2015–16 Sydney Thunder season
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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[edit]
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[edit]
Regular season[edit]
(H) Sydney Thunder
4/158 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers
122 (19.5 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Sydney Thunder
6/178 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars (H)
5/177 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Adelaide Strikers
9/117 (20 overs) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Brisbane Heat (H)
4/189 (19.3 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Perth Scorchers
5/175 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder (H)
9/145 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Sydney Thunder
5/173 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades
5/176 (19.2 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Sydney Thunder
5/202 (20 overs) |
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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[edit]
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[edit]
The top four teams from the group stage qualified for the semi-finals.
(H) Adelaide Strikers
7/159 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder
2/160 (17.4 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
Final[edit]
(H) Melbourne Stars
9/176 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder
7/181 (19.3 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
2015/16 squad[edit]
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 |