Adelaide Strikers 230 for 3 (McDermott 57, Jewell 54) beat Hobart Hurricanes 229 for 4 (Short 100*, Lynn 64, Dooley 2-25) by seven wickets
The duo added 124 to top the Hurricanes’ highest T20 total
Matthew Short debuted as captain with his T20 tons of heroic virgins to help Adelaide his Strikers pull off the biggest chase in his BBL history.
After the Hurricanes scored an impressive 229 for four, Short beat Pakistani all-rounder Fahim Ashraf in consecutive limits in his 20 overs to extend a century and three balls put him seven wickets behind. and won.
Short celebrated his temporary promotion to captain by crunching 59 to 100 unsuccessful balls while regular skipper Peter Siddle was absent.
A vulnerable short early on, Riley lost two lives to Meredith’s bowling. On the 22nd Mitchell he was dropped by Owen’s first ball and Nathan his Ellis sitter.
On the second wicket he added 58 to 124 balls to fulfill the Strikers’ dream after Ryan Gibson, Short and Chris Lynn were eliminated early by his 64. Lynn smashed four sixes with a whirlwind 29-ball knock before being taken down by impressive spinner Patrick Dooley during a power surge.
On the 20th, England’s Adam Horse punched a hole in the middle against Tim David but was allowed again when third referee Eloise Sheridan discovered Faheem’s full throw was above waist level. It was
Hawes took a free-kick and he scored six. This was one of his three hits that Faheems scored in his overs, scoring 22 points. Horse finally allowed short to hit after he fell for 38 before an even higher full toss from struggling Faheem conceded another free-kick in 20 overs.
Dooley suffered a bad injury to his left shoulder while diving to save the boundary in the 19th over, adding to the pain of the Hurricanes that seemed to be in an impregnable position en route. Half a century ahead of Ben McDermott (57), Caleb Jewell (54) and Zach Crowley (54*) underpinned the Hurricane’s record results.
They sucked his 6 of his 14 innings and got on track to record his two wins over the Strikers in five days while pushing the home team to his fourth straight loss before Short stole the show.