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Sydney Thunder advance winning by 57 runs. They move on to take on the Adelaide Strikers in the Knockout in Adelaide on Saturday. The Hurricanes season ends and George Bailey's career ends with it. What a great career it has been. But the Thunder out-planned and out-executed the Hurricanes. They batted superbly with Khawaja and Hales setting the tone. Jono Cook is the Player of the Match with a career-best performance taking 4 for 21. Cook: "Very happy with getting Short and Wade. They're world class. Just happy that the plans came off. Adelaide is a daunting place to play. But we've played there on New Year's Eve and handled that. We have the momentum."

Great win for the Thunder. Thanks for company from Bellerive Oval. Join us tomorrow night for the Qualifier between the Melbourne Stars and the Sydney Sixers.

18.3

Sams to Ellis, OUT

caught at short third man! Another slower ball wide of off, he slices this high off the outside edge to short third man and an easy catch for Nair.

Nathan Ellis c Nair b Sams 5 (7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 71.42

18.2

Sams to Qais, OUT

caught at backward point! Slower ball wide of off, an off spinner, he backed away and sliced it high off the edge to backward point, Khawaja circle under it and held on. It was a touch awkward

Qais Ahmad c Khawaja b Sams 8 (6b 0x4 1x6) SR: 133.33

18.1

Sams to Qais, SIX runs

There's one from Qais! 104kph slower ball, he sat back and picked it, right in his arc and he swung it high over the midwicket fence

Over18

5 runs

HH 134/8CRR: 7.44 RRR: 32.00

Qais Ahmad 2 (4b)Nathan Ellis 5 (6b)

Chris Tremain1/16 (3)

Jet Li: "@Baskar: Unless Ellis gets them home from here..." 11 sixes Jet?

17.6

Tremain to Qais, 1 run

low full toss, he charges and drives to cover

17.5

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Tremain to Qais, no run

yorker on off, he jams the bat down and defends

17.4

Tremain to Ellis, 1 run

fuller outside off, he sits back and drags this through midwicket

Sooryanarayanan: "George Bailey will always be the crisis man for whichever team he played for. Even last year when Finch and Australia were struggling before the India tour, he looked like one guy who could come in as captain and finisher. Highly underrated player and a greater bloke. Congrats on a career you can be proud of George! "

17.3

Tremain to Qais, 1 run

length slower ball, he pulls this through midwicket

17.2

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Tremain to Qais, no run

length ball wide of off, he mistimes a back foot drive to cover

17.1

Tremain to Ellis, 1 run

length ball, he charges and backs away, gets it off the toe end to cover

17.1

Tremain to Ellis, 1 wide

118kph, slower ball wide of off, too wide

Over17

7 runs, 1 wicket

HH 129/8CRR: 7.58 RRR: 23.00

Nathan Ellis 3 (4b)Qais Ahmad 0 (0b)

Chris Morris3/27 (4)

16.6

Morris to Ellis, 1 run

short and wide, he cuts hard to deep point

16.6

Morris to Ellis, 1 wide

bouncer down leg and called wide

16.5

Morris to Faulkner, OUT

top edge straight up and Lenton takes it! Length ball, a leg cutter slower ball outside off, he tries to heave to the leg side, gets a top edge that goes straight up, Lenton camps under it and takes a comfortable catch

James Faulkner c †Lenton b Morris 5 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100

16.4

Morris to Ellis, 1 run

140kph full yorker tailing into off, he clears the front leg and drives to long off

16.3

Morris to Faulkner, 1 run

length ball outside off, he drags this from outside off to deep midwicket

16.3

Morris to Faulkner, 1 wide

slower ball wide of off, and it's too wide

16.2

Morris to Ellis, 1 run

slower ball, full outside off, he opens up and drives to deep cover-point

16.1

Morris to Faulkner, 1 run

140kph, angled into off, he whips this firmly along the ground to deep midwicket

Over16

5 runs, 2 wickets

HH 122/7CRR: 7.62 RRR: 19.00

James Faulkner 3 (2b)Nathan Ellis 0 (1b)

Jonathan Cook4/21 (4)

Superb spell from Cook. 4 for 21. Baskar: "Jono Cook just outplayed Nathan Ellis. Our MoM is here."

15.6

Cook to Faulkner, 1 run

full outside off, he drives firmly to long off

15.5

Cook to Faulkner, 2 runs

drifting into leg, he clips this firmly to the gap at deep midwicket

Thunder vs Hurricanes, Eliminator at Hobart, BBL, Jan 30 2020 - Ball by Ball Commentary