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Alex Ross is the player of the match here for his brilliant innings of 61* from 46 balls.
That's the end of the match here and Thunder are off to a winning start here as they beat Heat by 7 wickets.
Alex ross played brilliant innings of 61 runs from 46 balls and was well supported by Billings as he scored 45 runs from 36 balls.
Heat started off brilliantly as they picked up 3 wickets inside the powerplay in the form of Hales, Whiteman, and Gilkes, but then Alex Ross and Sam Billings built a brilliant partnership of 109 runs and they paced their innings pretty well and took Thunder past the winning line here.
With the ball in hand, Guthrie was the pick of the bowlers as he picked up a couple of wickets and Barlett with a solitary wicket to his name, apart from them no one opened their account for the game.
While batting first, Heat put on a below-par score here as they could only manage to score 140 in their 20 overs. For the Thunder; Sandhu, Sams, and McAndrew picked up a couple of wickets and restricted Heat to a below-par score. but that was not going to be enough for the Heats as the wicket was good to bat on and Alex Ross and Sam Billings showed us that. So day to forget for the Heats here and they will surely look to bounce back in the next game.
17.2 X Bartlett to A Ross
WD It's a wrap! The final run didn't came off the bat but with a wide instead. A quicker delivery that goes over Ross's head, wide signalled from the umpire.
17.1 X Bartlett to A Ross
0 Bartlett bowls it short and Ross just flicks it off the back foot towards mid wicket, no run.
OVER 17
Sydney Thunder
140/3
Sam Billings
45(36)
Alex Ross
61(45)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
0-25(4.0)
16.6 Rahman to S Billings
4 A reverse sweep and a boundary to end the over. Billings was in a search for a boundary and he delivers this one towards point region. FOUR runs! Scores are level.
16.5 Rahman to S Billings
0 Tossed up and Billings dances down the crease but gets hit on his pads, 4 dots in a row.
16.4 Rahman to S Billings
0 Pitching on off stump and Billings pushes it to the cover fielder, another dot.