BBL 2020 Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes Highlights: Adelaide Strikers is set to play the 5th league match against Hobart Hurricanes. Adelaide Strikers play their maiden league match of the BBL 2020 and seeks to kick start with the victory.
Match: Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes
Venue: Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Toss Details: Adelaide Strikers won the toss and opt to bowl
Playing XI
Adelaide Strikers
Philip Salt, Jake Weatherald, Matt Renshaw, Harry Nielsen(w), Jonathan Wells, Ryan Gibson, Rashid Khan, Daniel Worrall, Peter Siddle(c), Wes Agar, Danny Briggs.
Hobart Hurricanes
Will Jacks, D Arcy Short, Colin Ingram, Peter Handscomb(w/c), Macalister Wright, Tim David, James Faulkner, Nathan Ellis, Johan Botha, Scott Boland, Riley Meredith.
BBL 2020 Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes Highlights
Hobart Hurricanes Batting
D Arcy Short and Will Jacks get into the strike to lead Hobart Hurricanes. Worrall opens the attack on behalf of Adelaide Strikers. Hobart Hurricanes make a steady start where they scored only one run off the first over. With an average of 7 runs per over Hobart Hurricanes scored 36 runs for no wicket loss at the end of the fifth over.
Adelaide Strikers is in need of picking wickets which could restrict the run flow. As expected by Adelaide Strikers Wes Agar makes the first breakthrough by dismissing Will Jacks for 34 runs.
Colin Ingram then join hands with D Arcy Short and lead Hobart Hurricanes to score 69 runs for 1 wicket loss at the end of the 10th over.
Adelaide Strikers struggles to dismiss D Arcy Short who reached his half-century in 42 deliveries. In the first over of the Power Surge, Wes Agar dismissed D Arcy Short for 72 runs. Where Hobart Hurricanes scored 133 runs for 2 wickets loss at the end of the 15th over.
While losing constant wickets in each over Hobart Hurricanes managed to score 174 runs for 5 wickets loss at the end of the 20 overs.
Adelaide Strikers Batting
Philip Salt and Weatherald get in the crease to lead Adelaide Strikers. Faulkner opens the attack on behalf of Hobart Hurricanes. Adelaide Strikers is in need to make a massive opening partnership in order to chase the target of 174.
But Johan Botha scatters the dream of making an opening partnership by dismissing Weatherald for 1 run. In the following over Faulkner dismissed Philip Salt for 8 runs. The back to back wickets makes Adelaide Strikers to score only 23 runs for 2 wicket loss at the end of the 5th over.
Botha, in the followed over dismissed Harry Nielsen for 8 runs and makes a massive blow for Adelaide Strikers.
Riley Meredith in the 9th over took back to back wickets by dismissing Renshaw(7) and Rashid Khan(0). At the end of the 10th over Adelaide Strikers scored 68 runs for 6 wicket loss.
The long struggle of Renshaw comes to end as Faulkner dismissed him for 33 runs. Worrall brings up his half-century in just 28 deliveries while Adelaide Strikers scored 118 runs for 9 wicket loss.
Danny Briggs and Daniel Worrall struggle to reach the target but failed by scoring 163 runs. At the end of the 20 over Adelaide Strikers scored 163 runs for 9 wickets loss. Finally, the Hobart Hurricanes won by 11 runs.
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Man of the Match
D ‘Arcy Short(72 runs off 48 deliveries)