Sydney Thunder comprehensively defeated Perth Scorchers by 7 wickets in the 12th match of the ongoing Big Bash League (BBL) 2020-21 at Manuka Oval in Canberra on Tuesday.

Chasing 153, Thunder started terribly after they lost opening batsman Alex Hales for a golden duck. Jason Behrendorff cleaned u??p Hales on the final delivery of the first over.

Opener Usman Khawaja (21) was looking settled and in good touch after he scored three boundaries, but Aaron Hardie dismissed him in the seventh over to reduce Thunder at ??34/2.

Then, captain Callum Ferguson and middle-order batsman Oliver Davies steadied the ship by adding a crucial stand of 75 runs for the third wicket. Ferguson reached his half-century and both the batsmen were looking set to cruise through. However, in the 14th over of Thunderโ€™s chase, Fawad Ahmed provided t?he breakthrough by removing Davies (3?6).

Ferguson (61 not out), on the other hand, kept on tickling the scoreboard and formed an unbeaten 47-runs partnership for the fourth wicket with another experienced customer Ben Cutting (29 not out). ?The duo help??ed Thunder to chase down the target in 19.3 overs with seven wickets in hand.

Mitchell Marsh guides Scorchers to 152/5

Earlier, Mitchell Marsh took Scorchers out of early troubles and guided them to a competitive total of 152/5 i?n their allotted 20 overs. Marsh remained unbeaten on 52 off 41 deliveries laced up with one four ??and three sixes.

Scorchers were 91/5 when Marsh and Cameron Bancroft took charge and took their teamโ€™s total to beyond 150. Bancroft also went unbeaten on 34 o??ff 26 balls with the help of two boundaries.

Apart from Marsh and Bancroft, skipper Ashton Turner and opener Colin Munro chipped in with 23 and 25 respectively.

For Thunder, Adam Milne was the least expensive bowler after he conceded only 17 runs in his quota of 4 overs. However, the Kiwi cricketer went wi??cketless. Cutting shined with the white leather too as he gave away 16 runs in 3 overs while picking a w??icket as well.

Here is how Twitter reacted:

Ollie Davies ๐Ÿ˜#supercoach

— Tim Michell (@tim_michell) December 22, 2020

The KFC Player of the Match is the evergreen Callum Ferguson! @KFCAustralia | #BBL10 pic.twitter.com/SMrtcn6SCN

— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) December 22, 2020

Congratulations Sydney Thunder for winning today's match! pic.twitter.com/lso0a4LYTO

— Nila abbott (@Nilaabbott10) December 22, 2020

Oh dear ๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿ™ˆ DRS please ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ #BBL10

— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) December 22, 2020

Mitch Marsh's fifty wasn't enough for Perth Scorchers as Sydney Thunder chase the set target in today's #BBL10 encounter. #OrangeArmy #KeepRising //t.co/sT1Z5zed8d pic.twitter.com/vieR5tVeTo

— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) December 22, 2020

Sydney Thunder now up to about a 1 in 8 chance of winning #BBL10. The Scorchers are now down to less than 1 in 50…

— claire ๐ŸŒง๏ธ?โš?(@fuzzybluerain) December 22, 2020

Perhaps spend less money on fireworks, bright lights and dancing people and invest in the DRS in the BBL. If the competition wants to be taken seriously, as it should, then the game needs to take itself seriously. #BBL10

— Adam White (@White_Adam) December 22, 2020

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Yet another convincing win for the @ThunderBBL tonight, Callum Ferguson with yet another special innings against the @ScorchersBBL who just don't seem to have anything to combat him, let alone help themselves with their performance with bat and ball. #BBL10 #BBL

— Trystan Spooner (@TrystanSpooner) December 22, 2020

Callum Ferguson just delivers & keeps on delivering #dramalovescallum#mrconsistent

— Johnathan Drama Esq (@jdrama68) December 22, 2020

Terrible terrible umpiring, BBL has everything which is not needed for a league but they don't have DRS.

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) December 22, 2020

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Most of the batsmen in today’s era prefer hitting sixes to increase their strike rate and teams total but there were players who preferred ticking the scoreboard with quick singles and the most they could manage is a four. When cricketers like Chris Gayle and Shahid Afridi hits sixes for fun, these batsmen didn’t manage to hit even one.

Here are 5 batsmen who didn’t smash even a single six in their ODI career :

5.) Callum Ferguson (Australia)

He made his inte?rnational debut for Australia back in 2009 and has played 30 ODI matches for them. He scored 663 runs at an average of 40-plus with 5 half-centu?ries but has never hit a six in One Day International.

4.) Manoj Prabhakar (India)

Former Indian all-rounder played 130 One Day International matches and scored 1858 runs in 98 innings. Even after two hundred and 11 half-centuries, he never cleared th??e fence in ODI cricket.

3.) Geoffrey Boycott (England)

The legendary English batsman scored more than 1,000 runs in his ODI career but his strokes never had the elevation. He scored 5 half-centuries and a hundred in h?is ODI career.

2.) Thilan Samaraweera (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka’s efficient batsman played 53 One Day International (ODI) matches and scored 862 runs. He also scored 2 hundred but didn’t even smash a single six in his 42 innings.

1.) Dion Ebrahim (Zimbabwe)

The Zimbabwean batsman couldn’t hit a six both in Tests and ODIs. He played 82 ODI matches and scored one ODI ton along with four half-centuries.

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