2017–18 Sydney Thunder season

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The 2017–18 Sydney Thunder season will be the 7th season in the club's history. Coached by Paddy Upton and captained by Shane Watson, the Thunder will compete in the 2017–18 Big Bash League.

Sydney Thunder
2017–18 season
CoachSouth Africa Paddy Upton
Captain(s)Australia Shane Watson
Home groundSpotless Stadium, Sydney

Ladder[]

Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Perth Scorchers 10 8 2 0 16 0.154
2 Adelaide Strikers (C) 10 7 3 0 14 0.801
3 Melbourne Renegades 10 6 4 0 12 0.297
4 Hobart Hurricanes (RU) 10 5 5 0 10 −0.291
5 Sydney Sixers 10 4 6 0 8 0.331
6 Sydney Thunder 10 4 6 0 8 −0.039
7 Brisbane Heat 10 4 6 0 8 −0.437
8 Melbourne Stars 10 2 8 0 4 −0.926
Source: [1]
  •   The top four teams qualified for the semi finals.

Squad[]

Num Name State Batting Style Bowling Style
Batsmen
6 Aiden Blizzard Australian Capital Territory Left-Handed Left-Arm Medium
TBC Callum Ferguson South Australia Right-Handed Right-Arm Medium
77 Ryan Gibson New South Wales Right-Handed Right-Arm Medium
18 Usman Khawaja Queensland Left-Handed Right-Arm Medium
17 Kurtis Patterson New South Wales Left-Handed Right-Arm Off Spin
99 Ben Rohrer New South Wales Left-Handed Right-Arm Medium
All-Rounders
7 Arjun Nair New South Wales Right-Handed Right-Arm Off Spin
33 Shane Watson (c) New South Wales Right-Hander Right-Arm Fast-Medium
Wicket Keepers
63 Jos Buttler (os) England Right-Handed Left-Arm Medium
Bowlers
52 Fawad Ahmed Victoria (Australia) Right Handed Right-Arm Leg Spin
30 Pat Cummins New South Wales Right-Handed Right-Arm Fast
11 Andrew Fekete Queensland Right-Handed Right-Arm Fast-Medium
93 Chris Green New South Wales Right-Handed Right-Arm Off Spin
44 Nathan McAndrew Australian Capital Territory Right-Handed Right-Arm Fast-Medium
81 Mitchell McClenaghan (os) New Zealand Left-Handed Left-Arm Fast-Medium
27 Clint McKay Victoria (Australia) Right-Handed Right-Arm Fast-Medium
28 Gurinder Sandhu New South Wales Left-Handed Right-Arm Fast-Medium
  • (c) = Captain
  • (os) = Overseas Player

Matches[]

Match 1[]

19 December 2017
7:45pm (D/N)
Scorecard
Sydney Sixers
9/149 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Thunder (H)
5/150 (20 overs)
Sam Billings 32 (21)
Fawad Ahmed 2/11 (4 overs)
Shane Watson 77 (46)
Daniel Sams 4/14 (4 overs)
Sydney Thunder won by 5 wickets
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 21,589
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Phillip Gillespie
Player of the match: Shane Watson (Thunder)
  • Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
  • Daniel Sams (Sixers) made his T20 debut.

Match 2[]

22 December 2017
7:10pm (D/N)
Scorecard
Adelaide Strikers (H)
6/163 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Thunder
110 (17.4 overs)
Alex Carey 44 (26)
Arjun Nair 3/36 (4 overs)
Kurtis Patterson 48 (37)
Ben Laughlin 4/26 (3.4 overs)
Adelaide Strikers won by 53 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Attendance: 36,278
Umpires: Greg Davidson and Simon Lightbody
Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Strikers)
  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 3[]

27 December 2017
6:10pm (D/N)
Scorecard
Sydney Thunder
4/149 (17 overs)
v
Brisbane Heat (H)
4/153 (16.5 overs)
Shane Watson 56 (34)
Shadab Khan 2/27 (4 overs)
Joe Burns 45* (35)
Mitchell McClenaghan 2/45 (4 overs)
Brisbane Heat won by 6 wickets (D/L)
The Gabba, Brisbane
Attendance: 34,343
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Tony Wilds
Player of the match: Alex Ross (Heat)
  • Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Both innings were reduced to 17 overs due to a rain delay, with Brisbane Heat set a target of 151 to win by the D/L method.

Match 4[]

30 December 2017
7:10pm (D/N)
Scorecard
Sydney Thunder
5/166 (20 overs)
v
Hobart Hurricanes (H)
109 (19.3 overs)
Jos Buttler 67 (41)
Clive Rose 2/20 (4 overs)
Alex Doolan 34 (32)
Fawad Ahmed 2/14 (4 overs)
Sydney Thunder won by 57 runs
University of Tasmania Stadium, Launceston
Attendance: 16,734
Umpires: Greg Davidson and Simon Fry
Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Thunder)
  • Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
  • Tom Rogers (Hurricanes) made his T20 debut.

Match 5[]

1 January 2018
6:10pm (D/N)
Scorecard
Hobart Hurricanes
3/189 (20 overs)
v
D'Arcy Short 97 (63)
Fawad Ahmed 1/27 (4 overs)
Innings Break
Spotless Stadium, Sydney
  • Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.

Match 6[]

Match 7[]

Match 8[]

Match 9[]

Match 10[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Big Bash League Table – 2017–18". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
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