KFC Big Bash League THU vs REN – Sydney Thunders Cricket Gets 15 All-Out: The fifth match of the Big Bash League 2022-23 showed something unbelievable as the entire Cricketing World was left surprised. Sydney Thunders got all out for 15 runs only.
This was the lowest total ever recorded in T20 matches. The news received attention and coverage from all parts of the world as it was difficult to believe how a team could get all out for only 15 runs. Here is a complete coverage of what happened.
THU vs REN – Toss:
Adelaide Strikers had won the toss and chosen to bat first.
THU vs REN Playing XIs:
Adelaide Strikers:
Peter Siddle (c), Jake Weatherald, Matt Short, Chris Lynn, Adam Hose, Colin de Grandhomme, Thomas Kelly, Harry Nielsen (wk), Rashid Khan, Wes Agar, Henry Thornton
Sydney Thunder:
Jason Sangha (c), Alex Hales, Matthew Gilkes (wk), Rilee Rossouw, Daniel Sams, Alex Ross, Oliver Davies, Chris Green, Gurinder Sandhu, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Brendan Doggett
THU vs REN – As it Happened:
Adelaide Strikers made 139/9 in the first innings:
The wicket was a bit difficult for the batters as the ball was not easily coming onto the bat. While batting first, Adelaide Strikers managed only 139 runs and lost 9 wickets in the process.
Sydney Thunder 15 All Out! Lowest Total in KFC Big Bash League
Chris Lynn top-scored with 36 runs from 27 balls. However, he never really got going. On the other hand, Colin de Grandhome provided the final finish with a 24-ball 33.
His lusty blows took the Adelaide Strikers to a total of 139 runs in their 20 overs.
Fazalhaq Farooqi picked up three wickets while Gurinder Sandhu, Daniel Sams, and Brendan Dogget picked up two wickets each.
Sydney Thunders Collapse For 15 Runs in Their Run Chase – The Lowest Total in the Men’s T20 History!
It was an unbelievable sequence of events as the entire Sydney Thunders team got all out for only 15 runs. The only time when their scorecard looked slightly respectable was at the end of the first over when they had lost only one wicket at five runs.
They lost one wicket in the first over, two wickets in the second over, two wickets in the third over, one wicket in the fourth over, two wickets in the fifth over, and two wickets in the sixth over as the entire team returned to pavilion in a space of 29 balls.
The number 10 Brendan Dogget top-scored with 4 runs.
Sydney Thunders got all out for 15 runs in 4.5 overs. Henry Thomton picked up 5 wickets for only 3 runs while Wes Agar picked up 4 wickets for 6 runs.
THU vs REN – Man of the Match:
Henry Thomton was judged as the man of the match for his five wickets.
What is KFC Big Bash League
The Big Bash League (known as the KFC Big Bash League for sponsorship reasons, often abbreviated to BBL or Big Bash) is an Australian professional club Twenty20 cricket league, which was established in 2011 by Cricket Australia.
The Big Bash League replaced the previous competition, the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, and features eight city-based franchises instead of the six state teams which had participated previously. The competition has been sponsored by fast food-chicken outlet KFC since its inception.
It is one of the two T20 cricket leagues, alongside the Indian Premier League, to feature amongst the top ten domestic sport leagues in average attendance. The winner of BBL 11 (2021/2022) was the Perth Scorchers who beat the Sydney Sixers by 79 runs in the final.
Melbourne Renegades
The Melbourne Renegades are an Australian professional men’s Twenty20 franchise cricket club based in Melbourne, the capital city of the Australian state of Victoria.
They compete in the Australian Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League. The team is coached by David Saker and captained by Nic Maddinson.
Sydney Thunder
The Sydney Thunder are an Australian franchise professional cricket team, competing in Australia’s domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League.
Along with the Sydney Sixers, the Thunder are the successors of the New South Wales Blues who played in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. The team’s home ground is Sydney Showground Stadium.
