First Ball
Long time followers will know that I always try and drag my family along to live sport while we're on holiday. We couldn't very well visit Australia without taking in a cricket match and we got lucky because the only fixture available while we were there pitted two Sydney teams against each other in the Big Bash League.
The home side in this case were Sydney Thunder, based here at Engie Stadium, which is located on the Sydney Olympic Park. They were playing the Sixers, who are normally based at the Sydney Cricket Ground on the other side of the city.
It turned out to be a tight game although for much of the run chase by the Sixers it looked like they weren't going to make it. However, with a disastrous last over by the Thunder that included two no balls, the Sixers managed to reach the target of 179 on the last ball of the innings. It was an exciting finish to a match that deserved a bigger crowd than 17000 people
First Ball
Long time followers will know that I always try and drag my family along to live sport while we're on holiday. We couldn't very well visit Australia without taking in a cricket match and we got lucky because the only fixture available while we were there pitted two Sydney teams against each other in the Big Bash League.
The home side in this case were Sydney Thunder, based here at Engie Stadium, which is located on the Sydney Olympic Park. They were playing the Sixers, who are normally based at the Sydney Cricket Ground on the other side of the city.
It turned out to be a tight game although for much of the run chase by the Sixers it looked like they weren't going to make it. However, with a disastrous last over by the Thunder that included two no balls, the Sixers managed to reach the target of 179 on the last ball of the innings. It was an exciting finish to a match that deserved a bigger crowd than 17000 people