Big Bash League 2024: Sydney Thunder vs Perth Scorchers Match Preview, Big Bash League 2024

33rd T20 • Sydney Showground Stadium • Sydney

Sydney Thunder

158/7 (20)

Perth Scorchers

97 (17.2)

ST won by 61 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

13 Jan, 02:00 PM IST

Venue

Sydney Showground Stadium

TV/Streaming

Disney+Hotstar

Match

33rd T20,

Umpires

David Taylor (Australia), Michael Graham-Smith (Australia), Troy Penman (Australia, TV)

Referee

Steve Davis (Australia)

Toss

Perth Scorchers elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchFlat Track Pitch

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

150Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

129.99Avg SR

2nd Innings

126Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

129.49Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

6- 4

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Sydney Thunder

Perth Scorchers

Players to Watch

Top Batters

David Warner

ST . BAT

316 Runs

7 Matches

Cooper Connolly

PS . ALL

305 Runs

8 Matches

Ashton Turner

PS . BAT

215 Runs

8 Matches

Top Bowlers

Jason Behrendorff

PS . BOWL

13 Wkts

8 Matches

Lance Morris

PS . BOWL

10 Wkts

6 Matches

Chris Green

ST . ALL

8 Wkts

7 Matches

Playing XILineups Out

Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

C Green

D Warner

Expert Team 2

F Allen

Cooper Connolly

Venue Details

Sydney Showground Stadium

PitchFlat Track Pitch

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

150Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

129.99Avg SR

2nd Innings

126Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

129.49Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

39%Bat First Bowl First61%

Team Batting First

49%Wins Losses51%

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Sydney Thunder

Perth Scorchers

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

6- 4

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

160

Average Score

159

183/8

Highest Score

206/7

132/10

Lowest Score

105/10

Player of the Match Tom Andrews

1/20

Info

Sydney Thunder

158/7 (20)

Batters

Sam Konstas

126.19

c N Hobson b L Morris

David Warner

(C)

114.29

c Sam Fanning b L Morris

Matthew Gilkes

160.00

c F Allen b L Morris

Sam Billings

44.44

b C Connolly

George Garton

33.33

c JP Behrendorff b M Spoors

Hugh Weibgen

50.00

b A Agar

Chris Green

125.00

Not out

Nathan McAndrew

180.00

c AM Hardie b JP Behrendorff

Tom Andrews

284.62

Not out

Extras

(B: 3, LB: 2, NB: 1, W: 2)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.9)

158/7

Did not Bat

Tanveer Sangha, Mohammad Hasnain

Bowlers

EXT

13.25

10.75

9.50

3.50

4.00

4.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

David Warner

c Sam Fanning b L Morris

1-36

3.1

Matthew Gilkes

c F Allen b L Morris

2-45

3.6

Sam Billings

b C Connolly

3-60

8.2

George Garton

c JP Behrendorff b M Spoors

4-64

9.1

Hugh Weibgen

b A Agar

5-75

12.4

Sam Konstas

c N Hobson b L Morris

6-101

15.5

Nathan McAndrew

c AM Hardie b JP Behrendorff

7-114

16.6

Perth Scorchers

97/10 (17.2)

Batters

Sam Fanning

100.00

runout (CJ Green)

Finn Allen

150.00

c HD Weibgen b NJ McAndrew

Aaron Hardie

129.41

b T Sangha

Cooper Connolly

140.00

runout (M Gilkes)

Ashton Turner

(C)

80.00

c M Gilkes b CJ Green

Nick Hobson

66.67

b TD Andrews

Matthew Spoors

48.15

st S Billings b CJ Green

Ashton Agar

77.78

c D Warner b M Hasnain

Jason Behrendorff

154.55

Not out

Lance Morris

0.00

b CJ Green

Mahli Beardman *

33.33

c S Billings b NJ McAndrew

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 4)

TOTAL

(17.2 Ov, RR: 5.6)

97/10

Bowlers

EXT

Mohammad Hasnain

8.00

Nathan McAndrew

3.2

6.30

Tanveer Sangha

4.50

Chris Green

3.25

Tom Andrews

6.67

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Finn Allen

c HD Weibgen b NJ McAndrew

1-10

1.1

Sam Fanning

runout (CJ Green)

2-10

1.3

Aaron Hardie

b T Sangha

3-40

4.3

Cooper Connolly

runout (M Gilkes)

4-44

5.1

Ashton Turner

c M Gilkes b CJ Green

5-48

5.6

Nick Hobson

b TD Andrews

6-63

9.5

Ashton Agar

c D Warner b M Hasnain

7-76

13.3

Matthew Spoors

st S Billings b CJ Green

8-89

15.1

Lance Morris

b CJ Green

9-89

15.3

Mahli Beardman

c S Billings b NJ McAndrew

10-97

17.2

Match Info

Date & Time

13 Jan, 02:00 PM IST

Venue

Sydney Showground Stadium

TV/Streaming

Disney+Hotstar

Match

33rd T20,

Umpires

David Taylor (Australia), Michael Graham-Smith (Australia), Troy Penman (Australia, TV)

Referee

Steve Davis (Australia)

Toss

Perth Scorchers elected to bowl

1 0 1 4 0 6

Over 15

Runs: 12

W 0 W 1 1 0

Over 16

Runs: 2

0 3 0 1 1 0

Over 17

Runs: 5

1 W

Over 18

Runs: 1

All Overs

Player of the Match Tom Andrews

1/20

Commentary

10:46 pm local time (5:16 pm IST): That will do it for tonight from the Sydney Showground Stadium. We will be right back with more BBL action tomorrow as the Melbourne Renegades take on Hobart Hurricanes at the Bellerive. We will join you at 7:30 pm local time (2:00 pm IST) with the first ball. For now, this is the pair of Soumarya and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda!

Tom Andrews (Sydney Thunder)- "To get that win was amazing and we're extremely happy. Still one game to go but happy to have gotten over the line here tonight. I was trying to get Green on strike initially but a couple of strokes came off and I continued with the hitting. We have a lot of all-rounders in our team and it was good to contribute. Once we got to about 160 we knew it was a good score. Tanveer and Green put the pressure on the batters and with three spinners we did really well. "

10:35 pm local time (5:05 pm IST):

Sydney Thunder win by 61 runs with 16 balls to spare!

Sam Konstas 53 (42) | Chris Green - 3/13 (4)
Aaron Hardie 22 (17) | Lance Morris - 3/43 (4)

It was expected to turn off the pitch in the second innings and turn it did. It was expected to be tough for the batters to get going once the ball got older, and tough-going it indeed was. But, 5 wickets falling in the first 6 overs and only 49 runs on the board, it got sealed with a kiss for the Thunder then and there!

Perth Scorchers lost two wickets up front via run outs. In a match like this, with everything to play for, that is not what you look forward to as the side chasing. No one scored more than 22 runs, no partnership was significant enough to pose any kind of threat and no answer came from the side of the batters against spin, when it started to weave its magic!

The body language from Sydney Thunder, led by their energetic and focused skipper, David Warner, was right on cue! That reflected in the desperate fielding efforts of theirs right through the innings. Also, the captaincy from Warner was up to standard!

Tanveer Sangha bowled 4 overs right after the power play and impressed. Chris Green bowled brilliantly and took 200 T20 wickets. Tom Andrews, the hero of the match, managed to pick up a wicket as well! Nathan McAndrew and Mohammad Hasnain played their parts too.

So with this win, the Thunder book a place in the finals. But falling to last in the standings, the Scorchers crash out of the play-off race! The latter is a shocking result and perhaps a signal to the management for change.

17.2 Nathan McAndrew to Mahli Beardman, McAndrew STRIKES! THAT WILL BE THE GAME FOR THE SYDNEY THUNDER! They've won by 61 runs against the Perth Scorchers and this has been an incredible effort from them. Coming to the delivery, it was slightly short and on the pads. Beardman looked to glance that one away off his pads but he was strangled down the leg stump as he got a faint tickle on it and Sam Billings took an easy catch. The Perth Scorchers end up being bowled out for 97 runs in 17.2 overs.

Mahli Beardman c Sam Billings b Nathan McAndrew 2 (6b, 0x4, 0x6)

17.1 Nathan McAndrew to Jason Behrendorff, short of a good length and angling into the stumps. Behrendorff tucks it away through square leg for a single.

Nathan McAndrew [3.0-0-20-1] comes back into the attack.

So another over gets done and dusted! The Scorchers will do well to bat the remaining deliveries out now. That helps just a little bit in terms of the net run rate.

overs

96 /9 score

runs

Mahli Beardman *

2 (5)

Jason Behrendorff

16 (10)

Tom Andrews

1 /20

16.6 Tom Andrews to Mahli Beardman, fuller and around middle stump line. Beardman pushes it back to the bowler. No run.

16.5 Tom Andrews to Jason Behrendorff, short and wide outside off stump. Behrendorff punches it away towards the extra cover region for a single.

Oh dear! It's a dead ball due to Billings clipping the bails accidentally with his gloves before the ball got delivered! Otherwise, it would a wicket!

16.4 Tom Andrews to Mahli Beardman, flighted up and around the middle stump line. Beardman pushes it down to long on for a single.

16.3 Tom Andrews to Mahli Beardman, fuller and around the line of off stump. Beardman pushes but is beaten outside off stump.

Oh! Hasnain hopefully has not done much damage to his left shoulder. Great effort, but not required in a situation like this.

16.2 Tom Andrews to Jason Behrendorff, GOOD EFFORT ! It was flatter and skidded through the line of middle stump. Behrendorff pushed at it and got an outside edge past the third man region. He ran to make it three.

16.1 Tom Andrews to Jason Behrendorff, flatter and around off stump. Behrendorff looks to pull but he is beaten outside off. Dot ball.

Chris Green finishes an excellent spell of off-spin bowling, taking 3 wickets and giving away only 13 runs! He bowled magnificently on a pitch that assisted him. You need to make it count when you're expected to, you know!

overs

91 /9 score