14/01Result
37th Match (N), Big Bash League at Canberra, Jan 14 2024
Strikers won by 9 wkts (23b rem)
Player of the Match
Lloyd PopeAdelaide Strikers
14/01Result
37th Match (N), Big Bash League at Canberra, Jan 14 2024
Strikers won by 9 wkts (23b rem)
Player of the Match
Lloyd PopeAdelaide Strikers

Adelaide Strikers win by nine wickets and that was an outstanding performance, led by their captain, along with Lloyd Pope (named player of the match), Cameron Boyce and Jamie Overton. While Jake Weatherald was in the runs again. Sydney Thunder looked like a team whose season was already over. And that result also ends the hopes of Melbourne Stars. So we know our four finalists now. The final thing to decide is who finishes second and plays Brisbane Heat in the Qualifier. Can Strikers go all the way from fourth spot? They are certainly finding form at the right time. Some questions over the middle order, perhaps, but things are clicking for them.

Sowmya: "Very very tough to discount the strikers, especially in top gear. The top teams are in the playoffs and it is going to be a cracking time."

I'll wrap things up there tonight, but we'll back tomorrow to see Stars and Hurricanes wrap up their seasons before the big one in Perth on Tuesday to decide who gets the second-chance final. Until then, from Gnasher, it's goodbye.

16.1
1lb
Hatcher to MW Short, 1 leg bye, on the pads, clipped away fine past the diving keeper. Adelaide Strikers are in the finals
16.1
1w
Hatcher to MW Short, 1 wide, wide outside leg stump

END OF OVER:
16 | 10 Runs | AS: 139/1 (2 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 8.68, RRR: 0.50)

  • Jake Weatherald47 (31b)
  • Matthew Short74 (48b)
  • Oliver Davies2-0-18-0
  • Daniel Sams3-0-22-0
15.6
4
Davies to Weatherald, FOUR, gives himself a touch of room and skews a drive over backward point
15.5
0
Davies to Weatherald, no run, plays back and nudges off the pads to midwicket
15.4
0
Davies to Weatherald, no run, cuts and misses outside off
15.4
1w
Davies to Weatherald, 1 wide, full outside leg, called wide
15.3
1
Davies to MW Short, 1 run, driven down the ground to long off
15.2
3
Davies to Weatherald, 3 runs, driven inside out over backward point, Hatcher gets around the rope and flicks it back
15.1
1
Davies to MW Short, 1 run, uses his feet and works down the ground

END OF OVER:
15 | 9 Runs | AS: 129/1 (12 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 8.60, RRR: 2.40)

  • Jake Weatherald40 (27b)
  • Matthew Short72 (46b)
  • Daniel Sams3-0-22-0
  • Chris Green4-0-26-0
14.6
2
Sams to Weatherald, 2 runs, hoicked through midwicket off the front foot
14.5
1
Sams to MW Short, 1 run, length outside off, drives to deep cover
14.4
2
Sams to MW Short, 2 runs, very full at off stump, driven straight down the ground
14.3
1
Sams to Weatherald, 1 run, tucked off the pads backward of square
14.2
2
Sams to Weatherald, 2 runs, a slower short ball, pulled into the gap at deep midwicket, good work around the rope by Davies
14.1
1
Sams to MW Short, 1 run, full on the pads, worked to deep square leg

END OF OVER:
14 | 7 Runs | AS: 120/1 (21 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 8.57, RRR: 3.50)

  • Jake Weatherald35 (24b)
  • Matthew Short68 (43b)
  • Chris Green4-0-26-0
  • Tanveer Sangha4-0-27-1
13.6
0
Green to Weatherald, no run, pushed into the pads, worked to midwicket
13.5
6
Green to Weatherald, SIX, drops this a fraction short, Weatherald rocks back and pulls another over deep midwicket. He'll have a good wagon wheel
13.4
1
Green to MW Short, 1 run, back round the wicket, wider outside off, gets this out to the cover sweeper
13.3
0
Green to MW Short, no run, over the wicket now, again he finds cover with a drive
13.2
0
Green to MW Short, no run, full at the stumps from round the wicket, drives to cover on the edge of the ring
13.1
0
Green to MW Short, no run, played back to the bowler

Josh: "If anyone said two games ago, that Jake Weatherald would hold the key to the Strikers finals chances... I'd be gravely concerned for their state of mind ….. this turnaround has been incredible."

END OF OVER:
13 | 10 Runs | AS: 113/1 (28 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 8.69, RRR: 4.00)

  • Matthew Short67 (39b)
  • Jake Weatherald29 (22b)
  • Tanveer Sangha4-0-27-1
  • Oliver Davies1-0-8-0
12.6
1
Sangha to MW Short, 1 run, loopy and full outside off, driven to long off
12.5
2
Sangha to MW Short, 2 runs, full outside off, square drives through point
12.4
6
Sangha to MW Short, SIX, massive over deep midwicket! A slog sweep from around off stump. This one hits the roof and bounces back into the field. Saves a ball

Big Bash League

TeamMWLPTNRR
BH1071160.972
SS1062140.339
PS1063130.725
AS1054110.331
HH10468-0.268
MS10468-1.051
MR10266-0.289
ST10174-0.652