Twitter Reactions: Sydney Thunder survive Ashton Turner-scare to win their third match
The Thunder won their third match in this season.
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Sydney Thunder managed to win their third match in this edition’s Big Bash League (BBL) against Perth Scorchers by one run and moved to the second position in the points table. Both teams fought tooth and nail as the encounter went right down to the last delivery. The Scorchers, after the loss, find themselves in deep trouble and are languishing at the seventh position of the points table.
Buttler lifts the Thunder
After the Thunder won the toss and opted to bat first, Perth Scorchers restricted them to 142 in 20 overs. Shane Watson, the skipper, perished for four to left-arm speedster Jason Behrendroff. Thereafter, English wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler and Callum Ferguson cobbled together a partnership of 82 runs from 64 deliveries to lay the platform for an onslaught in the second half of the innings.
Ferguson was the aggressor in the stand and he scored 42 from 30 balls with five boundaries and a six. Left-arm spinner Ashton Agar accounted for his dismissal. At the other end, Buttler churned out a laboured 55 runs off 54 balls. A quick-fire 18 off nine balls from Chris Green propelled the Thunders’ score a bit. Agar was the Scorchers’ most successful bowler with two wickets at an economy of 6.75.
Spinners strangle the Scorchers
The target wasn’t daunting by any means, but the Scorchers were made to work hard. Off-spinner Chris Green removed David Willey in the fourth over. However, Michael Klinger and Cameron Bancroft put together 32 runs off 31 balls to get the innings going. To the Scorchers’ dismay, even as Fawad Ahmed got rid of Klinger for 20, five balls later, Bancroft fell prey to Jonathan Cook after scoring 19 runs.
The Scorchers lost their fifth wicket in the form of Hilton Cartwright. At that point in time, the visitors needed 89 runs from 53 balls. Skipper Ashton Turner and William Bosisto tried their hearts out, but the required-rate kept climbing at an alarming rate. While Turner remained not out on 60 at a strike-rate of 166.67, Bosisto lent him support with a 21-ball 23. In the end, both their efforts went in vain.
Here is how Twitter reacted
Jos Buttler, STOP IT! 🤩 #BBL08 pic.twitter.com/WFLqqcAIyx
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 2, 2019
@josbuttler Happy New Year Jos, looking forward to a entertaining season from you & your bat 😄👍
— Zetland Boy (@BoyZetland) January 2, 2019
Jos Buttler 🤯 🤯 🤯
What do you even call this shot?!#BBL08 pic.twitter.com/zqFHxmKp5X
— Watch the #BBL08 live on BT Sport (@btsportcricket) January 2, 2019
🏏 54 balls
💥 55 runsAnother T20 masterclass from Jos Buttler! 😍#BBLOA8 pic.twitter.com/olsZeOUY84
— Unibet (@unibet) January 2, 2019
Jos Buttler, potentially the purest ball striker on the planet, faced 54 balls for 55. That doesn’t help your argument.
I’m not watching only the dismissals I’m watching how the ball is behaving off the wicket every delivery. https://t.co/gI3cnC7MIh
— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) January 2, 2019
Jos Buttler lighting up the BBL AGAIN! https://t.co/MxvSBBh5yo
— LBSport (@LBSportTW) January 2, 2019
Jos Buttler is an outrageously good cricketer
— Dan Speake (@DanSpeake14) January 2, 2019
Jos Buttler has just made the best leave of cricket.
Keeper, throw coming in and he almost waltzed out of the way of the throw, hits the stumps with the batsman miles out.#BBL08 #SYTvPRS
— Suneer (@suneerchowdhary) January 2, 2019
Jos buttler doing ms dhoni today #BBL08
— Rithish (@pulirithish) January 2, 2019
Jos Buttler & Joe Root are genuinely the first guys in to celebrate every wicket, elation all over their face for young guys playing their first couple of games for @ThunderBBL
Absolutely brilliant from two world class players, huge impact they’re having on @BBL !! 👏🏽 @7Cricket
— Trent Copeland (@copes9) January 2, 2019
Jos Buttler is a freak. A four-act story. pic.twitter.com/ZliKrEcEA7
— Mike Jakeman (@mikejakeman) January 2, 2019
Jos Buttler is the best import in #BBL08 so consistent and has all the shots. Seriously good player.
— John Donohoe (@jdonohoe12) January 2, 2019
Jos Buttler can be the next AB de Villiers. Just saw two of his amazing shots over the keeper's head. #BBL08
— Aman Pandey (@cric_ap) January 2, 2019
How did Thunder almost manage to lose that game! #SYTvPS #BBL08
— Suneer (@suneerchowdhary) January 2, 2019
Oh the drama!!! #bbl #madetough @ScorchersBBL
— Caty Price (@caty_price) January 2, 2019
Wow oh wow…
👀 👀
— Perth Scorchers (@ScorchersBBL) January 2, 2019
Well done @ThunderBBL winning by 1 run! Great match #ThunderNation
— Alex Blackwell (@AlexBlackwell2) January 2, 2019
And there you have it. Four needed off the last ball from Sams, Turner can only put it away for two. @ThunderBBL beat @ScorchersBBL by one run. #BBL08
— Rick Eyre on cricket (@rickeyrecricket) January 2, 2019
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