14/12Result
7th Match (N), Big Bash League at Canberra, Dec 14 2020
Thunder won by 4 wkts (7b rem)
Player of the Match
Daniel Sams
Daniel SamsSydney Thunder
14/12Result
7th Match (N), Big Bash League at Canberra, Dec 14 2020
Thunder won by 4 wkts (7b rem)
Player of the Match
Daniel Sams
Daniel SamsSydney Thunder

10.26pm Daniel Sams, surprise surprise, is Player of the Match: "Didn't want to get another duck, just wanted to take it deep. [Been working with Ponting] on trying to keep my hands up higher to give myself the best chance to clear the rope. We pride ourselves on being calm so once we were able to reset..." It was quite the reset, after slumping to 1 for 2, and 22 for 3. But they hosed it with an over to spare!

HarryFD: "It's great to see Sams getting some runs after last year's struggles with the bat, he really can be the complete package in T20 cricket maybe for Australia, definitely in t20 cricket around the world. Not many can bowl in all three phases of the game and hit sixes on "

Krunch: "blurgh!.... The reality is there are few teams that can pull a loss from the jaws of victory quite like the Heat... "

Well, with four points at stake each game, that's a big win for Thunder after drawing a blank in their opening match against Melbourne Stars. But Heat are in some strife already, just a solitary bonus point from two games, and a whole load of issues to surmount given the manner of that meltdown. That's it for today, but don't forget to tune into the second semi-final of the Lanka Premier League, Dambulla v Jaffna!

10.23pm What a remarkable innings! "A pretty special innings," says Tom Cooper... who references Cutting's comments in the media as a strong reason why this loss will hurt. "We didn't execute as maybe we could..." he adds... you don't say!

Cutting played a big part in digging his side back into this game, 29 from 23 in a 69-run stand for the sixth wicket. But it's all about Sams, his 65 not out from 25 balls included three fours and a massive seven sixes!

18.5
6
Laughlin to Sams, SIX, Inside out over extra cover, and Thunder have won by a landslide! An utter meltdown from Heat, and what a response from Sams! In the slot for a free swing through the line, and he nailed it again!
18.4
6
Laughlin to Sams, SIX, back of a length, same result! Hammered, up up and away, onto the grass banks at cow corner where there's an utter frenzy to gather these freebies!
18.3
6
Laughlin to Sams, SIX, another full toss, and Sams slams another six for his fifty! Just 23 balls, and that's another horror ball from Laughlin. Outside off, juicily in the arc, and munched!
18.2
0
Laughlin to Sams, no run, well bowled again, a yorker outside off, Sams can't lay bat on it as he attempts a steer through third man
18.1
0
Laughlin to Sams, no run, full and straight, so near to the base of leg, Sams walks across his stumps so he gets away with the wide. Well bowled

Free Hit...

18.1
7nb
Laughlin to Sams, (no ball) SIX, oh my, that's a terrible freebie! Surely an attempted yorker, but Laughlin spears in the beamer, and gets dispatched over square leg for his sins... that could have changed the game...

END OF OVER:
18 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | ST: 155/6 (24 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.61, RRR: 12.00)

  • Chris Green6 (4b)
  • Daniel Sams41 (19b)
  • Mark Steketee4-0-35-1
  • Matthew Kuhnemann3-0-35-1

Ben Cutting is chatting about his contretemps with Chris Lynn... "a bit of a giggle..." that's one word for it!

17.6
2
Steketee to Green, 2 runs, a violent drive back through the line, and a deflection off the shins! Probably saved another boundary
17.5
4
Steketee to Green, FOUR, crucial boundary! Just enough length to work with, and clubbed through long-off!
17.4
0
Steketee to Green, no run, slower ball, clever response, another cutter, and this one hops over the bails where Cutting's found its target. Green's wipe was through too soon
17.3
0
Steketee to Green, no run, Heat from the Heat! A seriously sharp short ball first-up, and Green misses on his pull... didn't so much miss in fact as Steketee hit! Flush on the arm
17.2
W
Steketee to Cutting, OUT, gottim! Steketee responds with a perfect length offcutter, slapping the top of middle as Cutting swings across the line. And don't the Heat love that! They've had the final word against their old team-mate, but can Cutting's new chums get the last laugh?

BCJ Cutting b Steketee 29 (23b 1x4 2x6) SR: 126.08

17.1
2
Steketee to Cutting, 2 runs, powerful biffage off a full length, and that draws a fumble at long-off, to allow Cutting to hustle back

Steketee, Laughlin and Kuhnemann have one over each. How do Heat shuffle their resources? Steketee has the ball

END OF OVER:
17 | 11 Runs | ST: 147/5 (32 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.64, RRR: 10.66)

  • Ben Cutting27 (21b)
  • Daniel Sams41 (19b)
  • Matthew Kuhnemann3-0-35-1
  • Mujeeb Ur Rahman4-0-27-1
16.6
1
Kuhnemann to Cutting, 1 run, tapped to long-on, that's 11 off the over, more than adequate to stay up with the rate
16.5
1
Kuhnemann to Sams, 1 run, waiting with bat raised, on the back foot, flogged out to cow corner, but there's a man back to tidy up
16.4
1
Kuhnemann to Cutting, 1 run, good variation of pace, down to 85kph that time, poked to cover

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Thunder 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1UT KhawajaAD Hales
2nd0CJ FergusonUT Khawaja
3rd21UT KhawajaAI Ross
4th49AI RossBJ Holt
5th9BCJ CuttingAI Ross
6th69BCJ CuttingDR Sams
7th31CJ GreenDR Sams

Big Bash League

TeamMWLPTNRR
SS1495360.257
PS1485320.851
ST1486310.949
BH147729-0.286
AS1477280.105
HH147728-0.187
MS1458240.14
MR1441016-1.727