Poole Cup post-season path laid bare for Brothers
Fellow Strikers Jake Weatherald, Travis Head and Phil Salt added single sixes to the tally while the Heat’s Chris Lynn also added one.
Max Bryant delivered two boundaries taking the total to nine for the match, and $4500 for the Hurricanes. Mackay Hurricanes team after winning the inaugural Jesse Jonassen Trophy last year.
“It’s a massive boost,” Hurricanes secretary Paul Anderson said.
“Our club is a little unique in that we only have one junior team in the league but we run a lot of programs for girls in the region.”
Thunder s Bash Boost blunder costs them in Strikers loss
Loss of two key wickets in consecutive balls as the Thunder chased the bonus point proved costly as the Strikers jumped ahead and into third spot on the BBL ladder
Andrew Ramseyat Adelaide Oval
24 January 2021, 08:02 PM AEST
Thunder s Boost collapse hands Strikers critical win
The match in a tweet: Thunder s Boost Bash blunder triggers collapse as Strikers storm home into finals contention.
The score: Adelaide Strikers 6-159 (Head 31, Salt, 31, Weatherald 31, Doggett 2-21, Milne 1-6) beat the Sydney Thunder (Khawaja 36, Neser 2-17, Siddle 2-22) by six runs
The points: Strikers 4, Thunder 0
The clutch over: Wes Agar, Adelaide Strikers leading wicket taker of BBL|10, faced the worst possible start when charged with bowling the final over. With Thunder needing 23 to win and the big-hitting Ben Cutting at the crease, Agar watched his first delivery sail over the mid-wicket fence for six. But he fought back with two dot bal
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With two T20 World Cups on the horizon, the bitter disappointment of a red-ball disaster against India must quickly turn to the busy calendar Australia will face in the coming months.
While the exact dates and location of the proposed Test tour to South Africa are yet to be confirmed, Australia’s next assignment is a five-match T20 series away from home against New Zealand.
The criticism the Big Bash and Australia’s summer calendar is currently copping for providing players no first-class opportunities is absolutely spot on. However it will provide selectors the clues to which squad should be travelling to New Zealand for what is going to be an important series.
Solution to Big Bash howlers on the way Cricket Australia concedes the standard of umpiring in the Big Bash has prompted a call on the use of technology to eliminate inexcusable decisions.
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Subscriber only Cricket Australia has given its strongest indication yet that a form of DRS will be added to the Big Bash League - but not in time for the finals series, which begins next Friday. The BBL quietly navigated an alarming umpire shortage this season with multiple games being staged without a fourth umpire as several became stranded in Sydney due to the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 at the Northern Beaches.
Zampa, Fletcher shine as Stars roll Strikers for record low
The Spiceman worked his magic with the bat before Adam Zampa s five-wicket haul sealed a massive win for the Stars
Louis Cameronat the MCG
15 January 2021, 10:13 PM AEST
Stars ice happy homecoming with record victory
The scores: Melbourne Stars 2-179 (Fletcher 89 , Maxwell 30, Cartwright 30 ) defeated Adelaide Strikers 68 (Zampa 5-17) by 111 runs at the MCG.
The match in a tweet: Did someone order a Spiceman Special? Fletcher heats up before Strikers fall under Zampa’s spell, slumping to record low in MCG’s long-awaited #BBL10 debut
The Spiceman: After a middling first nine games in the BBL in which he had failed to pass 18 but only once been dismissed for fewer than 10, Andre Fletcher justified the faith the Melbourne Stars had kept in him with an explosion of power-hitting.