- BATSMENRB4s6sSR12.5 backs away and tries to go through cover but gets an outside edge back onto off stump 111/113.1 nicely flighted, gets down on one knee and slog sweeps to deep mid wicket, right down Abbott's throat 111/213.4 that's a big wicket, just a little feather edge through to the keeper as he tries to guide it through third man 111/315.4 flights it outside off and Blizzard doesn't get to the flight of it, mistiming it high to cover 123/4Extras9 (b 2, lb 1, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL177/4 (20 Overs, RR: 8.85)Fall of wickets: 1-111 (RT Ponting, 12.5 ov), 2-111 (TD Paine, 13.1 ov), 3-111 (TR Birt, 13.4 ov), 4-123 (AC Blizzard, 15.4 ov)
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Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR4.3 just back of a length and he rushes him on the pull shot, top edges to mid on, huge wicket! 30/15.2 bit of width and he tries to go deep, big top edge straight up in the air, Bollinger takes an easy catch 36/213.1 rocks back and pulls to deep mid wicket, Birt makes good ground and takes a great catch diving forward 91/412.1 length outside off, thick outside edge flies down to third man where Gulbis takes an easy catch 82/316.3 dances down the wicket and tries to go over long on, misses and he is a good metre outside of his crease 122/616.2 tries to go over cover but gets beaten in flight and lofs an easy catch to cover 122/516.4 and it's a hat-trick!!! Skids it through on off stump, tries to slog sweep and misses it 122/717.4 Punter gets a wicket! Tries to go deep again but doesn't quite get enough this time, Bailey takes an easy catch 134/819.3 good yorker gets straight through his defences 143/9Extras11 (b 4, lb 2, nb 1, w 4)TOTAL147/9 (20 Overs, RR: 7.35)Fall of wickets: 1-30 (CH Gayle, 4.3 ov), 2-36 (MJ Cosgrove, 5.2 ov), 3-82 (Azhar Mahmood, 12.1 ov), 4-91 (CJL Rogers, 13.1 ov), 5-122 (SJC Keen, 16.2 ov), 6-122 (RGL Carters, 16.3 ov), 7-122 (CJ Borgas, 16.4 ov), 8-134 (SJ Coyte, 17.4 ov), 9-143 (A Zampa, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SB Styris 4 0 25 1 6.25 1 0 DE Bollinger 4 0 34 1 8.50 1 0 EP Gulbis 3 0 16 1 5.33 0 1 B Laughlin 4 0 23 2 5.75 1 0 XJ Doherty 4 0 32 3 8.00 0 0 RT Ponting 1 0 11 1 11.00 1 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sydney Thunder , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
16.30 start, First Session 16.30-17.50, Interval 17.50-18.10, Second Session 18.10-19.30
Match days
23 December 2012 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Hobart Hurricanes 2, Sydney Thunder 0
Match Notes
- RT Ponting: 50 off 36 balls (7x4, 2x6)
- XJ Doherty took a hat-trick with the wickets of Keen, Carters and Borgas.
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All Match NewsPonting leads Hurricanes to comfortable win
A half-century from Ricky Ponting and a hat-trick from Xavier Doherty helped the Hobart Hurricanes to a comfortable 30-run win over the Sydney Thunder