Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades, 47th Match: Thunder bat their way to victory

Matthew Gilkes and Alex Ross combined to see Sydney Thunder to a comfortable 8 wicket win over Melbourne Renegades today at the Manuka Oval, Canberra.

Match Summary

Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades, 47th Match, Big Bash League

Sydney Thunder 144/2 (18.3 ov)

Melbourne Renegades 142/9 (20 ov)

Result - Sydney Thunder won by 8 wickets

SCORECARD

After losing the toss Sydney Thunder were put in to bowl, Chris Green (2/24) and Usman Qadir (2/20) starring after some runs from Martin Guptill (30).

An important knock came later on from Will Sutherland (42*), as Melbourne Renegades headed in at a defendable 142.

That was before Matthew Gilkes (74*) came to the crease, smashing 7 fours on his way to a half century.

He was joined by Alex Ross (40*), the combination seeing Sydney Thunder to a 8 wicket win.

Match Stats

Melbourne Renegades Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Jake Fraser-McGurk - 2.3 ov), 2-33 (Sam Harper - 5.1 ov), 3-68 (Martin Guptill - 9.5 ov), 4-77 (Aaron Finch - 11.6 ov), 5-85 (Jonathan Wells - 12.6 ov), 6-100 (Matt Critchley - 16.3 ov), 7-112 (Thomas Stewart Rogers - 18.1 ov), 8-114 (Corey Rocchiccioli - 18.4 ov), 9-142 (Kane Richardson - 19.6 ov)

Sydney Thunder Fall of wickets: 1-57 (David Warner - 8.1 ov), 2-57 (Oliver Davies - 8.2 ov)

Playing XI

Sydney Thunder: David Warner, Matthew Gilkes(WK), Blake Nikitaras, Oliver Davies, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Ben Cutting, Nathan McAndrew, Chris Green(C), Brendan Doggett, Usman Qadir

Melbourne Renegades: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Martin Guptill, Sam Harper(WK), Aaron Finch(C), Matt Critchley, Jonathan Wells, Will Sutherland, Thomas Stewart Rogers, Kane Richardson, Corey Rocchiccioli, Fawad Ahmed

Match Details

Date: Thursday, January 19, 2023 08:15

Venue: Manuka Oval, Canberra

Toss: Melbourne Renegades won the toss & elected to bat