Twitter Reactions: The Strikers make a mockery of the chase against the Shane Watson-powered Thunder

The Sydney Thunder hosted the Adelaide Strikers for the first of the tripleheader on Sunday. Skipper Shane Watson led the Thunder from the front to help them register their fourth win of the tournament. The side has added crucial two points to the points table to even out the number of wins and losses after eight games. They have now taken a huge leap on the points table and rose up to the second spot.

The performance from Adelaide Strikers in this game was highly disappointing. The target was surely chasable in the second innings. But the top-order batsman ended up consuming quite a few deliveries leaving out too much of an asking for the other players. Arjun Nair was one of the best bowlers for the winning team in the game.

The Watto Power on display

After winning the toss, Shane Watson decided to bat first. He opened the innings along with Anton Devcich and took the side off to a lightning start. Though, Rashid Khan applied brakes on the scoring rates by picking up the wickets of Devcich and Cullum Ferguson on consecutive balls in the fourth over.

Jason Sangha who came in next played the anchor and assisted Watson. He scored 30 off 27 balls before he perished. The skipper, though, was terrific at one end. He compiled 68 runs in 40 balls at a strike rate of 170 and hit five huge sixes in the innings. Jay Lenton provided the team with final impetus with a 16-ball 27 as they put up 168/6 on the board in 20 overs.

Pathetic batting from the Strikers

In the chase, the Strikers lost both their openers D’Arcy Short and Jake Weatherald early in the innings without many runs on the board. Then, skipper Travis Head ended up consuming deliveries as he only could score 10 from 18 balls. It was a similar case with Jonathan Wells who only managed to rack up 11 runs in 22 balls.

Even though Colin Ingram tried hard with 48 of 30 deliveries, it was just too much of an asking for him. The side was ultimately bowled out for just 97 runs in 17.4 overs and lost the game by 71 runs. Arjun Nair picked up three wickets in the innings.

Twitterati wasn’t happy to see such kind of a batting display from Adelaide Strikers. Also, there was immense praise for Shane Watson for pulling out this brilliant inning. Also, there was a lot of praise for young Arjun Nair who bowled pretty well in the match.

Here is how Twitterati reacted:

Show me worst run out then this 😂 #BBL08 🏏 pic.twitter.com/I0e3NfEnSG

— Bandar 🐒 (@iCricketFreak) January 13, 2019

Jason Sangha lost track of the ball and then the commentators absolutely lost it in the commentary box for our first Bucket Moment of the day! 😂😂#BBL08 | @KFCAustralia pic.twitter.com/z9wfs897ZB

— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 13, 2019

Complete performance from the whole team @ThunderBBL with the skipper leading from the front and scored 68 (40) on a slow track but it was that last over which changed whole game, Lenton smashed 14 off 3 balls then the spinners were as always excellent #BBL08 #ThunderNation

— GULLY BOY (@Alias_jatin) January 13, 2019

Diving into 2019 like…#BBL08 #BBL2019 #Strikers #Thunder⁠ #BlueEnergy pic.twitter.com/CwRZsTpdlW

— Trevor Hohns – Australian Cricket Selector (@h0hnsy) January 13, 2019

@gilly381 Which moment was the funniest amongst these 4 u?
Rashid Khan's Super MISS catch in the deep or
Billy Stanlake run-out at the end 😂😂😂…. #hilarious
Always pleasure n fun listening to you @gilly381 👍#BBL08 @BBL #SYDvADL@FoxCricket

— Yash Paralikar (@yashp05) January 13, 2019

This will be counted as one of the funniest moment in cricket #bbl08 pic.twitter.com/mxvx7a0Vf0

— Arun Menon (@arun_4_livpl) January 13, 2019

This year of Big Bash has been the most disappointing thing on TV since series 2 of Chances #still5weeksleft #BBL08

— Brad Dean (@bdean47) January 13, 2019

HAHAHA! Love your work Billy! Shit like this is why I dropped you from the ODI side.#BBL2019 #BBL08 #BlueEnergy https://t.co/JptPSarMeY

— Trevor Hohns – Australian Cricket Selector (@h0hnsy) January 13, 2019

Billy Stanlake’s run out has to be one of the funniest you’ll see 😂 #BBL08

— John Dean (@JohnDean_) January 13, 2019

Greatest Runout Ever #BBL08 pic.twitter.com/YT5A4H5l7T

— Shanujan (@J_Shanujan) January 13, 2019

No Root.

No Buttler.

No worries.

A comprehensive victory for the Sydney Thunder!#BBL08 pic.twitter.com/kBHXMBMiHH

— bet365_aus (@bet365_aus) January 13, 2019

What a run out. Speechless. LOL #BBL08

— Thebigun🏏 (@arfry68) January 13, 2019

Stanlake dismissal … that is grim #BBL08

— Matthew Taylor (@MattyA_Taylor) January 13, 2019

What a terrible game. #bbl08 #THUvSTR

— Jarrod Kurpiel (@Jarrodkurpiel) January 13, 2019

Gotta love watching this guy 🚁 🚁 🚁 #BlueEnergy #BBL08 pic.twitter.com/0heNBECBlI

— Adelaide Strikers (@StrikersBBL) January 13, 2019

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