2015–16 Sydney Thunder season
2015–16 season | |
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Coach | Paddy Upton |
Captain(s) | Michael Hussey |
Home ground | Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney |
BBL | 4th |
BBL Finals | Winners |
Leading Run Scorer | Usman Khawaja (345) |
Leading Wicket Taker | Andre Russell (16) |
Highest home attendance | 21,500 vs Strikers (28 December 2015) |
Lowest home attendance | 18,287 vs Sixers (17 December 2015) |
Average home attendance | 19,333 |
Ladder
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Adelaide Strikers | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0.544 | Advance to play-off phase |
2 | Melbourne Stars | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.366 | |
3 | Perth Scorchers | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.181 | |
4 | Sydney Thunder (C) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0.375 | |
5 | Melbourne Renegades | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.041 | |
6 | Brisbane Heat | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.204 | |
7 | Hobart Hurricanes | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.955 | |
8 | Sydney Sixers | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | −0.330 |
Ladder progress
Regular season
(H) Sydney Thunder 4/158 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Sixers 122 (19.5 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Sydney Thunder 6/178 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars (H) 5/177 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Adelaide Strikers 9/117 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Thunder (H) 3/121 (16.3 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
- The crowd of 21,500 is the highest attendance for a cricket match at Spotless Stadium and the second highest attendance for any sport at the stadium.
- Billy Stanlake (Strikers) made his T20 debut.
(H) Hobart Hurricanes 6/163 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Thunder 9/152 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
- The crowd of 17,151 is the highest crowd at Blundstone Arena for a cricket match and the second highest crowd for any sport at the stadium.[5]
Sydney Thunder 5/186 (20 overs) |
v |
Brisbane Heat (H) 4/189 (19.3 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Perth Scorchers 5/175 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Thunder (H) 9/145 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Sydney Thunder 5/173 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Renegades 5/176 (19.2 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Sydney Thunder 5/202 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Sixers (H) 156 (17.3 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
- Nathan McAndrew (Thunder) made his T20 debut.
- The crowd of 38,456 is the highest crowd for a domestic cricket game in New South Wales.[9]
Knockout phase
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
1 | Adelaide Strikers (H) | 7/159 (20 ov) | |||||||
4 | Sydney Thunder | 2/160 (17.4 ov) | |||||||
2 | Melbourne Stars (H) | 9/176 (20 ov) | |||||||
4 | Sydney Thunder | 7/181 (19.3 ov) | |||||||
3 | Perth Scorchers | 7/139 (20 ov) | |||||||
2 | Melbourne Stars (H) | 3/140 (18.1 ov) |
Semi-finals
The top four teams from the group stage qualified for the semi-finals.
(H) Adelaide Strikers 7/159 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Thunder 2/160 (17.4 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
(H) Melbourne Stars 9/176 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Thunder 7/181 (19.3 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
2015/16 squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |
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Batsmen | ||||||
Michael Hussey | 27 May 1975 | Left-handed | Right arm medium | Captain | ||
Usman Khawaja | 18 December 1986 | Left-handed | Right arm medium | |||
Aiden Blizzard | 27 June 1984 | Left-handed | Left arm medium | |||
Kurtis Patterson | 5 April 1993 | Left-handed | Right arm off spin | |||
Ben Rohrer | 26 March 1981 | Left-handed | ||||
Ahillen Beadle | 29 August 1986 | Left-handed | Left arm orthodox | |||
Jake Doran | 2 December 1996 | Left-handed | Right arm medium | |||
All-rounders | ||||||
Jacques Kallis | 16 October 1975 | Right-handed | Right arm fast | Overseas player | ||
Andre Russell | 29 April 1988 | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | Overseas player | ||
Andrew McDonald | 15 June 1981 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
Shane Watson | 17 June 1981 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
Chris Hartley | 24 May 1982 | Left-handed | — | |||
Bowlers | ||||||
Pat Cummins | 8 May 1993 | Right-handed | Right arm fast | |||
Clint McKay | 22 February 1983 | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | |||
Gurinder Sandhu | 14 February 1993 | Left-handed | Right arm fast medium | |||
Alister McDermott | 7 June 1991 | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | |||
Chris Green | 1 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right arm off spin | |||
Fawad Ahmed | 5 February 1982 | Right-handed | Right arm leg spin |
Home attendance
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