BBL 9: Tom Curran all-round effort helps Sydney Sixers clinch the match in Super Over
Tom Curran all-round efforts helped Sydney Sixers defeat Sydney
Thunder in a thrilling Super Over match played at Sydney Cricket Ground, SCG on
Saturday.
Sydney Thunder captain Callum Ferguson won the toss and
decided to bat first. Usman Khawaja and Alex Hales played with positive intent
with aggressive stroke play which made life tough for Sydney Sixers bowlers. Sean
Abbott got the breakthrough dismissing Usman Khawaja for 16. Khawaja and Hales
added 48 for opening wicket. At the end of six overs, Sydney Thunder were 50
for 1.
After the power play over, Tom Curran dismissed the other
opener Alex Hales for a quickfire 32 off 21 balls. After losing 2 quick wickets,
Alex Ross and Sydney Thunder captain Callum Ferguson steadied the innings taking
singles and hitting occasional boundaries. Ross looked in good touch scoring 26
off 22 balls with 2 sixes. Tom Curran got an important breakthrough getting the
wicket of Ross. Ross and Ferguson added 56 runs for the 4th wicket.
From 110 for 4, Sydney Sixers reduced Sydney Thunder to 115 for 7. Sydney
Thunder captain led from the front hitting boundaries and reached his fifty off
40 balls. He and Arjun Nair added 34 runs for the 8th wicket. Ferguson
was dismissed off the final ball. Sydney Thunder posted 149 for 8 in 20 overs.
Chasing 150 runs to win, it was not an ideal start for Sydney
Sixers as Hayden Kerr was dismissed in the very first over by Cook. Joshua Phillippe
and Daniel Hughes looked in good touch hitting the Sydney Thunder bowlers. At
the end of six overs, Sydney Sixers were 38 for 1.
Soon after the power play over, Chris Morris dismissed Joshua
for 11. He and Hughes added 37 runs for the 2nd wicket. Sydney
Thunder bowlers kept a lid on the Sixers batsmen controlling the run flow and
hitting big sixes. With 28 runs required off 18 balls, Moises Henriques was
dismissed for 41 by Sams.
With 16 runs required off the final over, Curran hit a six
off the first ball which made the life easier for Sydney Sixers. With 6 to win
from 2 balls, Tom Curran scored a boundary to make 2 from 1 ball. Curran was
run out off the final ball to take the match into Super Over. Sam Curran hit 35
off 17 balls.
Batting first, Sydney Sixers were dealt a big blow as Tom
Curran was dismissed off the very first ball by Chris Morris. Moises Henriques hit
14 runs from the last 4 balls and run out. Sydney Sixers gave a target of 17
runs to win for Sydney Thunder.
In reply, Tom Curran gave 5 runs from the first 4 balls
which titled the game in favour of Sydney Sixers. Alex Hales hit 10 runs off
the last 2 balls but it was not enough for Sydney Thunder to win the match.
Sydney Sixers 149 for 7 in 20 overs ( Moises Henriques 41,
Tom Curran 35, Chris Morris 2/36) 16 for 2 in 1 over ( Moises Henriques 14)
beat Sydney Thunder 149 for 8 in 20 over ( Callum Ferguson 52, Tom Curran 2/23,
Llyod Pope 3/23) 15 for 0 in 1 over ( Alex Hales 11*) by 1 run via Super Over
Sydney Thunder lost their first match of BBL 9.
Tom Curran was named the match of match for his all-round
performance
Melbourne Renegades will take on Adelaide Strikers in
tomorrows match at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne.
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| Tom Curran all-round performance leads Sydney Sixers to a thrilling win over Sydney Thunder |
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