Rahul Tiwari
khelja|04-01-2025
Along with Border Gavaskar Trophy, Big Bash League is also being organized in Australia. On Friday, January 3, a very exciting match was seen in this tournament. In the 22nd match of the group stage, Perth Scorchers faced Sydney Thunder captained by Australian legend David Warner. This match went till the last ball, in which Warner's team got a charismatic victory. West Indies batsman Sherfan Rutherford hit an amazing four on the last ball and put it in Sydney's bag.
Sydney needed 15 runs in the last over. Then Sherfan Rutherford showed his magic with the bat. He scored 12 runs against Andrew Tye with the help of 2 fours in the first 5 balls. Now 3 runs were needed to win on the last ball. Ty bowled a very brilliant yorker, on which it was very difficult to hit the boundary. Rutherford tried to hit it towards leg but the ball hit the edge of his bat and went to fine leg. Due to being in the fielder circle, he was hit for a four and in this way Sydney Rutherford managed to make his team win.
THUNDER WIN OFF THE FINAL BALL!
That is an unbelievable victory for the @ThunderBBL at Perth Stadium. #BBL14 pic.twitter.com/fZTCIo4tVX
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 3, 2025
Seeing his team winning this exciting match, team captain David Warner could not control himself and jumped on his teammate. Warner started jumping and celebrating. Why not celebrate like this, after all he is captaining for the first time after his conviction in the sand paper case. His team has moved to second position in the BBL points table by winning 4 out of 5 matches.
David Warner won the toss and gave Perth Scorchers the chance to bat first. After this Perth had put 177 runs on the board. Thunder got the target of 178 runs in the second innings, while chasing which the team lost 4 wickets for 113 runs. Despite Warner's inning of 49 runs in 33 balls, chasing seemed difficult. Then Rutherford came to bat and finally played a stormy innings of 39 runs in 19 balls. During this period he also hit 5 fours and 1 six. Also, in the end, the Anpi team also won. He was chosen Player of the Match for his excellent performance.