BBL 2025-26 AS vs ST Highlights: Matthew Short-led Adelaide Strikers secured a 6-run victory against David Warner-led Sydney Thunder in the 25th match of the BBL 2025-26 on January 06 at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide.
| Tournament | Big Bash League 2025-26 |
| Team | Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder, 25th match |
| Date | Tuesday, January 06, 2026 |
| Toss | Sydney Thunder won the toss and opted to bowl |
| Venue | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide |
| Result | Adelaide Oval won by 6 Runs |
| Points Table | BBL 2025-26 Points Table, Team Standing, NRR and Points |
BBL 2025-26 AS vs ST Playing 11
Adelaide Strikers
Matthew Short (c), Chris Lynn, Mackenzie Harvey (wk), Jason Sangha, Liam Scott, Harry Manenti, Jamie Overton, Jerrssis Wadia, Luke Wood, Hasan Ali, Lloyd Pope
Sydney Thunder
Matthew Gilkes, David Warner (c), Sam Konstas, Sam Billings (wk), Nic Maddinson, Daniel Sams, David Willey, Chris Green, Nathan McAndrew, Tanveer Sangha, Wes Agar
BBL 2025-26 AS vs ST Scoreboard
| Team | Score |
| Adelaide Strikers | 165-8 (20 ov) |
| Sydney Thunder | 159-7 (20 Ov) |
BBL 2025-26 AS vs ST Scorecard
Adelaide Strikers Batting
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Chris Lynn | c Sams b McAndrew | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 250 |
| Matthew Short (c) | c Gilkes b Willey | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Mackenzie Harvey † | c Willey b Agar | 38 | 34 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 111.76 |
| Jason Sangha | c Warner b Sams | 31 | 23 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 134.78 |
| Liam Scott | not out | 49 | 32 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 153.12 |
| Jamie Overton | c Maddinson b McAndrew | 13 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 118.18 |
| Harry Manenti | run out (Sams/Willey) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Jerrssis Wadia | b Agar | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 175 |
| Luke Wood | c Sams b Agar | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hasan Ali | not out | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Sydney Thunder Bowling
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| David Willey | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 9.5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan McAndrew | 3 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 10.66 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Green | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10.5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanveer Sangha | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4.75 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wes Agar | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Sams | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 9.5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Sydney Thunder Batting
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Matthew Gilkes | c †Harvey b Overton | 43 | 33 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 130.3 |
| David Warner (c) | not out | 67 | 51 | 93 | 7 | 1 | 131.37 |
| Sam Billings † | c Overton b Pope | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Sam Konstas | c Scott b Hasan Ali | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Nic Maddinson | b Overton | 21 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 150 |
| Daniel Sams | b Pope | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 233.33 |
| Chris Green | run out (Wadia/†Harvey) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| David Willey | c Short b Overton | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 200 |
| Nathan McAndrew | not out | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 166.66 |
Adelaide Strikers Bowling
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Luke Wood | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 9.25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Scott | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hasan Ali | 4 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 5.5 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Short | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Overton | 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 6.25 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyd Pope | 4 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 9.25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
BBL 2025-26 AS vs ST Highlights
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Player of the Match
Jamie Overton | Adelaide Strikers
Yeah, it was a really good win. Bit tighter than we would have liked, but good to get over the line after a disappointing loss in the previous game. Yeah, at that stage (death overs) it’s never easy with the ball, I just tried to bash it into the hard length and it worked for us the whole innings.
I was trying to stay calm and composed. We all know what kind of player he (Warner) is, almost tried to keep him off strike and to face less than 50 balls.. it kind of worked for us tonight.
Don’t know really, probably bit of freshness, not given up on red-ball cricket, bowling 15-16 overs in a day takes a toll, I can put my energy into the 4 overs and nice to get the speeds up again.
Fingers crossed that we make the final. That will be three years in a row that I will be leaving before the finals, but that’s the international calendar. I will give it my all for the rest of the games are here and hope we make the finals.
