Henry Thornton Gives Wales Strikers Victory Over the Stars
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.