2 1 0 0 TT Bresnan 3 0 38 2 12.66 4 3 2 0 0 AC Agar 4 0 31 1 7.75 6 2 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR1.4 oh, dear! A nothing short ball that he really could have hit anywhere. What does Bosisto do? He swivels around, middles and times it all well. But placement? Oh, I'm afraid it ain't too great. Hits it straight into the hands of short fine leg 11/14.2 full on off stump and Klinger tries to lift this over the infield. Can't get under the ball, as he drives straight down. Shouts of 'catch it' and the ball is pocketed by mid off from in front of his face. Not hit well enough by Klinger, he's got to go 25/25.3 it's the slower ball, and Turner's been foxed! Full ball on off stump, but with all the pace taken off it. Loopy delivery that dips fast and Turner misses the flick off his toes. Crashes into his back boot in front of off stump, and the umpire has no hesitation to raise his finger 32/36.2 through him! Terrific wrong'un to get rid of Voges. Good-length ball outside off and it spins into the batsman as he tries to drive away from his body, sneaks through the gap between bat and pad, and crashes into middle stump. A legspinner's dream wicket 35/4Extras15 (b 1, lb 9, nb 1, w 4)TOTAL172/4 (20 Overs, RR: 8.6)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (William Bosisto, 1.4 ov), 2-25 (Michael Klinger, 4.2 ov), 3-32 (Ashton Turner, 5.3 ov), 4-35 (Adam Voges, 6.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB GS Sandhu 4 0 21 1 5.25 10 1 0 0 0 MJ McClenaghan 4 0 53 1 13.25 5 3 2 4 1 CJ Green 4 0 43 1 10.75 10 4 3 0 0 Fawad Ahmed 4 0 19 1 4.75 10 0 1 0 0 AJ Nair 4 0 26 0 6.50 6 2 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sydney Thunder , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
11 January 2018 - night match (20-over match)
Twenty20 debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sydney Thunder 2, Perth Scorchers 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 55 runs, 1 wicket)
- Sydney Thunder: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 1
- UT Khawaja: 50 off 31 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Sydney Thunder: 100 runs in 10.3 overs (63 balls), Extras 1
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (UT Khawaja 35, CJ Ferguson 13, Ex 2)
- Sydney Thunder: 150 runs in 17.1 overs (103 balls), Extras 3
- Innings Break: Sydney Thunder - 175/4 in 20.0 overs (BJ Rohrer 22, AJ Nair 4)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 34 runs, 3 wickets)
- Perth Scorchers: 50 runs in 9.1 overs (55 balls), Extras 5
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (CT Bancroft 34, HWR Cartwright 14, Ex 3)
- CT Bancroft: 50 off 39 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Perth Scorchers: 100 runs in 14.3 overs (87 balls), Extras 11
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 65 balls (CT Bancroft 50, HWR Cartwright 43, Ex 8)
- Perth Scorchers: 150 runs in 18.6 overs (114 balls), Extras 14
- HWR Cartwright: 50 off 35 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
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