- BATSMENRB4s6sSR4.4 and Arafat strikes now! This was on a good length which pitches on leg and moving away a bit, Hughes stays on his crease and tries to clear the mid-on but not get the elevation and Thomas dives to his left and grabs it 40/23.5 that's a superb delivery, bowls a length delivery which pitches around off and shapes back in sharply and Dilshan was late to bring his bat down as this one kept low, struck his back pad and went to the keeper, hitting middle and leg! 38/110.3 short of a length delivery pitches outside off and holds the line, Hussey stays on his crease and tries for the cut, gets a thick outside edge which went flat towards third man. Simmons runs and drives forward and holds a good low catch. 78/314.1 free hit but a wicket! fuller in length on off, pushes it back towards the bowler and set off from his crease, Marsh gets under the ball quickly throws it towards the striker's end and Morgan bat seems to be in air diving full length, that's real super work for Mitch Marsh 113/511.4 that's the wrong one! That was flatter on a length which was pitches on leg and induces him on the front foot, this one spins away from Patterson and went through his defence to disturb the stumps, that's brilliant! 85/415.3 and Hogg strikes again! That was a tossed up delivery on leg and Carters gets down on one knee and tries for the slog sweep but misses the line and went near his pads to disturb the stumps. 116/6Extras11 (lb 7, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL157/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.85)Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3.5 ov), 2-40 (Daniel Hughes, 4.4 ov), 3-78 (Michael Hussey, 10.3 ov), 4-85 (Kurtis Patterson, 11.4 ov), 5-113 (Eoin Morgan, 14.1 ov), 6-116 (Ryan Carters, 15.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AC Thomas 3 0 33 0 11 0 0 JP Behrendorff 4 0 25 1 6.25 1 0 Yasir Arafat 4 0 26 1 6.5 0 0 MR Marsh 4 0 37 1 9.25 2 1 AJ Turner 1 0 9 0 9 0 0 GB Hogg 4 0 20 2 5 0 0
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- BATSMENRB4s6sSR4.1 and Nannes strikes! It was a length delivery on off and a leading edge of Simmons went flat towards third man, Tremain dives to his front and holds it comfortably, good early wicket for the Thunders. 20/16 and Tremain will be a bit relaxed now. This was a back of a length delivery which was shaping away after pitching it on middle and, no foot movement from Marsh and played away from his body, his slash went flat into the hands of Dilshan at backward point 50/217.3 Katich walks back with anger as plays a very poor shot and can't finish it off, it was a low full toss outside off and mid-off is inside the circle, he powers it with an intention to clear the in field but ended up hitting straight into the hands of Tremain 147/410.2 fuller length delivery on off which straightens and Voges stays on back foot and tries to hoick it over midwicket, gets a leading edge which skies towards extra cover and Morgan settles underneath it and holds it 86/3Extras12 (lb 8, nb 2, w 2)TOTAL161/4 (19.2 Overs, RR: 8.32)Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Craig Simmons, 4.1 ov), 2-50 (Shaun Marsh, 5.6 ov), 3-86 (Adam Voges, 10.2 ov), 4-147 (Simon Katich, 17.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TM Dilshan 3 0 27 0 9 0 0 GS Sandhu 4 0 26 1 6.5 0 0 DP Nannes 4 0 28 1 7 0 2 CP Tremain 3.2 0 34 1 10.2 1 0 JS Floros 1 0 9 0 9 0 0 LW Feldman 4 0 29 1 7.25 1 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sydney Thunder , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
16.40 start, First Session 16.40-17.55, Interval 17.55-18.10, Second Session 18.00-19.25
Match days
3 January 2014 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Perth Scorchers 2, Sydney Thunder 0
Match Coverage
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