Overview
- Adelaide defended 165-8 to hold Sydney to 159-7 at Adelaide Oval in a tense finish.
- Jamie Overton led the attack with 3-25, breaking a 73-run opening stand and later removing Nic Maddinson, with Matt Short’s diving catch dismissing David Willey in the penultimate over.
- With 13 required off the last over, Luke Wood conceded only seven as David Warner managed just a single before the tail fell short.
- Warner ended unbeaten on 67 and showed visible frustration as the Thunder slipped to 1-6 at the foot of the table.
- Liam Scott’s unbeaten 49 and Mackenzie Harvey’s 38 underpinned the Strikers’ total, moving them to 3-3 and fifth, while Overton and Wood have been named in England’s T20 World Cup squad.