Result · Round 1 · KFC T20 Big Bash League · 2015/16 · Thu 17 Dec 2015
Sydney Thunder 158/4 (20 ov)
Sydney Sixers 122 (19.5 ov)
Sydney Thunder won by 36 runs
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Match report

Sydney Thunder made 158/4 (20 ov) and defended it, holding Sydney Sixers to 122 (19.5 ov) to win by 36 runs. For the winners, Mike Hussey made a half-century (80* off 59) with 4 sixes and Andre Russell took 3/13 from 4 overs. For Sydney Sixers, Michael Lumb top-scored with 34 off 27 and Trent Lawford took 1/12 from 2 overs.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match
Shane Watson (34)
Sydney Thunder · 16 (12) & 3/13 & 1 dismissal

Top performers

Sydney Thunder · 1st Innings - Sydney Thunder 158/4 (20 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Jacques Kallis c: N Lyon b: S Abbott 15 17 1 0 88.00
Aiden Blizzard (31) lbw: D Bollinger 12 7 3 0 171.00
Mike Hussey (c) (40) not out 80* 59 5 4 135.00
Shane Watson (34) b: N Lyon 16 12 1 1 133.00
Ben Rohrer (34) c: N Lyon b: T Lawford 30 20 2 1 150.00
Andre Russell not out 4* 5 0 0 80.00
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 0, pen 0) 1
Total 20 Ov (RR 7.90) 158/4
Fall of wickets: 2-49 (Jacques Kallis), 4-141 (Ben Rohrer)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Jackson Bird (29) 3 0 29 0 9.67 0 0
Douglas Bollinger (34) 4 0 33 1 8.25 0 0
Johan Botha (33) 4 0 27 0 6.75 0 0
Sean Abbott (23) 3 0 28 1 9.33 0 0
Nathan Lyon (28) 4 0 28 1 7.00 0 0
Trent Lawford (27) 2 0 12 1 6.00 0 0
Sydney Sixers · 1st Innings - Sydney Sixers 122 (19.5 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Brad Haddin (wk) (38) b: A Russell 13 11 1 1 118.00
Michael Lumb lbw: J Kallis 34 27 4 0 125.00
Nicolas Maddinson (c) (23) b: A Russell 7 12 1 0 58.00
Jordan Silk c: C Green b: S Watson 8 8 1 0 100.00
Ryan Carters (25) c&b: C Green 8 9 1 0 88.00
Johan Botha (33) c: M Hussey b: C McKay 13 17 1 0 76.00
Sean Abbott (23) c&b: S Watson 0 3 0 0 0.00
Trent Lawford (27) b: S Watson 4 3 1 0 133.00
Nathan Lyon (28) c: B Rohrer b: A Russell 4 4 1 0 100.00
Jackson Bird (29) not out 14* 15 0 1 93.00
Douglas Bollinger (34) c: J Kallis b: C McKay 9 10 0 1 90.00
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 5, nb 0, pen 0) 8
Total 19.5 Ov (RR 6.15) 122
Did not bat: Ed Cowan (33), Ben Dwarshuis (21)
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Brad Haddin)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Christopher Green 2 0 14 1 7.00 0 0
Gurinder Sandhu (22) 3 0 30 0 10.00 3 0
Clinton McKay (32) 2.5 0 11 2 4.40 0 0
Andre Russell 4 1 13 3 3.25 0 0
Jacques Kallis 3 0 16 1 5.33 1 0
Fawad Ahmed (33) 3 0 22 0 7.33 0 0
Shane Watson (34) 2 0 13 3 6.50 1 0

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Sydney Sixers

Innings comparison

InningsScoreRR 4s6sExtrasTop score
Sydney Thunder 158/4 (20 ov) 7.90 12 6 1 Mike Hussey 80*
Sydney Sixers 122 (19.5 ov) 6.15 11 3 8 Michael Lumb 34

Partnerships · Sydney Thunder

  • 2nd wkt 49
  • 4th wkt 92
  • 3rd wkt 17*

From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.

Partnerships · Sydney Sixers

  • 1st wkt 28

From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.