Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tim Ludeman †	c Russell b McKay	2	7	-	0	0	28.57

Mahela Jayawardene	c †Hartley b Watson	7	6	-	0	1	116.66

Travis Head	c Rohrer b McKay	23	17	-	4	0	135.29

Brad Hodge (c)	b Green	14	19	-	0	1	73.68

Alex Ross	b McKay	47	38	-	5	0	123.68

Jake Lehmann	c Green b Watson	14	14	-	1	0	100.00

Michael Neser	b Russell	27	16	-	3	1	168.75

Adil Rashid	not out	14	3	-	2	1	466.66
Ben Laughlin	not out	1	1	-	0	0	100.00
Extras	(nb 1, w 9)	10
Total	20 Ov (RR: 7.95)	159/7
Did not bat: Jon Holland, Gary Putland
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Mahela Jayawardene, 1.4 ov), 2-11 (Tim Ludeman, 2.2 ov), 3-42 (Travis Head, 5.3 ov), 4-64 (Brad Hodge, 9.4 ov), 5-106 (Jake Lehmann, 15.2 ov), 6-142 (Michael Neser, 18.6 ov), 7-144 (Alex Ross, 19.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andre Russell	4	0	31	1	7.75	10	3	0	1	1
18.6 to MG Neser, gets the yorker right and Neser shuffles across a long way to paddle sweep that, but misses and loses his off stump! A nice cameo from Neser, that Strikers needed desperately, comes to an end. 142/6
Shane Watson	4	0	28	2	7.00	9	2	1	2	0
1.4 to DPMD Jayawardene, edged this time, excellent bowling from Watson! He moved this one away again from the batsman who only swung at it with no footwork, and feathered it to the keeper. 8/1 15.2 to JS Lehmann, gets a top edge and he's caught at mid on, easy one for Green. Lehmann shuffles across and swipes on the leg side, doesn't connect it well and sends that high and down the ground before Green gets under it. 106/5
Clint McKay	4	0	44	3	11.00	9	5	2	2	0
2.2 to TP Ludeman, one more - and Russell has taken a stunning catch running backwards! Ludeman shuffled across a bit again, flicked on the leg side and top-edged it into the covers but there's nobody in the deep. Russell has to run backward facing the boundary, from mid-off, and gets under it just in time to get both hands to it. 11/2 5.3 to TM Head, straight to cover! It was pitched up and in the zone to be driven but Head drives it uppishly and straight to Rohrer. 42/3 19.2 to AI Ross, Ross charges down, McKay sends down a beautiful slower delivery, almost a yorker, to deceive Ross who swings and misses that. 144/7
Nathan McAndrew	2	0	14	0	7.00	5	2	0	0	0
Chris Green	4	0	20	1	5.00	6	0	0	0	0
9.4 to BJ Hodge, misses a straight one! It pitched on length on the off stump and Hodge went for a cross-batted slog to miss it completely!. 64/4
Fawad Ahmed	2	0	22	0	11.00	4	3	1	0	0

Sydney Thunder (T: 160 runs from 20 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Usman Khawaja	not out	104	59	-	13	3	176.27
Shane Watson	c Lehmann b Laughlin	7	8	-	1	0	87.50

Michael Hussey (c)	c †Ludeman b Rashid	11	13	-	0	0	84.61

Henry Nicholls	not out	35	27	-	1	2	129.62
Extras	(lb 1, nb 1, w 1)	3
Total	17.4 Ov (RR: 9.05)	160/2
Did not bat: Ben Rohrer, Andre Russell, Chris Green, Chris Hartley †, Clint McKay, Fawad Ahmed, Nathan McAndrew
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Shane Watson, 4.5 ov), 2-87 (Michael Hussey, 8.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Gary Putland	4	0	37	0	9.25	11	5	1	1	1
Jon Holland	2	0	19	0	9.50	3	3	0	0	0
Michael Neser	3	0	33	0	11.00	3	4	1	0	0
Ben Laughlin	3	0	21	1	7.00	6	1	1	0	0
4.5 to SR Watson, gone. Watson falls. Against the run of play. Shortish delivery on middle, Watson goes for the pull but hits it in the air, midwicket takes a sitter in front of his face. Is this the break Strikers need?. 57/1
Travis Head	2	0	21	0	10.50	2	1	1	0	0
Adil Rashid	3.4	0	28	1	7.63	6	1	1	0	0
8.5 to MEK Hussey, Rashid does it. Full and wide outside off, Hussey goes for the reverse sweep and is given out caught behind. The fielders went up immediately but the bat may have grazed the surface instead of the ball. Hussey accepts the decision and walks off. Unlucky Hus. 87/2

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Match Details

Adelaide Oval
Toss	Adelaide Strikers, elected to bat first
Series	Big Bash League
Season	2015/16
Player Of The Match	Usman Khawaja
Series result	Sydney Thunder advanced
Hours of play (local time)	19.40 start, First Session 19.40-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.40
Match days	21 January 2016 - night (20-over match)
Umpires	Gerard Abood Simon Fry
TV Umpire	Shawn Craig
Reserve Umpire	Paul Wilson
Match Referee	Daryl Harper

Win Probability

ST 100%

ASST

100%50%100%

Over 18 • ST 160/2

Thunder won by 8 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)

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Thunder Innings

Player Name		R	B
UT Khawaja	not out	104	59
SR Watson	caught	7	8
MEK Hussey	caught	11	13
HM Nicholls	not out	35	27
Extras	(lb 1, nb 1, w 1)
Total	160(2 wkts; 17.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	R	W	Econ
GD Putland	4	37	0	9.25 (1 nb)
JM Holland	2	19	0	9.5
MG Neser	3	33	0	11
B Laughlin	3	21	1	7
TM Head	2	21	0	10.5
AU Rashid	3.4	28	1	7.63

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	57	Shane Watson	Usman Khawaja
2nd	30	Michael Hussey	Usman Khawaja
3rd	73	Usman Khawaja	Henry Nicholls

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Big Bash League

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AS	8	7	1	14	0.544
MS	8	5	3	10	0.366
PS	8	5	3	10	0.181
ST	8	4	4	8	0.375
MR	8	3	5	6	-0.041
BH	8	3	5	6	-0.204
HH	8	3	5	6	-0.955
SS	8	2	6	4	-0.330

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