squeezes a yorker out to long-on and scampers back for the second
Strikers vs Thunder, 14th Match at Adelaide, BBL, Dec 31 2018 - Match Result
9.51pm Big win for Strikers. This was one-sided. Rashid Khan gets to pay the tribute he wanted to for his late father - two wickets and a big win for his side. It was also a wonderful gesture from the Adelaide Oval to give him a rich ovation at the end of his spell. He's been popular in this part of the world, and deservedly so, wooing the crowd every night with his skills.
But the Strikers' hero with the ball was Peter Siddle. He has returned from national duty, where he was with the Test team for the MCG Test. He put down Rohit Sharma - one of several forgettable moments for the home team as India retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a massive win. This has been a good comeback from that, a good first step to erase those memories.
With the bat, Carey laid the platform with a rapid half-century, and Colin Ingram, the Strikers skipper, made use of that to launch a brilliant assault of his own.
That is where we will leave you then. That was the last of our live coverage of competitive cricket in 2018. We hope you had an awesome year - we sure did, bringing all the cricket to you. The new year has so much more in store, and promises to be more exciting, promising and enthralling than ever. So many memories from this year - some good, some not so much. But this year has seen some terrific cricket, and the future is very promising with all the exciting talent around. We shall leave you with our report card for teams in international cricket in 2018. From here at the comms desk, it's goodbye and a very happy new year! Here's to 2019!
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short, gets big on him as he tries to pull
dipping outside off, worked away to wide long-off
full outside off, drilled back
low full toss, shovelled wide of long-on
full,backs away and drills to wide of long-off
fuller of a length, backs away and slaps to the sweeper at cover
yorker, dug out towards short fine
driven to long-on and then casually strides out of the crease for a second, Has to dive to survive a direct throw
dropped. Full, straight, outside off, backs away and hammers a drive to extra cover where Ingram shells it
full, angled into middle, whipped away to deep backward square
backs away to a fuller one and swings and misses
drilled away towards mid-off for a quick one
full toss, comes at an awkward height. Swings at it and sends a catch down the throat of deep midwicket. Ferguson is looking at the square leg umpire for a signal. None from him and off he goes
yorker, dug out into the on side. Siddle runs across to his right, throws at the stumps and collides with Ferguson. Both of them take a tumble, but no damage done, physically or wicket-wise
slaps a back of a length ball to the sweeper at cover
slower length ball, tries to open the face and run it down but misses
Warm ovation for Rashid from the Adelaide Oval crowd at the end of his spell. You can see that he's emotional.
tries to slog, but there's two issues - it's against the turn and that's a long boundary. Gives a catch to cow corner. Second wicket for Rashid
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Adelaide Oval | |
Toss | Adelaide Strikers, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2018/19 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 18.45 start, First Session 18.45-21.05, Interval 21.05-21.25, Second Session 21.25- 22.45 |
Match days | 31 December 2018 - night (20-over match) |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Adelaide Strikers 2, Sydney Thunder 0 |
Over 20 • ST 155/6
Strikers won by 20 runs