wide outside off, looks to go big over the off side. Cutting races in from long-off and dives forward, sliding on his knees, and clings onto it, scooping it up just before it hits the turf! Great catch to finish a strong team performance from the Thunder
Thunder vs Strikers, 31st Match at Sydney, BBL, Jan 02 2022 - Match Result
That's all from our BBL coverage tonight - join us tomorrow for the Melbourne Derby, but until then, this is Matt Roller signing off on behalf of Thilak Rama.
"It was a very good win for the boys in a big game for us," Matt Gilkes - who has pipped Hasnain to the player-of-the-match award - tells Fox. "[Using my feet against spin] That's something I've been working on quite a lot, I've not been great against spin so I've been working really hard on it. I feel like I've thrown my wicket away over the last couple of games so I was trying to play smart cricket shots. [Mood in the camp?] There's been a lot of disruption over the last three or four days but Greeny and TB [Bayliss] have been really happy with how we've put that to one side. TB has been great, he keeps things so simple and gives us freedom to go out there and express ourselves. He's been really good, especially for us batters up top."
Back-to-back wins against the Strikers for the Thunder despite their issues with Covid. Set up by Gilkes' 93 but Hasnain was the star, taking three wickets in four balls in his first over on BBL debut. The Thunder go third, overtaking the Hurricanes, while the Strikers are stuck in seventh and have still only won one game this season.
Green to finish off.
drills the yorker down the ground for four! 88mph/142kph, maybe a fraction short of yorker length but not at all far off, and Fawad thumps him past mid-off!
reverse-swinging yorker from Mahmood in the channel outside off stump. Beats Fawad on the outside edge as he prods forward
Fawad Ahmed strides out at No. 11.
knocks him over! Perfect leg-stump yorker from Mahmood at 88mph/141kph, far too good for Siddle. Pegs back the stumps and the Thunder are closing in on another impressive win
back of a length, Siddle throws the kitchen sink at it and top-edges it over Billings for a one-bounce four! Uses the pace on the ball to his advantage
on a length, Siddle backs away looking to flay one through the off side but can't lay bat on ball. Can't have missed off stump by much!
skiddy, 88mph/141kph on a length, whipped out to midwicket
Mahmood to bowl his final over. Not at his best tonight. Siddle is the new man at the non-striker's end.
gets his man. Sams finishes his spell with a wicket. Angled into the pads, Agar looks to swing the slower ball away but gets a leading edge on it. Comes down with snow on it, and Green settles underneath it at long-on before sprinting round to the far end of the ground with one eye on the Thunder's over-rate
full toss, plinked down the ground to Cutting on the bounce
angling in, very full, chipped down to long-off on the bounce via a leading edge
slower ball, banged into the pitch, wide outside off stump. Sams having plenty of trouble with those wide lines tonight
yorker, wide outside off stump and Agar can't get bat on it. 86mph/138kph
yorker, inside-edged to short fine leg
another slowie, slapped to cover
offcutter, very wide outside off. Agar can't lay bat on it. Groans from the crowd as it's given as a wide once again
Sams returns for his final over.
Superb stuff from Hasnain on debut. For those with an eye on the speed gun, Fox's graphics tell us that his fastest ball tonight was 149.1kph, with an average of 143.0kph (before the final ball of his spell)
yorker outside off, slapped to the edge of the ring. 90mph/145kph to finish
nowhere near it. Agar backs away, giving himself room to flash Hasnain away through the off side, but he's beaten for pace by the yorker outside off and can't lay bat on ball
another slower ball, Nielsen shuffles across to lap him but can only dink it out towards fine leg due to the lack of pace
gives himself room outside leg stump and is completely foxed by Hasnain's slower ball. Beaten on the cut
another yorker, tailing in late at 91mph/146kph, and Agar digs it out for a single towards deep backward square
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Sydney Showground Stadium | |
Toss | Sydney Thunder, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2021/22 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 02 January 2022 - night (20-over match) |
T20 debut | |
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Points | Sydney Thunder 3, Adelaide Strikers 1 |
Over 20 • AS 144/10