Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers Full Commentary, 1st Match, 19 December, 2017
COMPLETED / 1st Match / Sydney Showground Stadium

150/5 (20 ov)

149/9 (20 ov)
Syd Thunder won by 5 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)

Player of the match
Shane Watson,
Sydney Thunder
Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Daniel Sams to Jos Buttler, no run,
Daniel Sams to Jos Buttler, no run,
Jos Buttler c & b DR Sams 0 (3) Daniel Sams to Jos Buttler, no run, c & b DR Sams,
End of over 1 (1 runs)
Steve O'Keefe to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Shane Watson, no run,
Steve O'Keefe to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Steve O'Keefe to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Shane Watson, 1 no ball,
Steve O'Keefe to Shane Watson, Four,
End of over 2 (8 runs)
Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, 1 wide,
Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, Four,
Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, Four,
End of over 3 (9 runs)
Doug Bollinger to Shane Watson, no run,
Doug Bollinger to Shane Watson, Six,
Doug Bollinger to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Doug Bollinger to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Doug Bollinger to Kurtis Patterson, 2 runs,
Doug Bollinger to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
End of over 4 (10 runs)
Sean Abbott to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Sean Abbott to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Sean Abbott to Shane Watson, no run,
Sean Abbott to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Sean Abbott to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Sean Abbott to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
End of over 5 (3 runs)
Doug Bollinger to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Doug Bollinger to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Doug Bollinger to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Doug Bollinger to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Doug Bollinger to Shane Watson, 1 wide,
Doug Bollinger to Shane Watson, no run,
Doug Bollinger to Shane Watson, Four,
End of over 6 (6 runs)
Steve O'Keefe to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Steve O'Keefe to Kurtis Patterson, 2 runs,
End of over 7 (6 runs)
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, no run,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, no run,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, Six,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, no run,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Johan Botha to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
End of over 8 (8 runs)
Steve O'Keefe to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Steve O'Keefe to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Shane Watson, Four,
Steve O'Keefe to Shane Watson, Six,
End of over 9 (13 runs)
Johan Botha to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, Four,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, no run,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, no run,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Johan Botha to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
End of over 10 (7 runs)
Sean Abbott to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Sean Abbott to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Sean Abbott to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Sean Abbott to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Sean Abbott to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Sean Abbott to Shane Watson, no run,
End of over 11 (5 runs)
Kurtis Patterson b DR Sams 29 (37) Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, no run, b DR Sams,
Daniel Sams to Ben Rohrer, no run,
Daniel Sams to Ben Rohrer, 1 run,
Daniel Sams to Shane Watson, no run,
Daniel Sams to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Daniel Sams to Ben Rohrer, no run,
End of over 12 (2 runs)
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Johan Botha to Ben Rohrer, 2 runs,
Johan Botha to Ben Rohrer, Four,
Ben Rohrer c M Henriques b J Botha 7 (6) Johan Botha to Ben Rohrer, no run, c M Henriques b J Botha,
Johan Botha to Ryan Gibson, 1 run,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, no run,
End of over 13 (8 runs)
Steve O'Keefe to Ryan Gibson, no run,
Steve O'Keefe to Ryan Gibson, no run,
Steve O'Keefe to Ryan Gibson, no run,
Steve O'Keefe to Ryan Gibson, no run,
Steve O'Keefe to Ryan Gibson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Shane Watson, 1 run,
End of over 14 (2 runs)
Doug Bollinger to Shane Watson, Six,
Doug Bollinger to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Doug Bollinger to Ryan Gibson, 1 run,
Doug Bollinger to Shane Watson, 2 no ball,
Doug Bollinger to Ryan Gibson, no run,
Doug Bollinger to Ryan Gibson, 1 run,
Doug Bollinger to Shane Watson, no run,
End of over 15 (11 runs)
Johan Botha to Ryan Gibson, no run,
Johan Botha to Ryan Gibson, no run,
Johan Botha to Ryan Gibson, 1 run,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, Six,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Johan Botha to Ryan Gibson, 1 run,
End of over 16 (9 runs)
Sean Abbott to Ryan Gibson, no run,
Sean Abbott to Ryan Gibson, 1 run,
Sean Abbott to Shane Watson, Six,
Sean Abbott to Shane Watson, Four,
Sean Abbott to Shane Watson, 1 wide,
Sean Abbott to Shane Watson, Four,
Sean Abbott to Shane Watson, no run,
End of over 17 (16 runs)
Daniel Sams to Ryan Gibson, 1 run,
Daniel Sams to Shane Watson, no run,
Daniel Sams to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Ryan Gibson c SNJ O'Keefe b DR Sams 8 (17) Daniel Sams to Ryan Gibson, no run, c SNJ O'Keefe b DR Sams,
Shane Watson c M Henriques b DR Sams 77 (46) Daniel Sams to Shane Watson, no run, c M Henriques b DR Sams,
Daniel Sams to Aiden Blizzard, 1 leg bye,
End of over 18 (3 runs)
Doug Bollinger to Aiden Blizzard, Four,
Doug Bollinger to Aiden Blizzard, 1 run,
Doug Bollinger to Arjun Nair, 1 run,
Doug Bollinger to Aiden Blizzard, no run,
Doug Bollinger to Aiden Blizzard, 1 run,
Doug Bollinger to Arjun Nair, 1 run,
End of over 19 (8 runs)
Sean Abbott to Arjun Nair, Four,
Sean Abbott to Arjun Nair, Four,
Sean Abbott to Arjun Nair, 1 run,
Sean Abbott to Aiden Blizzard, Four,
Sean Abbott to Aiden Blizzard, 1 run,
Sean Abbott to Arjun Nair, 1 run,
End of over 20 (15 runs)
Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Daniel Sams to Jos Buttler, no run,
Daniel Sams to Jos Buttler, no run,
Jos Buttler c & b DR Sams 0 (3) Daniel Sams to Jos Buttler, no run, c & b DR Sams,
End of over 1 (1 runs)
Steve O'Keefe to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Shane Watson, no run,
Steve O'Keefe to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Steve O'Keefe to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Shane Watson, 1 no ball,
Steve O'Keefe to Shane Watson, Four,
End of over 2 (8 runs)
Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, 1 wide,
Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, Four,
Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, Four,
End of over 3 (9 runs)
Doug Bollinger to Shane Watson, no run,
Doug Bollinger to Shane Watson, Six,
Doug Bollinger to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Doug Bollinger to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Doug Bollinger to Kurtis Patterson, 2 runs,
Doug Bollinger to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
End of over 4 (10 runs)
Sean Abbott to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Sean Abbott to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Sean Abbott to Shane Watson, no run,
Sean Abbott to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Sean Abbott to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Sean Abbott to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
End of over 5 (3 runs)
Doug Bollinger to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Doug Bollinger to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Doug Bollinger to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Doug Bollinger to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Doug Bollinger to Shane Watson, 1 wide,
Doug Bollinger to Shane Watson, no run,
Doug Bollinger to Shane Watson, Four,
End of over 6 (6 runs)
Steve O'Keefe to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Steve O'Keefe to Kurtis Patterson, 2 runs,
End of over 7 (6 runs)
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, no run,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, no run,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, Six,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, no run,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Johan Botha to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
End of over 8 (8 runs)
Steve O'Keefe to Kurtis Patterson, no run,
Steve O'Keefe to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Shane Watson, Four,
Steve O'Keefe to Shane Watson, Six,
End of over 9 (13 runs)
Johan Botha to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, Four,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, no run,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, no run,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Johan Botha to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
End of over 10 (7 runs)
Sean Abbott to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Sean Abbott to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Sean Abbott to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Sean Abbott to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Sean Abbott to Kurtis Patterson, 1 run,
Sean Abbott to Shane Watson, no run,
End of over 11 (5 runs)
Kurtis Patterson b DR Sams 29 (37) Daniel Sams to Kurtis Patterson, no run, b DR Sams,
Daniel Sams to Ben Rohrer, no run,
Daniel Sams to Ben Rohrer, 1 run,
Daniel Sams to Shane Watson, no run,
Daniel Sams to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Daniel Sams to Ben Rohrer, no run,
End of over 12 (2 runs)
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Johan Botha to Ben Rohrer, 2 runs,
Johan Botha to Ben Rohrer, Four,
Ben Rohrer c M Henriques b J Botha 7 (6) Johan Botha to Ben Rohrer, no run, c M Henriques b J Botha,
Johan Botha to Ryan Gibson, 1 run,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, no run,
End of over 13 (8 runs)
Steve O'Keefe to Ryan Gibson, no run,
Steve O'Keefe to Ryan Gibson, no run,
Steve O'Keefe to Ryan Gibson, no run,
Steve O'Keefe to Ryan Gibson, no run,
Steve O'Keefe to Ryan Gibson, 1 run,
Steve O'Keefe to Shane Watson, 1 run,
End of over 14 (2 runs)
Doug Bollinger to Shane Watson, Six,
Doug Bollinger to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Doug Bollinger to Ryan Gibson, 1 run,
Doug Bollinger to Shane Watson, 2 no ball,
Doug Bollinger to Ryan Gibson, no run,
Doug Bollinger to Ryan Gibson, 1 run,
Doug Bollinger to Shane Watson, no run,
End of over 15 (11 runs)
Johan Botha to Ryan Gibson, no run,
Johan Botha to Ryan Gibson, no run,
Johan Botha to Ryan Gibson, 1 run,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, Six,
Johan Botha to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Johan Botha to Ryan Gibson, 1 run,
End of over 16 (9 runs)
Sean Abbott to Ryan Gibson, no run,
Sean Abbott to Ryan Gibson, 1 run,
Sean Abbott to Shane Watson, Six,
Sean Abbott to Shane Watson, Four,
Sean Abbott to Shane Watson, 1 wide,
Sean Abbott to Shane Watson, Four,
Sean Abbott to Shane Watson, no run,
End of over 17 (16 runs)
Daniel Sams to Ryan Gibson, 1 run,
Daniel Sams to Shane Watson, no run,
Daniel Sams to Shane Watson, 1 run,
Ryan Gibson c SNJ O'Keefe b DR Sams 8 (17) Daniel Sams to Ryan Gibson, no run, c SNJ O'Keefe b DR Sams,
Shane Watson c M Henriques b DR Sams 77 (46) Daniel Sams to Shane Watson, no run, c M Henriques b DR Sams,
Daniel Sams to Aiden Blizzard, 1 leg bye,
End of over 18 (3 runs)
Doug Bollinger to Aiden Blizzard, Four,
Doug Bollinger to Aiden Blizzard, 1 run,
Doug Bollinger to Arjun Nair, 1 run,
Doug Bollinger to Aiden Blizzard, no run,
Doug Bollinger to Aiden Blizzard, 1 run,
Doug Bollinger to Arjun Nair, 1 run,
End of over 19 (8 runs)
Sean Abbott to Arjun Nair, Four,
Sean Abbott to Arjun Nair, Four,
Sean Abbott to Arjun Nair, 1 run,
Sean Abbott to Aiden Blizzard, Four,
Sean Abbott to Aiden Blizzard, 1 run,
Sean Abbott to Arjun Nair, 1 run,
End of over 20 (15 runs)