Overview
- Coming in at 34 for 3 in the sixth over, Ashton Turner blasted 99 not out from 41 balls with eight sixes after reaching fifty in 22 deliveries.
- In the final over he struck two sixes then a single before Ashton Agar hit a four and was caught, with Joel Paris falling next ball to leave Turner one short.
- Perth posted 8 for 202 at Sydney Showground and bowled out the Thunder for 131 in the 18th over for a 71-run victory.
- Aaron Hardie, Cooper Connolly, Joel Paris and Brody Couch each took two wickets as Sydney's chase collapsed after a rapid start from David Warner and Matthew Gilkes.
- Turner's unbeaten 99 marked his career-best T20 score and the fourth 99 not out in BBL history, as the result lifted Perth into the top four and left the Thunder 1-4.