Wade 83* assists Hurricanes with uniting fourth spot

Hobart Hurricanes solidified their fourth right on target the focuses table after a nine-run win against Sydney Thunder at the Docklands Stadium in Melbourne on Thursday (January 13).

Matthew Wade's unbeaten 83 off 54 and Caleb Jewell's 32-ball 51 set the stage for the Hurricanes to wrap up with 177/6 in their 20 overs. Alex Hales and Jason Sangha's speedy fire thumps kept Thunder in the chase and surprisingly assisted them with packing the Bash Boost point. Nonetheless, things self-destructed for them in the last part of their innings and they got done with 168/9 in spite of Nathan McAndrew battles 30. Riley Meredith and Jordan Thompson packed away three wickets each while Sandeep Lamichhane got a couple.
Regardless of the misfortune, Thunder clutch the second spot with 31 places and have two additional games staying, as do the Hurricanes.

Brief scores: Hobart Hurricanes 177/6 out of 20 overs (Matthew Wade 83*, Caleb Jewell 51; Gurinder Sandhu 2-27) beat Sydney Thunder 168/9 out of 20 overs (Alex Hales 38, Jason Sangha 31; Jordan Thompson 3-24, Riley Meredith 3-29) by 9 runs.