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? up 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 t?he seventh over t??o 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 Thunder’s chase, Fawad Ahmed pro?vided the ??breakthrough by removing Davies (36).

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 helped Thunder? to chase down the target i??n 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 compe??titive total of 152/5 in 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 team’s total to beyond 150. Bancroft also went unbeaten on 3??4 off 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 wicketless. Cutting shined wi?th the white leather too as he gave away 16 runs in 3 overs while picking a wicket as well.

Here is how Twitter reacted:

Ollie Davies 😍#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 🙈🙈 DRS please 🙏🏽 #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 🌧�?�?(@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

If only Callum Ferguson didn’t do his knee all those years ago. Such an elegant batsmen. All the shots too. #BBL10

— BigNoseStu (@BigNoseStu) December 22, 2020

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The tenth season of Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL) will take place from December 10, 2020 to February 6, 202?1.

Cricket Australia (CA) had confirmed the BBL 2020-21 schedule last month, but only gave a list ??of venues for the first-half at that moment. In the revised schedule, Melbourne and Sydney will be the major hosts of the second-half of the tournament.

In total 61 games will be played – including all the finals.

Perth Scorchers are the most successful franchise, winning the BB?L tit?le thrice. They reached the semis seven consecutive times and played four successive finals.

Sydney Sixers, the defending champions, have won the title twice and also lost finals on two occasions. Melbourne Stars and Hobart Hurricanes are?? the only teams yet to win the coveted trophy.

Complete Squads

Adelaide Strikers:

Travis Head (c), Michael Neser, Wes Agar, Alex Carey, Harry Conway, Harry Nielsen, Liam O’Connor, Matt Renshaw, Matt Short, Peter Siddle, Cameron Valente, Jake Weatherald, Jonathan Wells, Cameron White, Daniel Worrall

Overseas: Rashid Khan, Danny Briggs, Phil Salt

Brisbane Heat:

Chris Lynn (c), Xavier Bartlett, James Bazley, Max Bryant, Joe Burns, Tom Cooper, Lewis Gregory, Sam Heazlett, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marn?us Labuschagne, Ben?? Laughlin, Morne Morkel, Jimmy Peirson, Mark Steketee, Mitch Swepson, Jack Wildermuth, Matthew Willans

Overseas: Dan Lawrence, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Hobart Hurricanes:

Matthew Wade (c), Tim Paine, Scott Boland, Jake Doran, Nathan Ellis, James Faulkner, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, David Moody, D’Arcy Short, Johan Botha, Charlie Wakim (local replacement), Caleb Jewell (local replacement), Mitch Owen

Overseas: Dawid Malan, Keemo Paul, Sandeep Lamichhane

Melbourne Renegades:

Aaron Finch (c), Cameron Boyce, Zak Evans, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sam Harper, Marcus Harris, Mackenzie Harvey, ?Jon Holland, Josh Lalor, Shaun Marsh, Mitch Perry, James Pattinson, Jack Prestwidge, Kane Richar?dson, Will Sutherland, Beau Webster, Brody Couch (local replacement), Peter Hatzoglou (local replacement)

Overseas: Noor Ahmad, Mohammad Nabi, Rilee Rossou??w, ?Imad Wasim, Imran Tahir, Benny Howell (replacement)

Melbourne Stars:

Glenn Maxwell (c), Hilton Cartwright, Jackson Coleman, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ben Dunk, Seb Gotch, Liam Hatcher, Clint Hinchliffe, Dilbar Hussain, Nick Larkin, Nic Maddinson, Lance Morris, Tom O’Connell, Will Pucovski, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa

Overseas: Andre Fletcher, Zahir Khan, Nicholas Pooran

Perth Scorchers:

Mitchell Marsh (c), Ashton Agar, Fawad Ahmed, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kell?y, Mitch Marsh, Joel Paris, Kurtis Patterson, Jhye Richardso?n, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Sam Whiteman

Overseas: Colin Munro, Jason Roy, Liam L??ivingstone, Joe Clarke (replacement)

Sydney Sixers:

Moises Henriques (c), Sean Abbott, Jackson Bird, Dan Christian, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Mickey Edwards, Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Nathan Lyon, Ben Manenti, Steve O’Keefe, Josh Philippe, Lloyd Pope, Jordan Silk, James Vince, Justin Avendano (local replacement), Tom Rogers (local replacement), Gurinder Sandhu (local replacement), Lawrence Neil-Smith (local replacement), Nick Bertus (local replacement)

Overseas: Carlos Brathwaite, Jason Holder, James Vince

Sydney Thunder:

Callum Ferguson (c), Sam Billings, Jo?nathan Cook, Ben Cutting, Oliver Davies, Brendan Doggett, Matthew Gilkes, Baxter Holt, Chris Green, Usman Khawaja, Nathan McAndrew, Arjun Nair, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Jason Sangha, Tanveer Sangha, Chris Tremain

Overseas: Sam Billings, Adam Milne, Alex Hales.

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In One Day International (ODI) cricket, a batsman needs to be rich with the skill and temperament while using his willow against some quality bowlers. Another essential aspect in ODI batting is the ability to smash boundaries,?? especially sixes in order to score qu?ick runs. Many batsmen who have excelled in the run-making process have been a power hitter as well as some situations required to add runs on the board in a swift manner.

In the vast history of ODI cricket, there have been quite a few players who smashed more than 100 ?si?xes in their careers, however, there also have been some players who failed to hit a single six in their career.

Here are ??the top five batsmen who hit no ??sixes in their ODI careers:

5. Callum Ferguson (Australia)

A classy batsman from North Adelaide, Callum Ferguson, was undoubtedly a quality cricketer. H?e made his ODI debut for Australia back in 2009 when he was 25 years old. The right-handed batsman played 30 ODI matches for the Kangaroos. His last game came nine years ago in 2011 against Bangladesh in Dhaka.

During his not so long ODI career, Ferguson scored 663 runs at a 40-plus average with five half-centuries. He was definitely no??t a slow batsman as he swanked off a strike rate more than 85. Ferguson smashed 64 boundaries in his ODI career, and all of them were fours as? he never scored a maximum.

4. Geoffrey Boycott (England)

Former England cricketer Geoffrey Boycott was one of?? the best batsme??n of English cricket history. Although Boycott displayed his tremendous class mostly in Test cricket, he did manage to appear in 36 ODIs as well.

The iconic Yorkshire batsman amassed 1000-plus runs in his ODI career sparkled with a century and ?nin??e half-tons. However, he carried a pretty low strike rate of just 53.56 which is enough to explain that Boycott was not a hitter and no wonder he never slammed a six in the limited-overs cricket for England.

3. Thilan Samaraweera (Sri Lanka)

At a time when Sri Lanka had players like Sanath Jayasuriya? and a batting line-up of flashy stroke players, Thilan Samaraweera’s endurance and firmness brought a vital balancing factor. The Colombo born batsman played 81 Tests and stockpiled more than 5000 runs at an average of close to 49. Yet, under the lights of Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara and of course Jayasuriya, Samaraweera never really got the kind of limelight he deserved.

However, when it comes to white-ball cricket, basically in ODI format, Samaraweera could not accomplish a similar kind of success as he did in the longest format. He played 53 ODI games, and with an average of just 27.80, the right-handed batsman could only score 862 runs. His ?not so impressive ODI career did not include eve?n one six.

2. Dion Ebrahim (Zimbabwe)

Former Zimbabwean batsman?? Dion Ebrahim possessed excellent temperament and a sound technique, still, he failed to live up to his potential with the willow. He did make a grand entry into international cricket in the year 2001 as part of both the Test and ODI teams, but couldn’t cash in the opportunity.

Ebrahim played 82 O??DIs and scored 1443 runs at an average of slightly over 20, including one century and four fifties. The Bulawayo-born batsman smashed more than 100 boundaries in his ODI career but never hit a maximum.

1. Manoj Prabhakar (India)

Manoj Prabhakar was a quality all-rounder for India. Bowling was his strong side as he was able to swing the balls both ways and had the ability to deliver cunning slowe?r balls as well. The Ghaziabad-born cricketer played 39 Tests for the Indian team where he amassed 1600 runs at an average of just u??nder 33.

When it comes to ODIs, Prabhakar appeared in ?as many as 130 games and accumulated 1858 runs with two hundreds and 11 half-tons. The Delhi cricketer had a pretty long ODI career; however, he was unable to send the ball into the stands even once.

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Australia�??�s Test specialist N?athan Lyon pulled off a spectacular catch at mid-wicket to dismiss his former South Australian teammate Callum Ferguson.

Lyon recently featured for the New South Wales against South Australia during the 22nd Sheffield Shield game at Sydney. Placed at mid-wicket, Lyon grabbed the catch, flying across to his left, after Ferguson pulled Trent Copeland’s sh??ort-pitched delivery.

The ball was surely going to the mid-wicket boundary looking at the length of the ball, and the power on it from the blade of Ferguson. Even the cameras could not capture t??he catch, expecting the ball to race towards the boundary. But, the ball went to Lyon, who was completely airborne during his effort to grab the catch.

Only replays could display the brilliance from the 32-year old off-spinner, who is renowned as an athletic fielder e??ven at the international level.

Here’s the video:

Is it a 🐦?

Is it a ✈️?

No, it's a 🐐!#SheffieldShield pic.twitter.com/VGnzdNU1Pu

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) February 25, 2020

After the end of the day’s play, it was Copeland who was the pi?ck of the bowlers as he picked up three wickets during his miserly spell. He conceded only 38 in his 18 overs, keeping NSW’s noses ahead in the match. South Australia could only manage 135, losing six wickets in the process.

Earlier, skipper of New South Wales, Peter Neville, won t?he toss and elected to ?bat first. NSW went on to post 373 before being dismissed. Daniel Hughes top-scored for his state, with an attractive knock of 103, coming off 191 deliveries.

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After Adelaide Strikers leg-spinner Rashid Khan dismantled the Sydney Sixers middle-order earlier on Wednesday, Haris Rauf did the same for Melbourne Stars in their clash against Sydney Thunder?.

With the Thunder near the end of their innings a?nd looking to score few quick runs, Rauf dismissed Matt Gilkes, Callum Ferguson and Daniel Sams in consecutive deliveries.

Rauf finished with figures of 3/23 off his four ?overs as Stars restricted Thunder to 145-5 ?in their stipulated 20 overs.

An iconic BBL moment.

Enjoy Haris Rauf's hat-trick! #BBL09 pic.twitter.com/Qm8iYrIRfA

— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 8, 2020

After th??e exploits of ??Rashid earlier in the day, fans were up on their feet after Rauf did the same at the MCG.

A HAT-TRICK FOR HARIS RAUF, AND THE @MCG ERUPTS!!!

🤪🥳🤪🥳💚 #TeamGreen #WeWillShine

— Melbourne Stars (@StarsBBL) January 8, 2020

First Rashid Khan, now Haris Rauf! #BBL09 //t.co/Ah8KFlrigq

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 8, 2020

No one in Aus?tralia ha??d heard of Haris Rauf three weeks ago.

His BBL09 sta?ts: 13 wickets at 7.23 with an ?economy rate of 5.87.

— Daniel Cherny (@DanielCherny) January 8, 2020

Hat-trick for Haris Rauf in the Big Bash League. First Pakistani to do it in the BBL. What a signing he has been for Melbourne. #BBL09

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) January 8, 2020

Another sensational performance by Haris Rauf as he picks up a hat-trick for Melbourne Stars in the BBL, finishing with figures of 3/23. One of his deliveries today was clocked at 151.3kph #BBL09 #Cricket pic.twitter.com/5xhShnQwT5

— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) January 8, 2020

@HarisRauf14 TAKE A BOW! Absolute gun for the @StarsBBL 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 @7Cricket

— Erin Holland (@erinvholland) January 8, 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 international 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-centuries but has neve??r 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 i?nnings. Even after two hundred and? 11 half-centuries, he never cleared the 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 his 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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