BBL Match 43 Challenger Sydney Sixers v Sydney Thunder 24/1 1845hrs @ the SCG

[Gough]

Sixers from, Moises Henriques (c), Sean Abbott, Jackson Bird, Jafer Chohan (OS), Joel Davies, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Moises Henriques, Akeal Hosein (OS), Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Ben Manenti, Todd Murphy, Kurtis Patterson, Mitch Perry, Josh Philippe, Jordan Silk, Steve Smith, James Vince (OS).
Thunder from, David Warner (c), Wes Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Sam Billings (OS), Ollie Davies, Lockie Ferguson (OS), Matt Gilkes, Chris Green, Ryan Hadley, Liam Hatcher, Sam Konstas, Nic Maddinson, Nathan McAndrew, Sherfane Rutherford (OS), Will Salzmann, Daniel Sams, Jason Sangha, Tanveer Sangha.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Thunder finally won a toss

Bowl

 

[Hamingja]

Runs on the board in a final has been important so far, the complete opposite to the regular season. See if the trend continues.

 

[Cleavy]

no Home & Away ep tonight, so game can start slightly earlier

 

[NYRB]

Sydney Thunder (Playing XI): David Warner(c), Hugh Weibgen, Matthew Gilkes, Sam Billings(w), George Garton, Jason Sangha, Chris Green, Nathan McAndrew, Tom Andrews, Wes Agar, Tanveer Sangha

Sydney Sixers (Playing XI): Kurtis Patterson, Josh Philippe(w), Jack Edwards, Moises Henriques(c), Jordan Silk, Lachlan Shaw, Ben Dwarshuis, Hayden Kerr, Ben Manenti, Mitchell Perry, Jafer Chohan



Sydney Thunder have won the toss and have opted to field

 

[LukeParkerno1]

no Home & Away ep tonight, so game can start slightly earlier

Yeah but what is Alf doing

 

[Cleavy]

Yeah but what is Alf doing

drug run to Yabbie Creek, I'm guessing

 

[010203]

No rain on the way which is a pleasant surprise as this match is in Sydney.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

drug run to Yabbie Creek, I'm guessing

Flamin Galah

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Not sure the tight pants are working for Junior given his current shape.

 

[010203]

Thunder finally won a toss

Bowl

Davey hoping to buck the trend of teams batting first and winning BBL finals matches. 6 in a row now won by the side batting first.

 

[Plugger35]

Hopefully we get a good close game tonight, at least there won't be any rain unlike the last Sydney Smash game. a minor miracle.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Thunder are more palatable than the Sixers for a neutral I think.

 

[NYRB]

Billings saved 4 runs there. How important could those be come the end of this game?

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Unleash the Wes.

 

[NYRB]

Wes Agar is the better Agar in BBL 14

 

[Moonwatcher]

Wes Agar is the better Agar in BBL 14

Do you have his BBL 14 stats?

 

[Stig O'Hara]

That was just Westastic.

Brutal pace.

 

[NYRB]

Do you have his BBL 14 stats?

9 Wickets , although quite an expensive economy of 10.45 runs an over. (5 matches)

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Jack Edwards has played 50 BBL games & still hasn’t got a half century.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Redbacks started well

 

[Moonwatcher]

Jack Edwards has played 50 BBL games & still hasn’t got a half century.

Why start in a semi final

 

[H00t]

Of all the spuds batting in the BBL. I feel Edward’s escapes a lot of criticism.

How he’s opening blows my mind. 38 innings averaging 14 with only a sr of 110 and a high score of 47.

And unsurprisingly he’s out.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Career BBL average 14 for Edwards.

14!!!

 

[Plugger35]

Edwards is a decent fast bowler but he isn't a top order batsman's arseh*le, he should be batting below Dwarshuis and Kerr.