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Sydney Sixers defeated Hobart Hurricanes by six wickets in Match No 5 of the continued Massive Bash League on Monday in Launceston. Opting to bowl first, Sydney restricted Hobart at 135/8 in 20 overs with Tom Curran taking a three-wicket haul. Later, Sydney chased down the goal in 19.2 overs after Daniel Hughes performed an unbeaten knock of 60 runs. Other than the good chase, this match additionally had a hilarious second when Tom Curran received frightened by some flames on the sphere.
The incident occurred within the thirteenth over of Hobart’s innings, the place Corey Anderson performed a shot off Moises Henriques‘ supply. The ball went in the direction of the long-off the place Tom tried to cease it from going for a boundary however failed.
All of the sudden, some flames emerged from the stands and left Tom totally frightened. This visible left former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting, who was within the commentary field, in splits.
The flames out of nowhere frightened Tom Curran…
And drew loads of laughs out of the commentary field #BBL13 pic.twitter.com/DS0suu7DKV
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) December 11, 2023
Ponting mentioned to his fellow commentators, “Take a look at Tom Curran, boys watch this. Take a look at this, watch him leap.”
Coming to the match, Caleb Jewell was the top-scorer for Hobart together with his fast 42-run knock. Other than Tom, Jack Edwards and Ben Dwarshuis scalped two wickets every for Sydney.
Later, Daniel Hughes scored 60 off 50 balls as Sydney chased down the goal in 19.2 overs, with six wickets in hand. Corey Anderson scalped two wickets for Hobart.
Sydney Sixers will now be going up towards Adelaide Strikers on December 22 whereas Hobart Hurricanes can be squaring off towards Perth Scorchers on December 20.
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