Behind one other Matt Brief masterclass, the rampant Adelaide Strikers have maintained their excellent begin to the BBL season with a six-wicket win over Sydney Thunder at Adelaide Oval.
Brief (65) was circumspect early on Tuesday night time earlier than exploding after the powerplay to pilot the ladder-leading Strikers previous the Thunder’s 5-150 with eight deliveries to spare, and to a 3-0 file.
After the early departure of Jake Weatherald (seven), Brief, this season’s main runscorer, opened his shoulders and bludgeoned 5 sixes in his scintillating 44-ball knock.
Matt Brief made 65 off 44 balls because the Strikers sealed a six-wicket win over the Thunder
Thomas Kelly (left) and Adam Hose (proper) noticed the Strikers dwelling on Tuesday night time
Brief, who additionally was miserly with the ball (0-13 off three overs), took a liking to Daniel Sams’ choices and dominated an 83-run, second-wicket union with Chris Lynn (28), who was solid within the unlikely function of second fiddle.
Each males fell to very good yorkers from left-arm pacer Nathan McAndrew (2-25), Lynn’s fort disturbed and Brief trapped in entrance, earlier than English import Adam Hose (28no) got here in and utilized the ending touches.
Earlier, the Strikers bowlers put their group in a robust place after recovering from an early Alex Hales onslaught.
The English grasp blaster top-scored with 68 however was stored in relative examine after crunching 36 of the Thunder’s 39 powerplay runs.
Chris Lynn put up an 83-run, second-wicket partnership with Brief earlier than being bowled
Nathan McAndrew eliminated each Brief and Lynn with an outstanding spell of quick bowling
Alex Hales smashed 68 off 50 balls nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient to get Sydney over the road
The Adelaide crowd broke right into a spherical of applause within the third over when the Thunder’s rating went previous the T20 world file low 15 that they embarrassingly posted towards the Strikers on Friday night time.
Hales placed on 63 for the third wicket with younger Ollie Davies (42) earlier than each succumbed to de Grandhomme (2-25).
The Thunder, whose win-loss file fell to 1-3, had been eyeing off 180-plus after reaching 2-79 on the midway stage earlier than being restricted to 3-71, together with simply three boundaries, within the final 10 overs.
Friday’s destroyer Henry Thornton captured 2-19 to take his season tally to 11 wickets at an outstanding 3.82 common.
