Adelaide Strikers defeat Bangladesh A in grand final
The Adelaide Strikers secured their maiden Top End T20 Series title in a tense clash with Bangladesh A. Recap the grand final action and see who we’ve named as the tournament’s top performers.
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The Adelaide Strikers have been crowned champions of the Top End T20 Series.
The BBL franchise won its maiden title at the third edition of the competition after defeating a talented Bangladesh High Performance side by 32 runs in the grand final on Sunday.
Out at DXC Arena in front of a vocal crowd, the Strikers were sent in to bat first after Bangladesh won the toss.
Bangladesh struck early, running out opening bat Jake Winter for four runs in the second over.
Adelaide quickly found their feet through Harry Matthias (19), Tom O’Connell (53) and captain Liam Scott (30) who scored 99 runs between them.
Harry Maneti fell for one off six, but his teammates Ryan King and Sam Rahaley quickly piled on the runs to enable the Strikes to post 7/169 after their allotted overs.
The men from Bangladesh got off to a solid start with the bat, posting 2/47 in the seventh over collapsing to 7/92 in the 13th.
A late flurry of runs saw the Bangladesh side stay in the fight, but the men from South Australia were too good, bowling their opponents out for 137 with a ball to spare.
Elated with the victory and the competition as a whole, Strikers captain Scott said Bangladesh put up a fight, and that he was looking forward to the ensuing celebrations.
“First of all, I’d like to thank Bangladesh for a fantastic final, competitive all the way,” he said on Kayo after the match.
“Secondly, Gavin and NT Cricket, unreal couple of weeks. Darwin this time of year (is great) when down south (the weather) is pretty grim. (Darwin has) Unreal grounds, facilities, groundsmen, scorers, umpires, thank you all very much.
“It’s been a great couple of weeks and I had a great time.
“To our (Strikers) boys, congratulations, we had to dig in there for a little bit but we fought hard all the way to the end and hopefully we’ll be able to celebrate well tonight.”
Grand Final Top Performances
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Tom O’Connell (Strikers)
STRIKERS
Batting:
Tom O’Connell – 53 runs off 33 balls, five 4s, two 6s
Ryan King – 35 runs off 19 balls, five 4s
Liam Scott – 30 runs off 18 balls, two 4s, two 6s
Bowling:
Lloyd Pope – 2/20 from 2.5 overs
Jordan Buckingham – 2/22 from 4 overs
Tim Oakley – 2/27 from 4 overs
Liam Scott – 2/28 from 4 overs
Noah McFayden – 2/28 from 4 overs
BANGLADESH
Batting:
Tanzid Hasan – 35 runs off 29 balls, two 4s, one 6
Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby – 21 runs off 19 balls, three 4s
Afif Hossain – 18 runs off 13 balls, two 4s
Bowling:
Ripon Mondol – 2/37 from 4 overs
Afif Hossain – 1/12 from 2 overs
Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby – 1/14 from 2 overs
Best Performers Overall
BATTING
Total runs: 273
High score: 84
Average: 39
50s: 3
4s: 29
6s: 14
Innings: 7
2. Jake Winter (Strikers)
Total runs: 248
High score: 104
Average: 35.42
50s: 1
100s: 1
4s: 24
6s: 13
Innings: 8
3. Harry Manenti (Strikers)
Total runs: 231
High score: 57*
Average: 46.20
50s: 2
4s: 28
6s: 10
Innings: 7
4. Jake Doran (Tasmania)
Total runs: 218
High score: 71*
Average: 72.66
50s: 2
4s: 16
6s: 6
Innings: 6
5. Liam Blackford (Stars)
Total runs: 215
High score: 55
Average: 43
50s: 2
4s: 26
6s: 1
Innings: 6
6. Mohammad Parvez Hossain Emon (Bangladesh)
Total runs: 186
High score: 69
Average: 26.57
50s: 1
4s: 14
6s: 6
Innings: 8
7. Shamim Hossain (Bangladesh)
Total runs: 186
High score: 44*
Average: 46.50
4s: 18
6s: 2
Innings: 8
8. Liam Scott (Strikers)
Total runs: 185
High score: 62
Average: 30.83
50s: 1
4s: 19
6s: 9
Innings: 6
9. Teague Wyllie (Scorchers)
Total runs: 184
High score: 67*
Average: 36.80
50s: 2
4s: 13
6s: 4
Innings: 6
10. Baxter Holt (Scorchers)
Total runs: 172
High score: 79*
Average: 34.40
50s: 1
4s: 10
6s: 7
Innings: 6
11. Jishan Alam (Bangladesh)
Total runs: 172
High score: 50
Average: 21.50
50s: 1
4s: 10
6s: 6
Innings: 8
12. Jake Weatherald (NT)
Total runs: 167
High score: 34
Average: 23.85
4s: 14
6s: 9
Innings: 7
13. Usman Khan (Pakistan)
Total runs: 163
High score: 57
Average: 23.28
50s: 1
4s: 9
6s: 5
Innings: 7
14. Jacob Dickman (NT)
Total runs: 159
High score: 43
Average: 31.80
4s: 17
6s: 4
Innings: 6
15. Nicholas Davis (Tasmania)
Total runs: 143
High score: 44*
Average: 28.60
4s: 10
6s: 5
Innings: 6
BOWLING
1. Esam Rahman (ACT)
Total wickets: 15
Best figures: 5/31
Average: 11.53
Economy: 7.25
Innings: 6
2. Ripon Mondol (Bangladesh)
Total wickets: 15
Best figures: 3/12
Average: 14.13
Economy: 7.06
Innings: 8
3. Tim Oakley (Strikers)
Total wickets: 13
Best figures: 3/31
Average: 16.15
Economy: 8.12
Innings: 7
4. Rakibul Hasan (Bangladesh)
Total wickets: 12
Best figures: 3/21
Average: 16.33
Economy: 6.56
Innings: 8
5. Lloyd Pope (Strikers)
Total wickets: 11
Best figures: 3/24
Average: 20.90
Economy: 7.70
Innings: 8
6. Reiley Mark (Stars)
Total wickets: 10
Best figures: 4/32
Average: 11.50
Economy: 5.47
Innings: 6
7. Hamish Martin (NT)
Total wickets: 10
Best figures: 3/32
Average: 18.40
Economy: 7.36
Innings: 7
8. Jordan Buckingham (Strikers)
Total wickets: 10
Best figures: 3/31
Average: 22.10
Economy: 7.89
Innings: 7
9. Matthew Kelly (Scorchers)
Total wickets: 9
Best figures: 4/24
Average: 9
Economy: 5.78
Innings: 4
10. Arif Yaqoob (Pakistan)
Total wickets: 9
Best figures: 4/36
Average: 17.11
Economy: 6.41
Innings: 6
11. Jahandad Khan (Pakistan)
Total wickets: 9
Best figures: 3/19
Average: 19.55
Economy: 7.82
Innings: 6
12. Matt Henning (Renegades)
Total wickets: 8
Best figures: 3/19
Average: 13.87
Economy: 7.40
Innings: 4
13. Faisal Akram (Pakistan)
Total wickets: 8
Best figures: 3/10
Average: 14.37
Economy: 7.18
Innings: 4
14. Jake Smith (ACT)
Total wickets: 8
Best figures: 2/9
Average: 16.87
Economy: 8.43
Innings: 6
15. Matt Hammond (NT)
Total wickets: 8
Best figures: 2/23
Average: 17.75
Economy: 7.88
Innings: 5
FIELDING (Keeping)
1. Harry Matthias (Strikers)
Total dismissals: 10
Catches: 9
Stumpings: 1
Innings: 7
2. Liam Blackford (Stars)
Total dismissals: 9
Catches: 6
Stumpings: 3
Innings: 6
3. Akbar Ali (Bangladesh)
Total dismissals: 8
Catches: 4
Stumpings: 4
Innings: 8
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