10.05pm What an innings from Usman Khawaja. Single-handedly confirmed his team's berth in the finals with an awesome innings. Ultimately, Sydney Thunder romp to the target with ease and with that to their first finals in BBL history. Adelaide Strikers had no answers to any of the problems raised by Khawaja and a total of 159 was made to look much much lesser than that.

Usman Khawaja, man of the match: "I'm hitting the ball really well, I'm playing the game I love. smallish totals, I like to get off to a bit to a start. First finals for the Thunder, I'm so excited. Last 3-4 years, I've been concentrating on improving the 360 game."

17.4

Rashid to Khawaja, 1 run

Khawaja whips to deep midwicket to take Sydney Thunder to the finals.

17.3

Rashid to Nicholls, 1 run

flat on off, pushed to cover

17.2

Rashid to Nicholls, SIX runs

low full toss on middle, Nicholls is more than pleased and whacks it deep over midwicket for a massive six

17.1

Rashid to Khawaja, 1 run

tossed up on middle,pushed to mid-off for one

Pranye: "How good has Rashid been this tournament? Surely should be in the limited overs side for England."

Over17

11 runs

ST 151/2CRR: 8.88 RRR: 3.00

UT Khawaja 102 (57b 13x4 3x6)HM Nicholls 28 (25b 1x4 1x6)

B Laughlin1/21 (3)

16.6

Laughlin to Khawaja, 1 run

slower ball on middle, worked to deep midwicket

16.5

Laughlin to Nicholls, 1 run

shortish delivery on middle, Nicholls plays the pull this time to deep midwicket

16.4

Laughlin to Khawaja, 1 run

bouncer again on off, pulled to fine leg

16.3

Laughlin to Khawaja, SIX runs

Khawaja gets 100, what an innings this has been. he removes his helmet and raises his bat in jubilation. Single-handedly taking his team to the finals. Second of the tournament. Pulled this high and powerfully over deep square leg

A bit of a drizzle in the air now

16.2

Laughlin to Nicholls, 1 run

low full toss on leg, tucked to deep midwicket

16.1

Laughlin to Khawaja, 1 run

short bouncer on off and middle, pulled to deep square leg

Over16

3 runs

ST 140/2CRR: 8.75 RRR: 5.00

HM Nicholls 26 (23b 1x4 1x6)UT Khawaja 93 (53b 13x4 2x6)

AU Rashid1/19 (3)

15.6

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Rashid to Nicholls, no run

googly on off, defended

15.5

Rashid to Nicholls, 2 runs

nicely tossed up on middle, Nicholls goes for a sweep but the ball goes past the leg stump

15.4

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Rashid to Nicholls, no run

reverse sweep now, but the ball beats the bat and hit shim him on the body

15.3

Rashid to Khawaja, 1 run

big appeal, the ball hits Khawaja on the pad, but too much doubt. Looked like missing off stump

15.2

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Rashid to Khawaja, no run

googly outside off, Khawaja tries to sweep . Beaten

15.1

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Rashid to Khawaja, no run

tossed up on off, Khawaja goes back to defend

This game pretty much done now.

Matt: "Ever since Khawaja was picked for the Aus Test XI this summer, his scores have been: 174, 9*, 121, 144, 56. Then his scores in the Big Bash are: 109*, 62, 92*. Amazing batting. "