BBL 13, AS vs PS | Matt Short and Chris Lynn star as Adelaide Strikers break Scorchers’ winning spree
After a loss against the Perth Scorchers a few days back, Adelaide Strikers got their revenge with a comprehensive victory in the reverse fixture. The visitors did not get enough for their bowlers to defend as Matt Short and Chris Lynn’s 96-run stand demolished the Scorchers in the BBL fixture.
Winning the toss, Matthew Short sent the Perth Scorchers to bat first and almost gave them a shocker after Zak Crawley survived a lbw chance. However, on the next delivery, he cleaned up Sam Whiteman for a golden duck followed by Henry Thornton knocking off the stumps of Crawley within the powerplay. Despite the early stutters, Aaron Hardie (37) and Josh Inglis (39) tailored a 60-run third wicket stand to ease off the pressure. Lloyd Pope sent the two batters back to the hut halfway through the innings. Subsequently, Laurie Evans and Cooper Connoly eked 25 runs during the Power Surge before a dramatic final over rolled out where David Payne scalped two wickets and got hammered for a six by Andrew Tye to see the Scorchers reach 153/7.
In pursuit of the chase, D’Arcy Short and Matthew Short gave a flying start whacking Jason Behrendorff and Jhye Richardson for aplenty, They scored over ten runs per over before Lance Morris broke the stand with the scoreboard reading 58/1 after 4.5 overs. However, there was no change in the pattern from the Strikers’ batters as Chris Lynn (33-ball 50*) and Matt (51-ball 76*) smacked the Scorchers bowlers left, right, and center. Both batters went on to smash a half-century and steered the side past the finishing line with no more hiccups and 23 balls to spare.
Chris Lynn hits upper deckers for fun! 🤩 #BBL13 pic.twitter.com/6JAW6jEpH7
— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 5, 2024
What a shot!!!
This shot from short!🔥#bbl2023 #BBL pic.twitter.com/uDsRBu43le
— SportsCafe (@IndiaSportscafe) January 5, 2024
He's got the soup!
Chris Lynn still got it.
— ✯Aaman✯ (@SRKsRobot) January 5, 2024
True! He should do that.
After Gautam Gambhir and Manish Pandey, Chris Lynn should also return to the team.@KKRiders @lynny50
— Mohammad Wahid 🇮🇳 (@wahidlucknavi) January 5, 2024
Absolute madness!!
Chris Lynn sanity madness 🔥🔥#PAKvsAUS #INDvsSA #BBL13 #Babar #Pakistan #Rizwan #Bumrah #CricketTwitterpic.twitter.com/DBDrxLzTi1
— Sujeet Suman (@sujeetsuman1991) January 5, 2024
Take that you!!!!
What a shot!! 🏏
— Saqib Khan (@saqibkhan_10) January 5, 2024
Chris Lynn and Matt Short are peppering the upper decks of Adelaide Oval #BBL13pic.twitter.com/Bl1j1RcxRJ
Man with muscles!
Wow Chris Lynn 👏 😍 6️⃣ #OurCityOurTeam #BBL13
— Kylie (@KylieT23) January 5, 2024
He is such a guy to watch!
Mathew Short 😭😭🔥🔥🔥
— NaTaRaJ ✨ (@NaTaraJ_21) January 5, 2024
Hahaha!
I still managed to do it 😂 Chris Lynn saved my ass, idk how but I won by 7 points
— Hex (@hexvfxx) January 5, 2024
He's so good at it!
Mathew short has been fcuking with me one way or the other in this comp. #BBL13
— Adv. Unni (@laxmipath) January 5, 2024