The Sydney Thunder was bowled out for 15 – the bottom rating ever in a males’s T20 sport – towards the Adelaide Strikers within the Big Bash League 2022 on Friday.
Chasing 140, three of the highest 4 Thunder batters had been out for geese. Strikers seamer Henry Thornton ripped by way of the middle-order with 5 wickets inside three overs within the PowerPlay, whereas Wes Agar scalped 4 from the alternative finish. Matthew Short triggered the collapse with a wicket in his first and solely over.
Thorton’s figures of 5/3 are additionally one of the best bowling figures by an Australia in BBL.
The Thunder additionally had star T20 bowlers Rashid Khan and Peter Siddle who weren’t required to roll their arms over. This is the primary time in 358 matches that Rashid didn’t bowl an over in a T20 sport, barring two washouts.
None of the Thunders batters managed a double-digit rating because the staff folded in 5.5 overs. The document for the bottom whole in males’s cricket was beforehand held by Turkey (21 all out towards the Czech Republic in 2019). However, the bottom whole in all T20s belongs to Maldives Women and Mali Women, who had been bowled out 6.
Lowest males’s T20 totals
- ⦿15 – Sydney Thunder v Adelaide Strikers (2022)
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21 – Turkey v Czech Republic, 2019 - ⦿
26 – Lesotho v Uganda, 2021 - ⦿
28 – Turkey v Luxembourg, 2019 - ⦿
30 – Thailand v Malaysia, 2022