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Thunder vs Heat, 19th Match at Carrara, BBL, Dec 29 2022 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
19th Match (N), Carrara, December 29, 2022, Big Bash League
(20 ov, T:183) 171/9

Thunder won by 11 runs

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36* (15) & 2/41
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end of over 204 runs • 3 wickets
BH: 171/9CRR: 8.55 
Mark Steketee1 (1b)
Nathan McAndrew 4-0-32-4
Daniel Sams 4-0-41-2

The BBL action for the day hasn't stopped though. Move over here for the Stars v Scorchers match, which has just begun. Until next time, on behalf of our scorer Binoy George, this is Aaditya Narayan signing off.

8:35pm: So, this Colin Munro vs Sydney Thunder match just about goes the latter's way. After putting 182 on the board, thanks to contributions from Gilkes, Rossouw, Davies, Ross and Sams, the Thunder kept picking wickets at regular intervals. However, that man Colin Munro stepped up with a brilliant 53-ball 98 to keep the Heat in the hunt, and found some decent support from Bazley towards the end. But some excellent death bowling from Sams and McAndrew, after superb spells from Green and Qadir, ensured that the Thunder secured their third win of the season, and now puts them in fifth position.

19.6
W
McAndrew to Kuhnemann, OUT

slower short one again, and Kuhnemann smashes that straight to mid-off

Matthew Kuhnemann c sub (TW Gray) b McAndrew 0 (2b 0x4 0x6 4m) SR: 0
19.5
McAndrew to Kuhnemann, no run

length ball outside off, beats the bat, and that should be that, for the Thunder

12 off 2... Matthew Kuhnemann will be on strike

19.4
W
McAndrew to Neser, OUT

Neser goes. A slower shorter delivery again, Neser doesn't time the pull shot well enough and hits it straight down long-on's throat

Michael Neser c sub (TW Gray) b McAndrew 7 (7b 0x4 0x6 17m) SR: 100
19.3
1
McAndrew to Steketee, 1 run

slower bouncer, Steketee was through his shot about a couple of years before the ball got to him, gets hit on the shoulder, and they race across for a leg bye

Steketee...

19.2
W
McAndrew to Munro, OUT

Is that the game? Munro finds Sams at deep midwicket, that one was right in the slot to hit over the boundary, but Munro can't quite clear the field. A stunning knock from Munro, but he misses a well-deserved century, and possibly the Heat miss out on a win here...

Colin Munro c Sams b McAndrew 98 (53b 9x4 3x6 95m) SR: 184.9
19.1
1
McAndrew to Neser, 1 run

full toss outside off, Neser gets across and looks to smack it straight but toe-ends it towards mid-off. They don't take the second, which was available rather easily. Munro gets the strike back though

Surely, Munro could've denied the single there and kept the strike for the free hit?

19.1
2nb
McAndrew to Munro, (no ball) 1 run

Full toss above the waist, Munro gets some bat on it and they cross over for a single.

16 to win off the last over. Munro on strike, which is just what the Heat want. McAndrew will bowl it.

end of over 1912 runs
BH: 167/6CRR: 8.78 RRR: 16.00 • Need 16 runs from 6b
Colin Munro97 (51b 9x4 3x6)
Michael Neser6 (5b)
Daniel Sams 4-0-41-2
Usman Qadir 4-0-30-1
18.6
1
Sams to Munro, 1 run

full toss outside off, Munro crunches that straight to sweeper cover, to keep the strike

18.5
4
Sams to Munro, FOUR runs

That is such a clever shot from Munro! It's a slower short one from Sams, Munro moves across and access that gap between square leg and deep midwicket to find a necessary bboundary

18.4
2
Sams to Munro, 2 runs

yorker, dug out straight, and gets a couple of runs

Munro now... Needs a boundary or two right here right now

18.3
1
Sams to Neser, 1 run

full and wide, crunched to deep point

18.2
2
Sams to Neser, 2 runs

back of a length, slower one as well, Neser bunts it wide of deep midwicket

18.1
2
Sams to Neser, 2 runs

Length ball outside off from Sams, timed well into the gap by Neser, and they come back for a second

The DLS par score after 18 overs, having lost 6 wickets is 159.

end of over 189 runs • 1 wicket
BH: 155/6CRR: 8.61 RRR: 14.00 • Need 28 runs from 12b
Colin Munro90 (48b 8x4 3x6)
Michael Neser1 (2b)
Usman Qadir 4-0-30-1
Daniel Sams 3-0-29-2
17.6
2
Usman Qadir to Munro, 2 runs

Dropped by Davies! Munro went for the reverse sweep and struck it sweetly, but presented a head high chance to Davies at backward point, he tipped it over his head and the batters scamper back for a second

17.5
1lb
Usman Qadir to Neser, 1 leg bye

Big appeal as Neser gets rapped on the front pad by a quicker fuller one. It seemed to be going down leg, but Green has reviewed this... Hawkeye shows it's umpire's call on height, clipping the top of leg stump

17.4
1
Usman Qadir to Munro, 1 run

Quicker, flatter, back of a length, Munro flat bats it to Green at long-on

17.3
1
Usman Qadir to Neser, 1 run

tosses up a googly outside off, Neser doesn't pick it but somehow bunts it into the off side to get Munro back on strike

Michael Neser is the new man out. The Heat have experience on their side now, with Munro and Neser at the crease.

17.2
W
Usman Qadir to Bazley, OUT

Bazley's a goner! Quicker, full, on the stumps, skids under Bazley's slog sweep, raps him on the pad and catches him plumb in front!

James Bazley lbw b Usman Qadir 29 (24b 2x4 1x6 27m) SR: 120.83

Pulls out of his delivery stride after seeing Bazley walk across his crease.

17.1
4
Usman Qadir to Bazley, FOUR runs

Superb batting from Bazley! Short and wide from Qadir, Bazley rocks back and lofts it over the three fielders who are in the ring behind square on the off side

A huge over in the context of this game here, Usman Qadir will bowl the 18th over.

end of over 1712 runs
BH: 146/5CRR: 8.58 RRR: 12.33 • Need 37 runs from 18b
James Bazley25 (22b 1x4 1x6)
Colin Munro87 (46b 8x4 3x6)
Daniel Sams 3-0-29-2
Usman Qadir 3-0-22-0

Good over for the Heat, for whom the equation is still manageable, and Munro is still at the crease. He's on 87 though, and we all know what that means...

16.6
1
Sams to Bazley, 1 run

yorker just outside off stump, dragged to deep midwicket

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Over 20 • BH 171/9

Colin Munro c Sams b McAndrew 98 (53b 9x4 3x6 95m) SR: 184.9
W
Michael Neser c sub (TW Gray) b McAndrew 7 (7b 0x4 0x6 17m) SR: 100
W
Matthew Kuhnemann c sub (TW Gray) b McAndrew 0 (2b 0x4 0x6 4m) SR: 0
W
Thunder won by 11 runs
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