Sixers vs Thunder, Challenger at Sydney, BBL, Jan 24 2025 - Match Result

Yeahhh, comes out the roar as McAndrew pumps it over the bowler! Everyone in the Thunder dugout go up too, in unison. It'll be Thunder vs Hurricanes in the final!. Slot ball around off, driven with a full follow-through, and the batters pump fists and gladiator their way towards each other

Top edges a cut, cover runs back... but can't make it. What's more, the ball plugs and allows two. Was a hard-length ball outside off

Length ball angles down leg, past the attempted leg glance

Wide and it's slapped over extra. Crowd cheer. It's off a length and goes off the bottom-quarter of the bat. But it's over the fielder's head and wide of him too. Just a formality to the finish now

Similar length, line's a touch wide but this bounces extra and goes away. Beats the pull

Pulled behind square, big gap there. It's over boys, says Ponting on air. Touch back of length, at the stumps, McAndrew crouched a bit but went through with the pull. Got it into the ground and the outfield was quick

Slot ball and that's deposited over deep square leg! Billings made a bit of room and was followed on the pad by a full ball. He had a free swing across the line to send it 91 metres far

Lifts the straight drive to a fullish ball, not off the middle but well past the infield. Moises runs back from mid-off, slides his knees and gets square-on while pulling the ball back in. Parries it up to his left. Lots of replays on but it looks fair. Yep, just three given

Another run-out chance missed by Silk. He's at midwicket this time, picks up the ball on the bounce turns to the left and underarms it with power. Billings was sliding his bat back but would've been short. Was a length ball outside off, clothed pull went into the ground, to the fielder's left

Another one off the edge! Kerr points his index finger at the batter while looking away. Garton never makes eye contact and walks. Crowd pops back into life. Was a slot ball on leg stump, Garton cleared his front leg and tried to slog it over midwicket. Got it off the bottom edge

Down leg, the batter slides further to get in line. Pulls it through backward square leg

Quick single to catching cover. Driven hard, not middled. So, it didn't go at pace but still shouldn't have been a run. Was a full ball on off stump

Quick single to the left of extra cover. Was a fullish ball on fourth that was driven

130ks but it's too fast. A bit of seam in to find the inside edge on the cover drive, off stump dinked. Fullish ball landed around fourth stump. Green's feet planted where they were and the bat went from above head to above shoulder. Tried to power it, that just made it hit the stumps harder. Green gone before the Surge

Flat-bats it despite there not being much room. Not middled but gets it straight of mid-off

Dabs it to the leg side for a quick single

Pitched up outside off, chips a drive over the bowler

Billings is alert on Chohan being a touch slow on releasing the ball and burgles two. Chohan took a couple of steps before throwing it flat at the keeper's, which took too much time. Was a length ball just outside off that was guided with an open-faced punch

Charges again, this time he cuts a length ball to deep point

Green forces it over extra, not a full-fledged pop from the crowd but there's a buzz. Was a length ball angling away, batter charged and launched the drive on the up