RESULT
8th Match (N), Sydney, December 24, 2018, Big Bash League
(20 ov, T:170) 148/9

Thunder won by 21 runs

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end of over 204 runs • 2 wickets
SS: 148/9CRR: 7.40 
Lloyd Pope0 (1b)
Ben Dwarshuis0 (0b)
Daniel Sams 4-0-30-3
Chris Green 3-0-19-1

10:27pm And that is the win for Sydney Thunder. A big enough win in T20s anyway, but they were worried about 20 minutes ago. They'll think about why they couldn't clean this innings up a long while ago, having Sixers five down in seven overs. Top knocks from Curran and Abbott, but Fawad Ahmed's double wicket over to follow Rainbird, Cook, and Sams' early striked had left them too much to do. Two wins in two for Thunder. Thanks for joining our coverage, and don't forget to come back on Boxing Day!

19.6
Sams to Pope, no run

yorker in the corridor, looks to drive and is beaten on the inside edge

19.5
W
Sams to O'Keefe, OUT

smashes off stump. Yorker at off stump. he backs away and looks to chop it behind point, but that is too good for him

Steve O'Keefe b Sams 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

Lachlan: "Curran for MOTM!! Just like how stoinis won it against NZ in an ODI! "

19.4
Sams to O'Keefe, no run

slower ball at a length outside off, swipes at it and misses

Mit Thakkar : "They may not win the match for SS. But this partnership has ensured they do not lose by a big margin and hence save on NRR!"

19.3
W
Sams to Abbott, OUT

taken by long-off. Full slower ball outside off, ends up slicing it as he looks to go straight. Callum Ferguson runs in and takes it with a reverse cup

Sean Abbott c Ferguson b Sams 35 (28b 1x4 1x6) SR: 125
19.2
2
Sams to Abbott, 2 runs

low full toss at leg stump, pings off the inside edge as he looks to slog this. Runs at deep square

19.1
2
Sams to Abbott, 2 runs

full slower ball, wide outside off. Looks leg side as he heaves, but this is over the bowler and rolling out to long-off off the toe-end

end of over 197 runs • 1 wicket
SS: 144/7CRR: 7.57 RRR: 26.00
Sean Abbott31 (25b 1x4 1x6)
Chris Green 3-0-19-1
Nathan McAndrew 2-0-26-0
18.6
W
Green to Tom Curran, OUT

taken by long-off! Crafty from Green. Full and fast at the start of the over and slow and wide when they needed to hit the sixes. Curran looks to slog sweep as this drifts across him, but he can only slice it high for long-off to take to his left. his highest score, and a quality innings, but that should be the end of Sixers' chances

Tom Curran c Cook b Green 62 (40b 8x4 1x6) SR: 155
18.5
1
Green to Abbott, 1 run

floated up full and wide outside off. Gets to the pitch and drags it out to deep midwicket with the attempted slog

18.4
1
Green to Tom Curran, 1 run

yorker length at leg stump, squeezed out to long-on off the inside half

18.3
2
Green to Tom Curran, 2 runs

full and flat at leg stump. Slogs at it and gets a thick inside edge to deep square

18.2
2
Green to Tom Curran, 2 runs

length at middle stump, flicked to deep midwicket's left

18.1
1
Green to Abbott, 1 run

yorker at off stump, jammed past the non-striker, down to long-off

end of over 1817 runs
SS: 137/6CRR: 7.61 RRR: 16.50
Tom Curran57 (36b 8x4 1x6)
Sean Abbott29 (23b 1x4 1x6)
Nathan McAndrew 2-0-26-0
Fawad Ahmed 4-0-33-3
17.6
4
McAndrew to Tom Curran, FOUR runs

wide of long-off. Dangerous territory for Thunder now. Short ball outside off, plenty of room for Curran to slash at this. And he gets it well in front of square, straight off the middle

17.5
McAndrew to Tom Curran, no run

slower short ball outside off. Looks to cut, gets an inside edge down the pitch, back at the bowler

17.4
2
McAndrew to Tom Curran, 2 runs

low full toss just outside off. Hammered past the bowler, but long-off puts in a slide to his right and stretches to keep this in for long-on

17.3
4
McAndrew to Tom Curran, FOUR runs

fifty! Tom Curran putting some fear in Thunder now. Low full toss outside off. He looks to chop it square on the off side but gets a thick outside edge that fizzes past short third

17.2
6
McAndrew to Tom Curran, SIX runs

clears the midwicket boundary! Back of the hand slower ball goes wrong and Curran waits on this before slapping across the line, on the rise, to clear the boundary

17.1
1
McAndrew to Abbott, 1 run

slower short ball wide outside off. Slapped on the bounce to extra cover, off the toe-end

end of over 1713 runs
SS: 120/6CRR: 7.05 RRR: 16.66
Tom Curran41 (31b 6x4)
Sean Abbott28 (22b 1x4 1x6)
Fawad Ahmed 4-0-33-3
Daniel Sams 3-0-26-1
16.6
Fawad to Tom Curran, no run

lbw appeal turned down. That looked very close. Length ball at middle and off, turning away a touch. Abbott looked to sweep and was hit in line. Was it spinning past off stump?

16.5
2
Fawad to Tom Curran, 2 runs

length outside off, steps out and pushes hard at it. Gets a thick inside edge into the open midwicket region

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Over 20 • SS 148/9

Sean Abbott c Ferguson b Sams 35 (28b 1x4 1x6) SR: 125
W
Steve O'Keefe b Sams 0 (2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
W
Thunder won by 21 runs
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