The cricket world has been left misplaced for phrases after the Sydney Thunder had been bowled out for 15 within the worst T20 rating ever witnessed within the sport.
The Adelaide Strikers obliterated the house crew on the Sydney Showgrounds on Friday evening, the place it received as ugly because it will get.
NCA NewsWire’s Matt Cleary summed it up: “It was U/10s stuff. It was unbelievable”.
Having been bowled out within the area of 35 balls, there was a wicket walling each 3.5 deliveries.
Henry Thornton took 5/3 off 17 balls. Wes Agar took 4/2 off 12 balls. Matthew Short took 1/5 and a catch of the summer season.
Thunder’s prime rating was from No. 10 batter Brendan Doggett whose runs got here from a fortunate French reduce.
Rashid Khan didn’t bowl. Peter Siddle didn’t bowl.
There had been 5 geese. Wicket-keeper Henry Nielsen took 5 catches.
Farcical.
The cricket world has been left at a loss making an attempt to clarify it.
“It’s an absolute shambles here at the Showground,” Brett Lee mentioned on Fox League.
“I haven’t seen a performance like that – it’s appalling for the Sydney Thunder.
“15, really? I’m speechless. They haven’t even warmed up.
“I’ve never seen anything like it.”
Aussie nice Brad Haddin was left in disbelief.
“That was just unbelievable,” he mentioned.
“To be bowled out for 15 in 35 balls is just embarrassing.”
Some had been even harsher of their assessments.
veteran sports activities commentator Stephen Quartermain mentioned he was watching an U10s aspect.
Sport commentator Bernie Coen additionally wrote on Twitter: ‘I’m gobsmacked. Thunder gamers had been laughing whereas batting. That was bloody disgraceful and they need to be embarrassed.
“Just WOEFUL.”
English celebrity Ben Stokes’ response on Twitter appeared to sum up the temper from commentators across the globe.
Poor Thunder captain Jasan Sangha was left making an attempt to clarify the capitulation after the match.
“I don’t have much to say about it, to be honest,” he mentioned.
“It’s not like we went out to be crazy. Nine of 11 batsmen out caught behind … we nicked off too many times.
“I don’t want to dive into it. But end of the day it’s just not good enough for a professional team to be bowled out for that many runs.
“I don’t know. It wasn’t like guys were out there trying to throw their wicket away.”
They didn’t must – Thornton and firm had been bowling hand grenades.
“We’re just a bunch of good blokes doing our best,” Thornton mentioned.
“It was a bit surreal in the huddles. No-one could believe it was going on.”
The first wicket fell on the third ball of the innings when Matthew Gilkes recorded his second duck in two video games when he reduce Short uppishly to level the place Alex Hose took a high-quality diving catch.
Then the carnage started.
Jason Sangha got here in and Thornton had two for none when the captain edged to Nielsen. Strikers captain Peter Siddle introduced in two slips.
Short took a one-handed blinder at first slip to dismiss Riley Roussow.
Dangerman Alex Hales was quickly gone, edging Wes Agar. It was such {that a} Daniel Sams’ single was Bronx cheered by the small dwelling crowd.
When Agar bowled Sams and Thornton had Ross the Thunder had misplaced 5 wickets for 9 runs within the first 17 balls.
Thornton received Hales caught behind the Thunder had been 6/9 off 19 balls.
Chris Green defended Thornton’s subsequent ball, and the house crowd roared approval. Then they did it once more. And once more.
The lowest BBL rating was the Melbourne Renegades’ 57 in 2015. Thornton delivered the one maiden of the event.
When Ollie Davies tucked a single by way of gully, the group roared like he’d hit a six.
Then Green was gone, off Agar, caught behind.
They had been 7 for 10. Then 8 for 10.
When Thornton removed Ollie Davies, out slashing, Thunder had been 9/14.
Out got here Fazalhaq Farooqi. And again he went. His crew all out for 15.
At the midway mark it had appeared good for the house aspect after the Strikers, confronted by a high-quality bowling efficiency by Sydney Thunder, amassed 9/139. Nobody might have predicted what got here subsequent.
— with NCA NewsWire
