straight down the ground, and wins it with a six! Terrific strike, what an innings from Hose
Thunder vs Strikers, 8th Match at Adelaide, BBL 2023, Dec 19 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary
Strikers won by 6 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
Adelaide Strikers win by six wickets and that was a fantastic game of T20 cricket. Super pitch, terrific batting. Expertly-paced chase by the home side set up by the Short-Short opening stand. And what a way to finish it by Adam Hose, showing why Strikers signed him again. Thunder may come to regret that one. Matt Short is name Player of the Match for his captain's innings. "I was so nervous, thinking about a Super Over," he says. "Hosey battled beautifully. Awesome to get the win." The BBL needed a good game to kick it into life after a slow start, and it got one. Hopefully more to follow. I'm going to wrap things up there for tonight. Our coverage of the IPL auction continues here and South Africa are also taking on India which you find here. We'll be back tomorrow night for Perth Scorchers against Hobart Hurricanes but for now, from Gnasher, it's goodbye.
great yorker, but outside leg stump, squeezed off the inside edge to deep square and they gamble on the second. Keeper doesn't take the throw. Maybe got a difficult bounce.
oh, wow! It's a reverse scoop this time. Was wide outside off and he flicks it through short third
8 off 5
is he run out? A full delivery, gets an inside edge into the pads. It rolls up the pitch, Zaman hustles across from his follow through, collects, turns and hits direct and Weatherland hasn't even tried to ground his bat. That's an awful piece of cricket from the batter. And a dot ball
8 off 6. Zaman with the final over
Heck of cameo from Hose so far
nearly six! Down on the back knee this time and effectively sweeps over short fine leg. Does that decide it?
scoops again! Fantastic batting. Keeps low in the stance, gets underneath as McAndrew went just back of a length
full, just outside off, and a swing and a miss. He was on the first tee there. Another dot
David: "14 runs trumps 2 or even 3 wickets at this late stage!"
short of a length at off stump, drags the pull to mid-on. Dot ball
oh, brilliant! Back of a length, a slower ball, Hose spotted it early, got down into position and scooped it over short fine leg
full toss, straight, swings across the line and misses out
McAndrew with the second surge over
Three boundaries and a wicket off that over. Strikers probably just take that
gets this wrong! Serves it up wide outside off, short of a yorker, Hose connects cleanly with a drive over the off side
Well, well. What a finish this is. Adam Hose is known as a finisher...Zaman pulls out of his run up
great yorker! He gets it spot on. At middle stump, Lynn plays over it. That really was a superb delivery.
back of a length, straight, worked off the pads to deep square
what a stroke! That's not bad for your first ball. It's full outside off, he creams a powerful cover drive and finds the gap in the off-side ring
that's spot on, the yorker at middle, plays it out to mid-off
full outside off, Lynn gets the drive away through point. Missed his yorker
Jake Weatherald the new batter. Power surge called. Zaman to bowl. Game on.
That's a huge moment. Strikers have held back the surge and now D'Arcy Short is gone
huge appeal and given lbw! Gets the yorker in again, and Short has called the review. Looks good unless he's hit it. Was pinpoint from Sams, Short trying to squeeze it away. Hits the back boot in front of middle and leg. No bat. He's gone. Three reds
flicked from around off stump into the leg side...excellent from Sams
full and straight, clipped down to long on
gets the yorker in, worked through midwicket and they do very well to get a second from that
into the pitch wide outside off, flat-bats a pull to long on
opens his stance and drives a full one to long off
Still no surge...
Over 20 • AS 205/4