BBL13-Thunder vs Scorchers Match-30 Report: On what commentator Ricky Ponting called a “substandard” T20 pitch at the Sydney Showground Stadium, with some balls being “”unplayable,” the Perth Scorchers defeated the Sydney Thunder by 7 wickets to move closer to the playoffs of the BBL 2023/24 season.
The Showground Stadium stadium has been the lowest-scoring BBL venue, and this game trudged at a run-rate of 7.1. The surface in this game favored the spinners heavily.
Sydney Thunder vs Perth Scorchers As it Happened
Perth skipper Aaron Hardie won the toss and elected to bowl first. Thunder opener Alex Hales announced a comeback to form with a brilliant knock of 72 runs in 55 balls with the help of 5 sixes on a tough surface to bat on. As per the BBL13-Thunder vs Scorchers Match-30 Report, However, Hales also hurt his own side as three of his batting partners got run out.
Left-arm spinner Ashton Agar recorded the second-most economical bowling figures in BBL history. Snapping the wickets of Alex Ross and Matthew Gilkes, Agar returned with sensational figures of 2/6 in his 4 overs. The other left-arm orthodox in Perth’s team, Cooper Connolly, took 3 wickets for 25 runs, which included Hales’ stumping. Sydney posted a fighting 137 through Hales’ innings.
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The surface assisted the spinners and pacers who bowl off-pace deliveries so much that fast bowlers Jhye Richardson and Lance Morris didn’t complete their quota of overs as Hardie brought on all-rounders and part-timers.
Sydney Thunder’s spinners Tanveer Sangha, Chris Green, and Oliver Davies, too, bowled well, returning with combined figures of 1/40 in 7.1 overs. But the target was a bit under-par to be defendable.
Perth opener Zak Crawley batted sedately, holding his end in his innings of 58 runs in 56 balls. At the other end, Aaron Hardie scored a run-a-ball 22 and Josh Inglish walloped 2 sixes and a four in his knock of 26* runs in 19 balls to see the Scorchers home with 5 balls and 7 wickets to spare.
BBL13-Thunder vs Scorchers Match-30 Report Man of the Match
Ashton Agar was named the Player of the Match against the Sydney Thunder for his jaw-dropping figures of 4-1-6-2.
With this win, the Scorchers rocked back up to the second spot in the points table. The Thunder are all but out of the playoff race, having earned only 3 points in 7 games.
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