2015–16 Sydney Thunder season

Sydney Thunder
2015–16 season
Coach Paddy Upton
Captain(s) Michael Hussey
Home ground Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney
BBL 4th
BBL Finals Winners
Leading Run Scorer Usman Khawaja (345)
Leading Wicket Taker Andre Russell (16)
Highest home attendance 21,500 vs Strikers
(28 December 2015)
Lowest home attendance 18,287 vs Sixers
(17 December 2015)
Average home attendance 19,333

Ladder

Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
Adelaide Strikers 8 7 1 0 14 +0.544 Teams qualified for the semi-finals
Melbourne Stars (R) 8 5 3 0 10 +0.366
Perth Scorchers 8 5 3 0 10 +0.181
Sydney Thunder (W) 8 4 4 0 8 +0.375
Melbourne Renegades 8 3 5 0 6 -0.041 Teams eliminated after regular season
Brisbane Heat 8 3 5 0 6 -0.204
Hobart Hurricanes 8 3 5 0 6 -0.955
Sydney Sixers 8 2 6 0 4 -0.330

Point table on ESPN CricInfo

Ladder progress

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GroundHAHAAHHA
Result W W W L L L L W
Position 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 3


Ground: A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win

Regular season

17 December
19:40 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Sydney Thunder
4/158 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Sixers
122 (19.5 overs)
Michael Hussey 80* (59)
Trent Lawford 1/12 (2 overs)
Michael Lumb 34 (27)
Andre Russell 3/13 (4 overs)
Sydney Thunder won by 36 runs
Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 18,287[1]
Umpires: Geoff Joshua and Paul Wilson
Player of the match: Michael Hussey (Thunder)
  • Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
20 December
19:25 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sydney Thunder
6/178 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Stars (H)
5/177 (20 overs)
Usman Khawaja 109* (70)
Glenn Maxwell 2/28 (4 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 76 (42)
Andre Russell 2/28 (4 overs)
Sydney Thunder won by 1 run
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance: 18,809[2]
Umpires: Shawn Craig and Paul Wilson
Player of the match: Usman Khawaja (Thunder)
  • Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
28 December
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
Adelaide Strikers
9/117 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Thunder (H)
3/121 (16.3 overs)
Brad Hodge 34 (33)
Clint McKay 2/18 (3 overs)
Jacques Kallis 49* (48)
Ben Laughlin 2/22 (2.3 overs)
Sydney Thunder won by 7 wickets
Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 21,500[3]
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Greg Davidson
Player of the match: Andre Russell (Thunder)
  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The crowd of 21,500 is the highest attendance for a cricket match at Spotless Stadium and the second highest attendance for any sport at the stadium.
  • Billy Stanlake (Strikers) made his T20 debut.
1 January
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Hobart Hurricanes
6/163 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Thunder
9/152 (20 overs)
George Bailey 56* (29)
Clint McKay 4/28 (3 overs)
Michael Hussey 71 (51)
Shaun Tait 3/16 (4 overs)
Hobart Hurricanes won by 11 runs
Blundstone Arena
Attendance: 17,151[4]
Umpires: Phillip Gillespie and Geoff Joshua
Player of the match: Shaun Tait (Hurricanes)
  • Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
  • The crowd of 17,151 is the highest crowd at Blundstone Arena for a cricket match and the second highest crowd for any sport at the stadium.[4]
3 January
18:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sydney Thunder
5/186 (20 overs)
v
Brisbane Heat (H)
4/189 (19.3 overs)
Michael Hussey 56 (43)
Samuel Badree 1/26 (4 overs)
Chris Lynn 75 (32)
Andre Russell 2/28 (4 overs)
Brisbane Heat won by 6 wickets
The Gabba
Attendance: 27,507[5]
Umpires: Simon Fry and Michael Graham-Smith
Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Heat)
  • Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
7 January
19:40 (D/N)
Scorecard
Perth Scorchers
5/175 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Thunder (H)
9/145 (20 overs)
Cam Bancroft 72 (53)
Andre Russell 2/31 (4 overs)
Andre Russell 42 (20)
Andrew Tye 3/22 (4 overs)
Perth Scorchers won by 30 runs
Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 18,942[6]
Umpires: Greg Davidson and Paul Wilson
Player of the match: Cam Bancroft (Scorchers)
  • Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
11 January
19:40 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Sydney Thunder
5/173 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Renegades
5/176 (19.2 overs)
Usman Khawaja 62 (42)
Dwayne Bravo 2/26 (4 overs)
Cameron White 61 (46)
Andre Russell 2/42 (4 overs)
Melbourne Renegades won by 5 wickets
Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 18,602[7]
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Shawn Craig
Player of the match: Cameron White (Renegades)
  • Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.

Knockout phase

Semifinals Final
      
1 Adelaide Strikers (H) 7/159 (20 ov)
4 Sydney Thunder 2/160 (17.4 ov)
2 Melbourne Stars (H) 9/176 (20 ov)
4 Sydney Thunder 7/181 (19.3 ov)
3 Perth Scorchers 7/139 (20 ov)
2 Melbourne Stars (H) 3/140 (18.1 ov)


Semi Finals

The top four teams from the group stage qualified for the semi finals.

21 January
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Adelaide Strikers
7/159 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Thunder
2/160 (17.4 overs)
Alex Ross 47 (38)
Clint McKay 3/44 (4 overs)
Usman Khawaja 104* (59)
Ben Laughlin 1//21 (3 overs)
Sydney Thunder won by 8 wickets
Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 48,699[8]
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Simon Fry
Player of the match: Usman Khawaja (Thunder)
  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

Final
24 January
19:20 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Melbourne Stars
9/176 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Thunder
7/181 (19.3 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 74 (39)
Shane Watson 2/17 (3 overs)
Usman Khawaja 70 (40)
Marcus Stoinis 3/30 (4 overs)
Sydney Thunder won by 3 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance: 47,672[9]
Umpires: Simon Fry and Sam Nogajski
Player of the match: Usman Khawaja (Thunder)
  • Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.

2015/16 squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Name Nat Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Michael Hussey Australia 27 May 1975 Left-handed Right arm medium Captain
Usman Khawaja Australia 18 December 1986 Left-handed Right arm medium
Aiden Blizzard Australia 27 June 1984 Left-handed Left arm medium
Kurtis Patterson Australia 5 April 1993 Left-handed Right arm off spin
Ben Rohrer Australia 26 March 1981 Left-handed
Ahillen Beadle Australia 29 August 1986 Left-handed Left arm orthodox
Jake Doran Australia 2 December 1996 Left-handed Right arm medium
All-rounders
Jacques Kallis South Africa 16 October 1975 Right-handed Right arm fast Overseas player
Andre Russell Jamaica 29 April 1988 Right-handed Right arm fast medium Overseas player
Andrew McDonald Australia 15 June 1981 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Shane Watson Australia 17 June 1981 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Wicket-keepers
Chris Hartley Australia 24 May 1982 Left-handed —
Bowlers
Pat Cummins Australia 8 May 1993 Right-handed Right arm fast
Clint McKay Australia 22 February 1983 Right-handed Right arm fast medium
Gurinder Sandhu Australia 14 February 1993 Left-handed Right arm fast medium
Alister McDermott Australia 7 June 1991 Right-handed Right arm fast medium
Chris Green Australia 1 October 1993 Right-handed Right arm off spin
Fawad Ahmed Australia 5 February 1982 Right-handed Right arm leg spin

Home attendance

Game Opponent Attendance
2 Sydney Sixers 18,287
3 Adelaide Strikers 21,500
6 Perth Scorchers 18,942
8 Melbourne Renegades 18,602
Total Attendance 77,331
Average Attendance 19,333

References

  1. ↑ #SydneySmash breaks ratings record cricket.com.au. Retrieved on 18 Dec, 2015
  2. ↑ Early rain didn't shy away the 18,809 Stars fans twitter.com/StarsBBL. Retrieved 20 Dec, 2015
  3. ↑ IT'S A SELL OUT AT SPOTLESS STADIUM! 21,500 people are in & the full house sign has gone up. #ThunderNation Foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 28 Dec, 2015
  4. 1 2 WOW!!! The BIGGEST EVER crowd for a cricket match @BlundstoneArena twitter.com/HurricanesBBL. Retrieved on 1 January 2016
  5. ↑ Another great crowd of 27,507 in the house to watch a grandstand finish. 39 needed from 22 balls. #TurnUpTheHeat #BBL05 twitter.com/HeatBBL. Retrieved on 3 Jan, 2016
  6. ↑ Final Crowd Figure for tonight's game v @ScorchersBBL is 18, 942. Thankyou #ThunderNation for showing your support again #BBL05 twitter.com/ThunderBBL. Retrieved on 8 Jan, 2016
  7. ↑ Official attendance for tonight's game is 18, 602, thank you again for your support #ThunderNation #BBL05 twitter.com/ThunderBBL. Retrieved 11 Jan, 2015
  8. ↑ Not going all our way on the field at the moment, but another incredible turnout from the #strikeforce! twitter.com/StrikersBBL. Retrieved on 21 January 2016
  9. ↑ 47,672 in the house for the #BBLFinal, 47,000 of them wanting to see #TeamGreen win! Thunder need 25 from 18 balls... twitter.com/StarsBBL. Retrieved on 25 January 2016

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