Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Thunder, 29th Match: Oliver Davies half century sees Thunder to victory

Oliver Davies hit an important half century as Alex Ross joined him to see Sydney Thunder to a comfortable 6 wicket win today.

Match Summary

Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Thunder, 29th Match, Big Bash League

Perth Scorchers 142/9 (20 ov)

Sydney Thunder 143/4 (17 ov)

Sydney Thunder won by 6 wickets

SCORECARD

Sydney Thunder lost the toss and were put in to field, getting some earlier wickets via Brendan Doggett (1/28) and Chris Green (1/15).

Ashton Turner (61) fought back and lead Scorchers to a respectable 142/9.

In return Matthew Gilkes (32) and Oliver Davies (58) started things flying for Sydney Thunder.

Alex Ross (41*) joined in as they moved comfortably to a 6 wicket win over Perth Scorchers.

Match Stats

Perth Scorchers Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Faf du Plessis - 2.2 ov), 2-10 (Cameron Bancroft - 3.5 ov), 3-18 (Adam Lyth - 5.4 ov), 4-28 (Josh Inglis - 7.2 ov), 5-64 (Nick Hobson - 11.5 ov), 6-84 (Jhye Richardson - 13.6 ov), 7-105 (Ashton Turner - 16.4 ov), 8-132 (Matthew Kelly - 18.4 ov), 9-135 (Jason Behrendorff - 19.3 ov)

Sydney Thunder Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Alex Hales - 1.4 ov), 2-10 (Rilee Rossouw - 1.5 ov), 3-77 (Matthew Gilkes - 10.3 ov), 4-114 (Oliver Davies - 14.5 ov)

 

Playing XI

Perth Scorchers: Faf du Plessis, Adam Lyth, Cameron Bancroft, Josh Inglis (WK), Ashton Turner (C), Nick Hobson, Jhye Richardson, Matthew Kelly, Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendorff, Peter Hatzoglou.

Sydney Thunder: Matthew Gilkes (WK), Alex Hales, Rilee Rossouw, Oliver Davies, Alex Ross, Ben Cutting, Joel Davies, Nathan McAndrew, Chris Green (C), Brendan Doggett, Usman Qadir.

 

Match Details

Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2023 10:15

Venue: Perth Stadium, Perth

Toss: Perth Scorchers won the toss & elected to bat