Match Details

ADS vs HBH 8th Match, BBL 2020-21

ADS

147-518.4

Adelaide Strikers won by 5 wickets

HBH

19.3146-10

Match info

Live

Scorecard

Player of the Match

Peter Siddle

Adelaide Strikers

5/16

ADS - 2nd Innings

Session	Open	PASS
6 Over	45	43
10 Over	73	76
15 Over	118	124

HBH - 1st Innings

Session	Open	PASS
6 Over	47	33
10 Over	62	70
15 Over	114	116
20 Over	169	146

Commentary

So that's it from the comm box folks. Like always it was a pleasure bringing you the live commentary and match updates for the 8th BBL game. Hoping to come back tomorrow and witness and closer encounter. Till tomorrow, tata from me, Arya Sekhar Chakraborty, Akshay Bhide and Sourya Chowdhury.

Peter Siddle: Disappointing with the way we started, we got the first game out of the way, lot more improved tonight, still got a work on, but good improvement. I probably enjoyed a bit more tonight with not having to worry about the captaincy. It helped my bowling. Nice night, great to contribute.

Peter Siddle is the KFC Player of the Match courtesy an astonishing spell of 5/16 in 3.3 overs

Arya: Ingram after smacking 46 of 35 deliveries fell off the bowling of Wes Agar and yet again the Strikers bowlers tightened their screws on the Hurricanes. They kept chipping away with wickets and Peter Siddle in particular was quite exceptional. He finished off the innings with back to back wickets in the final two deliveries of the innings to restrict the Hurricanes to a score of 146 runs in 19.3 overs. It was the first time that Siddle picked up a fifer in the BBL.

Arya: In came Ben McDermott and Colin Ingram who slowly but steadily started the rebuilding job. McDermott in particular was severe on Matt Renshaw and on occasions to Rashid Khan. He struck some lusty blows and his partnership with Ingram gave them some sort of momentum. The duo shared a well constructed 75 runs partnership before McDermott was bamboozled by Rashid Khan.

Arya: Earlier in the day it was Adelaide Strikers skipper Alex Carey who made a comeback in this match won the toss and put the Hobart Hurricanes in. The pitch was very lively from the outset and the Strikers bowlers made life very difficult for the Hurricanes top order. Daniel Worrall made an impressive start with a wicket in the 4th delivery of the match in the form of Will Jacks. Peter Siddle joined in when he removed D’Arcy Short in the next over and the dismissal of Peter Handscomb by Wes Agar in the 4th delivery of the over reduced them to 20/3 and they needed someone to steady the ship.

Arya: The duo shared a 107 runs partnership which all but sealed the match for the Strikers. While Carey’s knock of 55 of 40 deliveries was studded with 4 fours and a six, Weatherald remained unbeaten on 67 of 47 deliveries. All in all it proved to be a thoroughly dominating performance from the Strikers which will surely give them confidence going further in the tournament.

Arya: Chasing a target of 147 was not going to be a huge challenge but with two quick wickets in the opening over of James Faulkner, the scales tilted a bit and the Strikers just like the Hurricanes needed a partnership to steady the ship. In came Alex Carey to join Jack Weatherald and the duo started taking on the Hurricanes bowlers and played some delightful shots in the process.

Sourya: So they have withstood the early pressure from the Hurricanes bowlers to manage a comprehensive win, the Strikers. Quite a consummate performance with both bat and ball. They will also be happy with how Carey has come into the team and made an impact, how Siddle has bowled and how Weatherald weathered the storm.

18.4 Nathan Ellis to Ryan Gibson

1 That will do it. Tailing in on the pads, Gibson flicks this behind square in the gap for a run and they beat Hurricanes by 5 wickets