Humiliation for Alex Hales and the Sydney Thunder after the Big Bash League side score the lowest total EVER in T20 history with pathetic 15 runs from just 35 balls against Adelaide Strikers… and even Ben Stokes can’t believe it!
- Sydney Thunder scored the lowest score in T20 history against Adelaide
- The Thunder were tasked with chasing a score of 140 from the Strikers
- However, they scored just 15 runs from 35 balls in a humiliating performance
Sydney Thunder entered the history books for all the wrong reasons on Friday after registering the lowest total in Twenty20 history against Adelaide.
Chasing a total of 140 set by the Strikers at the Sydney Showground Stadium, Alex Hales’ side were destroyed in just 35 balls, with Henry Thornton taking five wickets for just three balls on his 26th birthday.
Strikers and Afghanistan superstar Rashid Khan didn’t even get the chance to bowl.
Sydney Thunder were absolutely humiliated as they were bowled out for 15 runs on Friday
Strikers bowler Wes Agar (above) and Henry Thornton skittled through their rivals in Sydney
Alex Hales’ side failed to chase down a total of 140, setting the lowest total in T20 history
England captain Ben Stokes couldn’t believe what he was watching from Pakistan
THUNDER’S PATHETIC SCORECARD
Hales 0
Gilkes 0
Rossouw 3
Sangha 0
Ross 2
Sams 1
Davies 1
Green 0
Sandhu 0
Doggett 4
Farooqi 1*
The Thunder’s pathetic total is the lowest ever scored in the shorter format, beating Turkey’s 21 all out against the Czech Republic back in 2019, and will leave Trevor Bayliss with plenty of soul-searching to do.
Former Sydney Sixers star Brett Lee said on Fox Sports: ‘I’m speechless, I really am. It’s appalling for the Sydney Thunder. It’s great bowling, but really?’
While on commentary, Lee also said: ‘I’ve never seen a game of cricket like this ever.
‘Daffy Duck’s going to get a cramp here! He’s been working hard all night – another duck.’
Commentator Dan Ginnane likened Sydney’s abysmal showing to that of ‘an under 10s side’.
England captain Ben Stokes, watching from Pakistan, took to Twitter to share his disbelief at Sydney’s capitulation.
‘8-10 off 5’ he posted alongside a series of mindblown emojis.
Man of the Match, Henry Thornton said: ‘Even in the backyard, they are my best figures! I don’t think we can believe it.
‘They nicked everything and we caught everything. It was amazing. It was a great all-round performance and it’s a great feeling.
‘They have got some really good players, so for us to do that is incredible. We were running around like, ‘what is going on!?”
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