Overview
- Steve Smith reached a century off 41 balls and finished with 100 from 42 deliveries, striking nine sixes and five fours in a five-wicket win.
- During the Power Surge he took 32 off Ryan Hadley, including four consecutive sixes, after declining a last-ball single to keep strike.
- Babar Azam contributed 47 in a 141-run opening stand and was out at the start of the next over, with Jack Edwards and Lachlan Shaw closing the chase after a brief wobble.
- David Warner’s unbeaten 110 from 65 balls underpinned the Thunder’s 189-6, but his century proved insufficient despite leading all scorers.
- Smith’s hundred was his fourth in the BBL, reported as the most in competition history, and the result moved the Sixers into fourth with a chance to clinch finals by beating Brisbane Heat.