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Sydney Thunder

The Sydney Thunder are an Australian franchise professional cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League.[2][3] Along with the Sydney Sixers, the Thunder are the successors of the New South Wales Blues who played in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. The team's home ground is Sydney Showground Stadium.

Sydney Thunder
Personnel
CaptainJason Sangha
Chris Green (Acting)
CoachTrevor Bayliss
Team information
Colours  Lime Green
Founded2011
Home groundSydney Showground Stadium
CapacityApprox. 21,500[1]
History
BBL wins1 (BBL05)
Official websiteSydney Thunder

T20 kit

History Edit

Along with the Sydney Sixers, the Sydney Thunder are the successors of the New South Wales Blues who played in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. The NSW Cricket board unanimously decided on lime green as the team's colour, though other colours were considered, and rejected as being too close to other Sydney sports teams.[2] Cricket Australia did not allow Cricket NSW to use the sky blue colour traditionally associated with New South Wales sports teams.

The team made their debut in the 2011-12 Big Bash League season – the inaugural season of the Big Bash League. The team performed poorly in its first years in the competition, finishing last in each of its first three seasons and second last in its fourth season.

From 2011 to 2014, the Thunder's home ground was Stadium Australia in Sydney Olympic Park.[4] The team played their final two games of the 2014-15 Big Bash League season at Sydney Showground Stadium after they were unable to use Stadium Australia due to the 2015 AFC Asian Cup association football tournament. In June 2015, the Thunder announced they would leave Stadium Australia and play all home games at Sydney Showground Stadium until the 2024–25 BBL season.[1]

The 2015–16 Big Bash League season marked the first year in which the Thunder finished in the top half of the table, finishing 4th overall. Having won the first three games of the season and boasting a squad including Michael Hussey, Shane Watson, Usman Khawaja and Jacques Kallis, the Thunder soon became the favourites to win the tournament. However, the Thunder lost their following four games and were in danger of missing the finals. In their final game of the 2015–16 Big Bash League season, the Thunder defeated the Sixers for only the second time in their history to book a finals berth. The Thunder faced the Adelaide Strikers at Adelaide Oval in the first semi final, winning convincingly. The Thunder then faced the Stars in the Finals the Melbourne Stars. The final was played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 24 January 2016 and resulted in the Thunder defeating the Melbourne Stars by 3 wickets. Michael Hussey announced his retirement from domestic cricket during BBL05, at the conclusion of the tournament he was announced the club's Director of Cricket, responsible for managing recruitment, contracts, facilities and scouting for the BBL squad. The Thunder were the most watched sports team in Australia during 2015-16 with an average TV audience of 1.2m.

Shane Watson was elected to captain the side in 2016.[5][6] Watson captained the Thunder for three seasons, failing to qualify for the finals in each of them.

In 2019, Callum Ferguson was named as the new Thunder captain, subsequently qualifying for the finals during his two seasons in charge. Chris Green and Jason Sangha shared the captaincy role for the COVID-19 affected 2021-22 season as the Thunder were knocked out in their first finals game after finishing 3rd on the ladder.

In a league game on 16 December 2022 against the Adelaide Strikers, the Thunder were dismissed for 15 in 5.5 overs, breaking the record for both the shortest completed innings and the lowest score in one in all men's professional T20 matches.[7]

Role in the community Edit

The MoneyGram Thunder Nation Cup gives cricket players from seven cultural backgrounds the chance to experience the fun and excitement of Twenty20 cricket, whilst representing their community. The winning team from each community cricket round will represent their country in the MoneyGram Thunder Nation Cup Semi Finals, with the two winners of the semi-finals playing off in a Grand Final prior to a Sydney Thunder match at Spotless Stadium.

The Thunder Bus travels around schools and cricket club in Sydney and Regional NSW, it has an interactive quiz and inflatable nets. The Thunder Bus directly engaged with 100,000 children aged between 5- 12 during this period and was seen by over 1 Million people.

Personnel Edit

Sydney Thunder, like every other team, had a salary cap of $1 million for the first season of the Big Bash League, but in that season they spent almost half of the salary cap on the explosive opening combination of Chris Gayle and David Warner. Gayle was pursued by Perth Scorchers but he rejected an offer of $250,000 to stay with the New South Wales team.[8][9]

Current squad Edit

No. Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
8 Alex Hales   England (1989-01-05) 5 January 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas draft pick
9 Ollie Davies   Australia (2000-10-15) 15 October 2000 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm off break
23 Jason Sangha   Australia (1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Right arm leg spin
33 David Warner   Australia (1986-10-27) 27 October 1986 (age 36) Left-handed Right arm leg break Cricket Australia contract
47 Blake Nikitaras   Australia (2000-04-29) 29 April 2000 (age 23) Left-handed
50 Alex Ross   Australia (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm off-break
All-rounders
94 Chris Green   Australia (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm off break
95 Daniel Sams   Australia (1992-10-27) 27 October 1992 (age 30) Right-handed Left-arm fast medium
Wicket-keepers
24 Matt Gilkes   Australia (1999-08-21) 21 August 1999 (age 24) Left-handed Left-arm medium
Pace Bowlers
29 Gurinder Sandhu   Australia (1993-06-14) 14 June 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right arm fast medium
44 Nathan McAndrew   Australia (1993-07-14) 14 July 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium fast
Spin bowlers
17 Tanveer Sangha   Australia (2001-11-26) 26 November 2001 (age 21) Right-handed Right arm leg spin International

Year-by-year record Edit

Season League position Final position
2011–12 8th DNQ
2012–13 8th DNQ
2013–14 8th DNQ
2014–15 7th DNQ
2015–16 4th Champions
2016–17 8th DNQ
2017–18 6th DNQ
2018–19 6th DNQ
2019–20 5th 3rd
2020–21 3rd 4th
2021–22 3rd 4th
2022–23 4th 5th

Honours Edit

Sydney Smash Edit

When the league began in 2011, Cricket Australia decided they would place two teams in Sydney. With the core group of players for both sides coming from the New South Wales cricket team, this rivalry automatically becomes widely anticipated in the city.[citation needed] In the first four seasons of the league the Thunder lost all seven Sydney derby games to the Sydney Sixers.

List of Sydney Smash Matches Edit

Date Winner Margin Venue Attendance Player of the match
8 January 2012 Sixers 17 Runs (D/L)[10] ANZ Stadium 31,262 Mitchell Starc
8 December 2012 Sixers 7 wickets[11] SCG 15,279 Brad Haddin
30 December 2012 Sixers 4 wickets[12] ANZ Stadium 20,986 Daniel Hughes
21 December 2013 Sixers 6 wickets[13] SCG 18,180 Nic Maddinson
25 January 2014 Sixers 8 wickets[14] ANZ Stadium 25,726 Nathan Lyon
27 December 2014 Sixers 16 runs[15] ANZ Stadium 32,823 Aiden Blizzard
22 January 2015 Sixers 4 wickets[16] SCG 36,487 Jordan Silk
17 December 2015 Thunder 36 runs[17] Spotless Stadium 18,287 Michael Hussey
16 January 2016 Thunder 46 runs[18] SCG 38,456 Shane Watson
20 December 2016 Sixers 9 wickets[19] Spotless Stadium 21,798 Moises Henriques
14 January 2017 Thunder 8 wickets[20] SCG 39,756 Fawad Ahmed
19 December 2017 Thunder 5 wickets[21] Spotless Stadium 21,589 Shane Watson
13 January 2018 Sixers 8 wickets[22] SCG 36,458 Chris Green
24 December 2018 Thunder 21 runs[23] Spotless Stadium 10,508 Jos Buttler
2 February 2019 Sixers 9 wickets[24] (D/L) SCG 34,385 Sean Abbott
28 December 2019 Sixers Super Over[25] SCG 35,296 Tom Curran
18 January 2020 Thunder 4 runs[26] (D/L) Giants Stadium 15,476 Chris Morris
13 January 2021 Sixers 5 wickets[27] (D/L) Manuka Oval Steve O'Keefe
21 January 2021 Thunder 46 runs[28] Adelaide Oval Alex Hales
26 December 2021 Sixers 30 runs[29] (D/L) Sydney Showground Stadium Dan Christian
15 January 2022 Sixers 60 runs[30] Sydney Cricket Ground Steve O'Keefe

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ a b . Sydney Thunder. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b Wu, Andrew (15 March 2011). "Sydney Thunder to clash with Sixers in Big Bash". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  3. ^ "New Twenty20 Big Bash league to feature teams in pink, orange and purple as tradition is abandoned". Fox Sports (Australia). 6 April 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
  4. ^ . 6 April 2011. Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  5. ^ WATSON REPLACES FUSSEY AS THUNDER CAPTAIN
  6. ^ Watson to skipper Thunder
  7. ^ Lavalette, Tristan (16 December 2022). "15 all out! Thunder sink to record low as Strikers soar to 124-run win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Chris Gayle signs for Sydney Thunder in Big Bash League". Herald Sun. 30 June 2011.
  9. ^ GAYLE JOINS WARNER AT THUNDER Bigbash.com.au. 5 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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External links Edit

  • Official website

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This article is about the men s team For the women s team see Sydney Thunder WBBL The Sydney Thunder are an Australian franchise professional cricket team competing in Australia s domestic Twenty20 cricket competition the Big Bash League 2 3 Along with the Sydney Sixers the Thunder are the successors of the New South Wales Blues who played in the now defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash The team s home ground is Sydney Showground Stadium Sydney ThunderPersonnelCaptainJason Sangha Chris Green Acting CoachTrevor BaylissTeam informationColours Lime GreenFounded2011Home groundSydney Showground StadiumCapacityApprox 21 500 1 HistoryBBL wins1 BBL05 Official websiteSydney ThunderT20 kit Contents 1 History 1 1 Role in the community 1 2 Personnel 2 Current squad 3 Year by year record 4 Honours 5 Sydney Smash 5 1 List of Sydney Smash Matches 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditAlong with the Sydney Sixers the Sydney Thunder are the successors of the New South Wales Blues who played in the now defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash The NSW Cricket board unanimously decided on lime green as the team s colour though other colours were considered and rejected as being too close to other Sydney sports teams 2 Cricket Australia did not allow Cricket NSW to use the sky blue colour traditionally associated with New South Wales sports teams The team made their debut in the 2011 12 Big Bash League season the inaugural season of the Big Bash League The team performed poorly in its first years in the competition finishing last in each of its first three seasons and second last in its fourth season From 2011 to 2014 the Thunder s home ground was Stadium Australia in Sydney Olympic Park 4 The team played their final two games of the 2014 15 Big Bash League season at Sydney Showground Stadium after they were unable to use Stadium Australia due to the 2015 AFC Asian Cup association football tournament In June 2015 the Thunder announced they would leave Stadium Australia and play all home games at Sydney Showground Stadium until the 2024 25 BBL season 1 The 2015 16 Big Bash League season marked the first year in which the Thunder finished in the top half of the table finishing 4th overall Having won the first three games of the season and boasting a squad including Michael Hussey Shane Watson Usman Khawaja and Jacques Kallis the Thunder soon became the favourites to win the tournament However the Thunder lost their following four games and were in danger of missing the finals In their final game of the 2015 16 Big Bash League season the Thunder defeated the Sixers for only the second time in their history to book a finals berth The Thunder faced the Adelaide Strikers at Adelaide Oval in the first semi final winning convincingly The Thunder then faced the Stars in the Finals the Melbourne Stars The final was played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 24 January 2016 and resulted in the Thunder defeating the Melbourne Stars by 3 wickets Michael Hussey announced his retirement from domestic cricket during BBL05 at the conclusion of the tournament he was announced the club s Director of Cricket responsible for managing recruitment contracts facilities and scouting for the BBL squad The Thunder were the most watched sports team in Australia during 2015 16 with an average TV audience of 1 2m Shane Watson was elected to captain the side in 2016 5 6 Watson captained the Thunder for three seasons failing to qualify for the finals in each of them In 2019 Callum Ferguson was named as the new Thunder captain subsequently qualifying for the finals during his two seasons in charge Chris Green and Jason Sangha shared the captaincy role for the COVID 19 affected 2021 22 season as the Thunder were knocked out in their first finals game after finishing 3rd on the ladder In a league game on 16 December 2022 against the Adelaide Strikers the Thunder were dismissed for 15 in 5 5 overs breaking the record for both the shortest completed innings and the lowest score in one in all men s professional T20 matches 7 Role in the community Edit The MoneyGram Thunder Nation Cup gives cricket players from seven cultural backgrounds the chance to experience the fun and excitement of Twenty20 cricket whilst representing their community The winning team from each community cricket round will represent their country in the MoneyGram Thunder Nation Cup Semi Finals with the two winners of the semi finals playing off in a Grand Final prior to a Sydney Thunder match at Spotless Stadium The Thunder Bus travels around schools and cricket club in Sydney and Regional NSW it has an interactive quiz and inflatable nets The Thunder Bus directly engaged with 100 000 children aged between 5 12 during this period and was seen by over 1 Million people Personnel Edit Sydney Thunder like every other team had a salary cap of 1 million for the first season of the Big Bash League but in that season they spent almost half of the salary cap on the explosive opening combination of Chris Gayle and David Warner Gayle was pursued by Perth Scorchers but he rejected an offer of 250 000 to stay with the New South Wales team 8 9 Current squad EditNo Name Nationality Date of birth age Batting style Bowling style NotesBatters8 Alex Hales nbsp England 1989 01 05 5 January 1989 age 34 Right handed Right arm medium Overseas draft pick9 Ollie Davies nbsp Australia 2000 10 15 15 October 2000 age 22 Right handed Right arm off break23 Jason Sangha nbsp Australia 1999 09 08 8 September 1999 age 24 Right handed Right arm leg spin33 David Warner nbsp Australia 1986 10 27 27 October 1986 age 36 Left handed Right arm leg break Cricket Australia contract47 Blake Nikitaras nbsp Australia 2000 04 29 29 April 2000 age 23 Left handed 50 Alex Ross nbsp Australia 1992 04 17 17 April 1992 age 31 Right handed Right arm off breakAll rounders94 Chris Green nbsp Australia 1993 10 01 1 October 1993 age 30 Right handed Right arm off break95 Daniel Sams nbsp Australia 1992 10 27 27 October 1992 age 30 Right handed Left arm fast mediumWicket keepers24 Matt Gilkes nbsp Australia 1999 08 21 21 August 1999 age 24 Left handed Left arm mediumPace Bowlers29 Gurinder Sandhu nbsp Australia 1993 06 14 14 June 1993 age 30 Right handed Right arm fast medium44 Nathan McAndrew nbsp Australia 1993 07 14 14 July 1993 age 30 Right handed Right arm medium fastSpin bowlers17 Tanveer Sangha nbsp Australia 2001 11 26 26 November 2001 age 21 Right handed Right arm leg spin InternationalYear by year record EditSeason League position Final position2011 12 8th DNQ2012 13 8th DNQ2013 14 8th DNQ2014 15 7th DNQ2015 16 4th Champions2016 17 8th DNQ2017 18 6th DNQ2018 19 6th DNQ2019 20 5th 3rd2020 21 3rd 4th2021 22 3rd 4th2022 23 4th 5thHonours EditChampions 1 2015 16 Finals series appearances 5 2015 16 2019 20 2020 21 2021 22 2022 23Sydney Smash EditWhen the league began in 2011 Cricket Australia decided they would place two teams in Sydney With the core group of players for both sides coming from the New South Wales cricket team this rivalry automatically becomes widely anticipated in the city citation needed In the first four seasons of the league the Thunder lost all seven Sydney derby games to the Sydney Sixers List of Sydney Smash Matches Edit Date Winner Margin Venue Attendance Player of the match8 January 2012 Sixers 17 Runs D L 10 ANZ Stadium 31 262 Mitchell Starc8 December 2012 Sixers 7 wickets 11 SCG 15 279 Brad Haddin30 December 2012 Sixers 4 wickets 12 ANZ Stadium 20 986 Daniel Hughes21 December 2013 Sixers 6 wickets 13 SCG 18 180 Nic Maddinson25 January 2014 Sixers 8 wickets 14 ANZ Stadium 25 726 Nathan Lyon27 December 2014 Sixers 16 runs 15 ANZ Stadium 32 823 Aiden Blizzard22 January 2015 Sixers 4 wickets 16 SCG 36 487 Jordan Silk17 December 2015 Thunder 36 runs 17 Spotless Stadium 18 287 Michael Hussey16 January 2016 Thunder 46 runs 18 SCG 38 456 Shane Watson20 December 2016 Sixers 9 wickets 19 Spotless Stadium 21 798 Moises Henriques14 January 2017 Thunder 8 wickets 20 SCG 39 756 Fawad Ahmed19 December 2017 Thunder 5 wickets 21 Spotless Stadium 21 589 Shane Watson13 January 2018 Sixers 8 wickets 22 SCG 36 458 Chris Green24 December 2018 Thunder 21 runs 23 Spotless Stadium 10 508 Jos Buttler2 February 2019 Sixers 9 wickets 24 D L SCG 34 385 Sean Abbott28 December 2019 Sixers Super Over 25 SCG 35 296 Tom Curran18 January 2020 Thunder 4 runs 26 D L Giants Stadium 15 476 Chris Morris13 January 2021 Sixers 5 wickets 27 D L Manuka Oval Steve O Keefe21 January 2021 Thunder 46 runs 28 Adelaide Oval Alex Hales26 December 2021 Sixers 30 runs 29 D L Sydney Showground Stadium Dan Christian15 January 2022 Sixers 60 runs 30 Sydney Cricket Ground Steve O KeefeSee also Edit nbsp Cricket portal nbsp New South Wales portalCricket in New South Wales Cricket NSWReferences Edit a b Sydney Thunder Announce Spotless Stadium As New Home Ground Sydney Thunder Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 a b Wu Andrew 15 March 2011 Sydney Thunder to clash with Sixers in Big Bash Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 22 April 2011 New Twenty20 Big Bash league to feature teams in pink orange and purple as tradition is abandoned Fox Sports Australia 6 April 2011 Retrieved 26 April 2011 BBL team names and colours 6 April 2011 Archived from the original on 10 April 2011 Retrieved 22 April 2011 WATSON REPLACES FUSSEY AS THUNDER CAPTAIN Watson to skipper Thunder Lavalette Tristan 16 December 2022 15 all out Thunder sink to record low as Strikers soar to 124 run win ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 16 December 2022 Chris Gayle signs for Sydney Thunder in Big Bash League Herald Sun 30 June 2011 GAYLE JOINS WARNER AT THUNDER Bigbash com au Archived 5 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Scorecard Scorecard Scorecard Scorecard Scorecard Scorecard Scorecard Scorecard Scorecard Scorecard Scorecard Scorecard Scorecard Scorecard Scorecard Scorecard Scorecard Scorecard Scorecard Scorecard Scorecard External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sydney 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