BBL 06: Twitter Reacts As Sydney Thunder And Melbourne Stars Register Thumping Wins
Jan 14, 2017 at 8:34 PM
Riding on Fawad Ahmed and Carlos Brathwaite’s brilliant bowling performance, Sydney Thunder thrashed city rivals Sydney Sixers by eight wickets to keep their hopes of qualifying for the final.
Batting first, the Sixers were 52 for 2 in the ninth over before a dramatic collapse saw them getting reduced to 67 for 8. Moises Henriques’ side never recovered from the setback and were eventually dismissed for only 99. Opener Daniel Hughes was the only player to reach the 20-run mark as the Sixers churned out one of their worst batting displays.
The 100 run target was never going to be a tough one for the Thunder and their openers Kurtis Patterson and James Vince ensured that their team does not mess up the chase by adding 54 runs for the opening wicket. Sean Abbott dismissed Vince and Shane Watson in the same over but Ben Rohrer and Patterson shared an unbeaten partnership of 41 runs to take their team home.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the match:
Fawad Ahmed on fire ✅@ThunderBBL on top ✅
Carlos Brathwaite dabbing ✅Brathwaite and Ahmed certainly enjoyed that! 👋 #BBL06 #ThunderNation pic.twitter.com/CXaNzNEJK7
— Cricket on TNT Sports (@cricketontnt) January 14, 2017
Great spell @bachaji23 !! @ThunderBBL on fire #BBL06
— Pat Cummins (@patcummins30) January 14, 2017
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@ThunderBBL Did that really happen? I'm in awe. #ThunderNation
— Michael Shillito (@tealfooty) January 14, 2017
Fawad Ahmed fires in front of test selector Mark Waugh. I wonder what his report will be back to the Chairman of Selectors.
— Rodney Hogg (@RMHogg) January 14, 2017
Just what Australia needs ahead of India – Steve O'Keefe & @bachaji23 both getting plenty of wickets. Great for selectors to have options!!
— Neroli Meadows (@Neroli_Meadows) January 14, 2017
Disappointing loss tonight @SixersBBL need a lot more composure and leadership in the batting order! Especially from the skipper @Mozzie21
— Shaun Rowlands (@RollyShaun) January 14, 2017
In the second match of the day, Melbourne Stars registered a comfortable 7-wicket victory over Perth Scorchers to move to the top of the table.
Chasing 135, Rob Quiney gave the Stars a good start before his opening partner Luke Wright was dismissed by Jhye Richardson when the score was 31. 25 runs later, Quiney departed too after scoring 35 but Kevin Pietersen (44) and Marcus Stoinis (40) helped the Melbourne-based outfit to chase down the total with utmost ease.
Earlier, Scorchers skipper Michael Klinger’s decision to bat first after winning the toss was proved wrong straightaway as the Stars pacer rocked their top order to leave them reeling at 13 for 4 in the 4 over. Andrew Tye (42), Ashton Agar (29*) and Tim Bresnan (20*) then added valuable runs towards the end to help their team post a decent total.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the match:
BREAKING: @KP24 helps win #BBL06 match with 44*.
His scores so far in tournament:
15, 60, 73, 32, 44*
He remains available for England.— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 14, 2017
Watching @MitchJohnson398 roar in & bounce @KP24 at 145kph. Fast & nasty, just like '13/14.
Great theatre. #BBL06 @btsportcricket @btsport— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 14, 2017
Top of the table!!!!! Great game boys….let's keep it coming!!! @StarsBBL @BBL #MelbourneStars #BBL06 💚🏏💚🏏💚
— Jodi Vuleta 💉💉💉💉 (@Jezodi) January 14, 2017
Not a great night out for our WA teams @PerthWildcats and @ScorchersBBL… Oh well, we will bounce back! 💪🏼😄 #RedArmy #MADETOUGH @tweetperth pic.twitter.com/prfBDUhHpy
— Emma Payne (@emmainperth_) January 14, 2017
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