Hobart Hurricanes thumped Sydney Thunder by 6 wickets after chasing down a target of 178 runs convincingly in 18 overs. Hurricanes had a dismal start to the chase as they lost openers Will Jacks and D Arcy Short on 13.
But wicket-keeper batsman Ben McDermott hard the innings together and played a riveting knock of 56-ball 96 that included 8 boundaries and five maximums. Apart from him Dawid Malan also chipped in with a quick-fire 42 off 28 and captain Peter Handscomb remained unbeaten at 21 off 7.
Nathan McAndrew and Tanveer Sanhga leaked runs at some huge economy rates. McAndrew returned with figures of 1/24 in 2 overs while Sangha was hit for 45 in 4 overs. He did scalp a couple of wickets.
Earlier, Thunder started off well as Unman Khawaja and Alex Hales put 64 for the first wicket but then lost three wickets in quick succession to get reduced to 66/3. Khawaja and Ferguson then stitched a stand of 68 runs for the fourth wicket.
But it was Sam Billings who provided Thunder with some momentum as he notched up a half-century before getting out. Daniel Sams too played a cameo and scored 16* off 6. Scott Boland bagged a four-wicket haul for Hobart.
“We started pretty slow with the ball and with the bat as well. I was a bit shaky to start with, it was nice to catch it up in the end and get the boys home with a nice win. It was bit slower in the day. Sams got a few to grip. It was beautiful under lights. We were sitting last, we have jumped to third now. It's important to get the momentum going forward. Swing hard (key to hit sixes),” McDermott said after the match.
Hobart have now moved to the fourth spot in the points table with 22 points from 11 matches while Thunder are still at two with 23 points from as many games.
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