Big Bash 2022: Sydney Thunders bowled out for 15, lowest T20 total in men’s cricket

Big Bash 2022/23: The fifth match of the ongoing Big Bash League witnessed something no one had ever anticipated. The Sydney Thunder was bowled out 15 by the Adelaide Strikers. This incident will be marked in bold letters in the cricketing stats book as this is the lowest total ever scored in a men’s T20 game.

Henry Thornton picks up fifer

Chasing a decent target of 140, the top three Sydney Thunder batters were out for ducks. On top of that, none of their batters could reach the double-digit mark. Moreover, the Strikers’ speedster Henry Thornton breached the Thunder’s middle-over. As he took five wickets within three overs, that too in the Powerplay, Thornton’s 5/3 became the best bowling figures by an Australian in BBL.

While Wes Agar scalped whatever was rest to take four from the opposite end to complete the destruction. However, Matthew Short initiated the collapse with a wicket in his first and over.

The Thunder also had T20 specialist Rashid Khan and Peter Siddle in their team. However, they didn’t even require to warm up to ball. Interestingly, this is the first time in 358 matches that Rashid Khan did not bowl an over in a T20 game, except for the two washouts.

Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Isa Guha and David Warner were left stunned by the proceedings. Checkout how they reacted:

Nonetheless, these are the early stages of Big Bash 2022. Moreover, as cricket fans, we all hope to see much more action coming our way.

Lowest T20 score in T20

The record for lowest total in men’s cricket was earlier held by the Turkish team. In the year 2019, Turkey were bowled out on 21 by the Czech Republic. Moreover, the lowest total in all T20s belongs to Maldives Women and Mali women, that is 6.

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