Henry Thornton led Wales Strikers to victory over the Stars, in addition to jumping to fourth on the points table. With an easy 23-run win over Melbourne Stars at the Adelaide Oval.
The KFC BBL Final as Darkhorse :-
Adelaide Strikers emerge as KFC BBL Final Darkhorses. Posting 5-155, the Strikers secured their third consecutive win. When their attack under Henry Thornton (4-26) limited the Stars to 8-132 on Saturday.
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Just a late attack from Hilton Cartwright (49) prevented a fine loss for the Stars. Who got off to a flight before being strangled in the middle overs.
Glenn Maxwell (16) quickly signaled his determination, with Matt Short hitting a six off the first ball.
The Stars captain should have done reverse sweeping on his bike later in the over when Fawad Ahmed grabbed a regulation catch at backward point.
The Strikers Relieved :-
However the damage was not very heavy and the strikers were relieved when Maxwell’s cameo culminated through a 147kph thunderbolt from Thornton, leading to a 4-16 fall.
Fawad Ahmed redeemed himself when he was faced in the powerplay and operated Marcus Stoinis (1) at first slip to take Short a lead.
Thornton picked up his second scalp when Harry Nielsen caught a one-handed diving catch to dismiss Beau Webster (8) and released the Melbourne Stars for 4-37, leaving just behind Cartwright and Joe Burns (25). Too much land left to be.
Hilton Cartwright thumped Fawad for 24 in the 17th over – which included three sixes – giving his team an opportunity to smell something.
The Short to Hilton Cartwright :-
But the power-hitting counterattack came too late and the Stars’ slim hopes came to an end when Hilton Cartwright was caught in the deep by Short off a resultant Thornton delivery.
Earlier, Jonathan Wells hit a career-best 73 to move to second place behind Ben McDermott on the match’s run-scoring leaderboard.
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Short scored a quick 33 at the summit, but the home team’s batsmen were largely ruled by the home team’s batsmen before Wales left late.
Wells built their awe at the fourth-wicket stand of 61 with Jake Weatherald scoring 40 of the Strikers’ 50 runs in the final five overs to take the momentum back from the Stars.
