Cricket Highlights, 20 Dec: BBL 2022/23 (Match 9) – Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder

Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder (Match 9) – Highlights

Adelaide Strikers have clinched an impressive 6-wicket victory with 8 balls in hand over Sydney Thunder in Match 9 of BBL 2022 at Adelaide Oval courtesy of Matthew Short’s blistering innings. Matthew Short was adjudged player of the match for his match-winning innings of 65 runs off 44 balls smashing 3 fours and 5 sixes.

Sydney Thunder captain Chris Green won the toss, elected to bat first, and sent the Adelaide strikers to bowl. Sydney Thunder lost 5 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs and collected a fighting score of 150 runs.

Sydney Thunder’s opener Alex Hales got the team off to a flying start by scoring 39 runs in 4 overs of Power Play 1. His partner, another opener Matthew Gilkes scored only 3 runs out of these 39 runs. When Gilkes returned to the dressing room, T20 specialist batsman Rilee Rossouw came to the wicket. But he also could not perform well yesterday. Rossouw got out after scoring 14 runs off 13 balls.

Oliver Davies and Hales continued leading the team towards big scores after Rossouw departed for the team’s 64 runs. These two put on a partnership of 63 runs for the third wicket. However, Kiwi all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme broke the pair by sending Hales to the pavilion. Hales scored 68 off 50 balls, with 6 fours and 3 sixes.

After one over of his departure, Oliver Davies got out after scoring 42 runs off 30 balls. After that, in the controlled bowling of the Adelaide strikers, no batter could get settled down properly. As a result, the speed of the run also slowed down then. In the end, Alex Ross scored 8 and Nathan McAndrew remained unbeaten on 3 runs.

Henry Thornton and Colin de Grandhomme took the highest number of 2 wickets each for Adelaide Strikers. Besides, Rashid Khan picked up 1 wicket. However, despite not getting any wickets, Matthew Short bowled 3 overs and spent only 13 runs.

Chasing a challenging target of 151 runs, Adelaide Strikers failed to get a good start. They lost opener Jake Weatherald (7) in the 3rd over of the innings and fell under some pressure. Due to this, Adelaide Strikers could score only 20 runs after losing one wicket in 4 overs of Power Play 1. But soon the scenario changed completely. The main role was played by opener Matthew Short, who was accompanied by Chris Lynn.

For the second wicket, these two put up a partnership of 83 runs off 55 balls. Lynn returned to the dressing room with 28 off 26 balls, but Matthew Short continued to bat for his team. At the other end, Adam Hose continued to give him worthy company. Matthew Short scored 65 off 44 balls for the team. Grandhomme was run out for 12 runs. In the end, Adam Hose took the team to victory in 18.4 overs losing only 4 wickets.

Adam Hose played an unbeaten innings of 28 runs off 20 balls. Nathan McAndrew scalped the maximum number of 2 wickets and Gurinder Sandhu 1 wicket for Sydney Thunder.

Adelaide Strikers is now at the top of the points table with three consecutive wins in three matches. On the other hand, Sydney Thunder is 6th in the points table with one win and three losses in four matches.

Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder Scoreboard

Sydney Thunder – 150/5 (20.0)

Adelaide Strikers – 151/4 (18.4)

Result – Adelaide Strikers won by 6 wickets

Player of the match – Matthew Short

Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder Playing XIs