Alex Ross and Sam Billings’ inspire Sydney Thunder opening win against Brisbane Heat
Sydney Thunder started their BBL campaign, with a comfortable 7-wicket win over the Brisbane Heat. Sydney Thunder opted to bowl, which proved to be the right call for them as they got a good start in form of Max Bryant’s wicket. After Chris Lynn’s wicket Ben Duckett and Sam Heazlett built a partnership to survive a possible collapse. The two batters went added 83 runs in 11 overs, before Daniel Sams & Gurinder Sandhu run through their middle order.
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Sam Heazlett was scored a 37-ball 42, and Ben Duckett scored 46 off 35 ball to lose their wickets to Daniel Sams and Gurinder Sandhu respectively. Brisbane Heats on playing 20 overs only managed to post 140 for 8 on the board. The trio of Sams, Sandhu and McAndrew took seven out of the eight wickets falling in Canberra.
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Sydney Thunder didn’t get off to a good start and lost their three wickets at the score of just 32. Alex Hales, the highest run-getter last season, fell for a Xavier Bartlett delivery to get out on duck. Sam Billings was joined by Alex Ross who went aggressive on Heat’s bowling line-up scored 61 runs at the strike rate of 132.61. Alex Rose and Sam Billings managed to keep the scorecard ticking and added 109 runs for the fourth wicket to complete the chase with 17 balls left to spare.
Brief scores: Brisbane Heat 140/8 in 20 overs (Ben Duckett 46, Sam Heazlett 42; Daniel Sams 3-22, Gurinder Sandhu 2-17) lost to Sydney Thunder141/3 in 17.1 overs (Alex Ross 61*, Sam Billings 45*; Liam Guthrie 2-32) by 7 wickets. Player of the Match : Alex Ross.
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BBL Points Table 2021-22
| TEAMS | P | W | L | D | NRR | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney Sixers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.600 | 2 |
| 2 | Sydney Thunder | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.135 | 2 |
| 3 | Melbourne Renegades | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Adelaide Strikers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Perth Scorchers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Hobart Hurricanes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Brisbane Heat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1.135 | 0 |
| 8 | Melbourne Stars | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -7.600 | 0 |