2017–18 Sydney Thunder season

The 2017–18 Sydney Thunder Season will be the 7th season in the club's history. Coached by Paddy Upton and captained by Shane Watson, the Thunder will compete in the 2017–18 Big Bash League.

Sydney Thunder

2017–18 season
Coach	Paddy Upton
Captain(s)	Shane Watson
Home ground	Spotless Stadium, Sydney

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Perth Scorchers	10	8	2	0	16	0.154	Advance to play-off phase
2	Adelaide Strikers (C)	10	7	3	0	14	0.801
3	Melbourne Renegades	10	6	4	0	12	0.297
4	Hobart Hurricanes	10	5	5	0	10	−0.291
5	Sydney Sixers	10	4	6	0	8	0.331
6	Sydney Thunder	10	4	6	0	8	−0.039
7	Brisbane Heat	10	4	6	0	8	−0.437
8	Melbourne Stars	10	2	8	0	4	−0.926

Source:
(C) Champion

Squad

Num	Name	State	Batting Style	Bowling Style
Batsmen
6	Aiden Blizzard		Left-Handed	Left-Arm Medium
TBC	Callum Ferguson		Right-Handed	Right-Arm Medium
77	Ryan Gibson		Right-Handed	Right-Arm Medium
18	Usman Khawaja		Left-Handed	Right-Arm Medium
17	Kurtis Patterson		Left-Handed	Right-Arm Off Spin
99	Ben Rohrer		Left-Handed	Right-Arm Medium
	All-Rounders
7	Arjun Nair		Right-Handed	Right-Arm Off Spin
33	Shane Watson (c)		Right-Hander	Right-Arm Fast-Medium
	Wicket Keepers
63	Jos Buttler (os)		Right-Handed	Left-Arm Medium
	Bowlers
52	Fawad Ahmed		Right Handed	Right-Arm Leg Spin
30	Pat Cummins		Right-Handed	Right-Arm Fast
11	Andrew Fekete		Right-Handed	Right-Arm Fast-Medium
93	Chris Green		Right-Handed	Right-Arm Off Spin
44	Nathan McAndrew		Right-Handed	Right-Arm Fast-Medium
81	Mitchell McClenaghan (os)		Left-Handed	Left-Arm Fast-Medium
27	Clint McKay		Right-Handed	Right-Arm Fast-Medium
28	Gurinder Sandhu		Left-Handed	Right-Arm Fast-Medium

• (c) = Captain
• (os) = Overseas Player

Matches

Match 1

19 December 2017 7:45pm (D/N) Scorecard

Sydney Sixers 9/149 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Thunder (H) 5/150 (20 overs)
Sam Billings 32 (21) Fawad Ahmed 2/11 (4 overs)		Shane Watson 77 (46) Daniel Sams 4/14 (4 overs)

Sydney Thunder won by 5 wickets Spotless Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 21,589 Umpires: Gerard Abood and Phillip Gillespie Player of the match: Shane Watson (Thunder)

• Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
• Daniel Sams (Sixers) made his T20 debut.

Match 2

22 December 2017 7:10pm (D/N) Scorecard

Adelaide Strikers (H) 6/163 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Thunder 110 (17.4 overs)
Alex Carey 44 (26) Arjun Nair 3/36 (4 overs)		Kurtis Patterson 48 (37) Ben Laughlin 4/26 (3.4 overs)

Adelaide Strikers won by 53 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Attendance: 36,278 Umpires: Greg Davidson and Simon Lightbody Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Strikers)

• Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 3

27 December 2017 6:10pm (D/N) Scorecard

Sydney Thunder 4/149 (17 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat (H) 4/153 (16.5 overs)
Shane Watson 56 (34) Shadab Khan 2/27 (4 overs)		Joe Burns 45* (35) Mitchell McClenaghan 2/45 (4 overs)

Brisbane Heat won by 6 wickets (D/L) The Gabba, Brisbane Attendance: 34,343 Umpires: Gerard Abood and Tony Wilds Player of the match: Alex Ross (Heat)

• Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
• Both innings were reduced to 17 overs due to a rain delay, with Brisbane Heat set a target of 151 to win by the D/L method.

Match 4

30 December 2017 7:10pm (D/N) Scorecard

Sydney Thunder 5/166 (20 overs)	v	Hobart Hurricanes (H) 109 (19.3 overs)
Jos Buttler 67 (41) Clive Rose 2/20 (4 overs)		Alex Doolan 34 (32) Fawad Ahmed 2/14 (4 overs)

Sydney Thunder won by 57 runs University of Tasmania Stadium, Launceston Attendance: 16,734 Umpires: Greg Davidson and Simon Fry Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Thunder)

• Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
• Tom Rogers (Hurricanes) made his T20 debut.

Match 5

1 January 2018 6:10pm (D/N) Scorecard

Hobart Hurricanes 3/189 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Thunder (H)
D'Arcy Short 97 (63) Fawad Ahmed 1/27 (4 overs)

Innings Break Spotless Stadium, Sydney

• Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.

Match 6

7 January 2018 7:10pm (D/N)

Sydney Thunder	v	Adelaide Strikers

Spotless Stadium, Sydney

Match 7

11 January 2018 7:40pm (D/N)

Sydney Thunder	v	Perth Scorchers

Spotless Stadium, Sydney

Match 8

13 January 2018 7:20pm (D/N)

Sydney Sixers	v	Sydney Thunder

Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Match 9

20 January 2018 6:10pm (D/N)

Melbourne Stars	v	Sydney Thunder

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Match 10

24 January 2018 7:40pm (D/N)

Sydney Thunder	v	Melbourne Renegades

Manuka Oval, Canberra