Brett Lee led a refrain of pundits slamming the Sydney Thunder for an ‘appalling’ efficiency after they recorded the bottom whole in T20 historical past towards the Adelaide Strikers.
Needing 140 to win their Massive Bash conflict, the Thunder crumbled to a scarcely plausible 15 all out on the Sydney Showground Stadium on Friday evening as they have been rolled out in simply 35 balls.
And Lee did not mince his phrases within the aftermath.
Wes Agar (proper) completed with 4 wickets for six runs because the Adelaide Strikers skittled the Sydney Thunder to fifteen all out on the Sydney Showground Stadium within the BBL
‘I am speechless, I actually am. It is appalling for the Sydney Thunder,’ he stated on Fox Cricket.
‘Fifteen. It is nice bowling, however actually? I’m speechless. The Strikers haven’t even warmed up. I’ve by no means seen something prefer it. I’ve by no means seen a recreation of cricket like this ever.’
Commentator Dan Ginnane struck the same tone, noting the rating would go down in cricket historical past.
‘Take a screencap of that – since you’ll by no means, ever see this once more,’ he stated after the ninth wicket fell.
Sydney Thunder have been completely humiliated as they have been bowled out for 15 runs on Friday
England captain Ben Stokes could not consider what he was watching from Pakistan
Lee’s former Sydney Sixers teammate Brad Haddin was equally scathing of the Thunder: ‘To be bowled out for 15 in 35 balls is simply embarrassing.’
England captain Ben Stokes, watching from Pakistan, took to Twitter to share his disbelief at Sydney’s capitulation.
‘8-10 off 5’ he posted alongside a collection of mindblown emojis.
Henry Thornton took 5 wickets for 3 runs and Wes Agar completed 4 for six because the Strikers left Sydney at 6-9 within the powerplay.
Brett Lee lambasted the Thunder for an ’embarrassing’ efficiency on Friday evening
‘Even within the yard, they’re my greatest figures! I do not suppose we are able to consider it,’ he stated after the sport.
‘They nicked all the pieces and we caught all the pieces. It was wonderful. It was a terrific all-round efficiency and it is a terrific feeling.
‘They’ve some actually good gamers, so for us to try this is unimaginable.’
It means the Thunder, who’re coached by former England boss Trevor Bayliss, now maintain the report for the bottom males’s T20 rating recorded, surpassing Turkey’s whole of 21 runs towards the Czech Republic in 2019.
Beforehand, the bottom whole within the BBL was 57 runs, scored by the Melbourne Renegades within the 2014-15 season.
The Thunder’s tally of 15 is the bottom rating within the historical past of males’s T20 cricket
And Haddin advised Bayliss was precisely the type of calm head the Thunder might want to put the surprising outcome behind them.
‘I feel Trevor Bayliss is the right coach for the Thunder to have proper now – there’s no level stepping into throwing chairs or kicking the cat – all you’ve acquired to do is transfer on,’ he stated.
‘I’d stroll out, have a beer and simply not even speak about it.’
The Strikers received the toss and determined to bat, with batter Chris Lynn prime scoring with 36 runs to assist set a chase of 139 runs.
Henry Thornton (left) was the Participant of the Match after taking 5 wickets for 3 runs
Matt Brief began the demolition for Adelaide after bowling Thunder opener Matthew Gilkes for a duck, and the wickets shortly tumbled with Thornton taking two wickets within the second over.
Agar then acquired in on the motion by taking the wicket of England batter and T20 World Cup winner Alex Hales, who went for a duck.
Thornton and Agar then mopped up the remainder of the Sydney batting order, with Thunder having misplaced eight wickets for 10 runs by the five-over mark.
The pair took 9 wickets between them, leaving bowler Brendan Doggett as the highest scorer for Thunder with 4 runs.
