Is this a run out? Stanlake lost his bat. Oh no! He's out on replay! What a horror way to end it. It was pushed to midwicket for a tight one, Green gathered and threw to Lenton, Stanlake was going to make his ground easily, but as he slid his bat it stuck in the ground just short of the line, he lost control of it, his next step was just short of the line, his body was over the line but in the air when Lenton broke the stumps! So unfortunate for big Billy.
Thunder vs Strikers, 28th Match at Sydney, BBL, Jan 13 2019 - Ball by Ball Commentary
The Thunder win by 71 runs. What a horrible batting collapse by the Strikers. They lost 7 for 22 to be all out for 97! They lost three in the Powerplay and despite a small rebuild by Ingram and Wells they were always well behind the rate and never recovered. Shane Watson had a great day with both the bat and his captaincy, mixing his bowlers well and never allowing any batsmen to settle. Shane Watson is the Player of the Match for his 68 from 40 balls. He was a class above on a slow surface. That is a huge result for the Thunder. They jump to second on the BBL table for the time being while the Strikers slip from second to fifth. It is that tight. There are two more games today following this one. The Renegades host the Heat in Geelong before the Scorchers face the Sixers in Perth. Hope you can stay with us for more BBL coverage. But from Sydney, for now, it's goodbye.
full yorker, outside off, he jams the bat down and gets an outside edge that runs to third man
Craig: "I personally prefer these 160-180 run contests as bowling is also a skill. As much as I feel Lynn etc should be in the ODI team, when someone just stands there hitting like a baseballer it is quite boring to me!"
fuller outside off, he pushes this on the front foot to long off
caught at deep square! Short slower ball, Rashid sets himself, he toes a pull shot high to deep square but nowhere near far enough to reach the rope, Nair comes in, steadies himself and takes the catch
Sams back on
Karan: "For Rashid Khan, it's time to prove himself again for the team." Not sure he needs to prove himself. They already value him as their most important player.
another 137kph wide yorker, he backs away and misses again
135kph, full yorker outside off, he misses trying to squeeze it to third man
short and way wide of off, too wide and called
shorter length, he flat bats it towards long on
he whips out the helicopter whip, it flies miles in the air behind square, but Sangha didn't see, it landed 30m away from Sangha inside the rope behind square! They get two
106kph, slower ball bouncer, he pulls high off the top edge, it falls safely at square leg and they run two so he can keep the strike
132kph, short ball outside off, he sets himself and swats it, miscuing towards mid off
Loui: "It's not the batting but the "wickets" that have been poor this season" Yes the pitches have been poor this season. No question of that.
tossed up on middle, he defends into the leg side and again they opt not to take the available single
top spinner, he pushes forward, gets an outside that runs past slip, there's an easy one, but Rashid sends him back
caught at long off! Off break tossed up outside off, he swings hard, trying to hit straight down the ground, he slices it high to long off, Jordan is 10m off the rope and he takes the catch easily.
83kph, tossed up outside off, he pushes on the front foot back to the bowler
Bowled him! Dragged on! A tossed up carrom ball, outside off, he tries to sweep, gets a bottom edge and drags it onto the off stump!
Stuart: "The ECB said they are modelling their new competition on the Big Bash.........I hope they are watching closely how poor this season has been. Standard of batting is dreadful on a whole this year "
81kph, tossed up on off, he dances out and swipes this through midwicket to the sweeper
Shaji Pappan: "Big bash is super and exciting and innovative league. Only IPL is better but that's because of Indian contingent just imagine the range of BBL if Indian players were also allowed to play. "
84kph, leg break on middle, he defends on the front foot
caught at long off! Good catch by Green. This was a wrong un, he danced down, nailed it flat out of the middle of the bat, but no elevation, straight to Green and he holds on nicely
leg break outside off, he runs down and slaps this on the up past the bowler to long off
Over 18 • AS 97/10