SIX vs THU Ball by Ball Commentary

SIX! NATHAN MCANDREW TAKES THE SYDNEY THUNDER INTO THE FINAL. This was full and in the slot on off. Nathan McAndrew clears the front leg and thumps it over the long-off boundary for a maximum to finish the game with seven balls to spare. Sydney Thunder win by 6 wickets and the Sydney Sixers are knocked out of the competition.

In the air but safe! On a length, around off. Nathan McAndrew makes room and lofts this toward extra cover for a couple. Just a single needed now.

WIDE! Loses his radar and bowls it down the leg. Nathan McAndrew tucks and misses. Wide signaled by the umpire.

FOUR! SMASHED! Back of a length delivery outside off. Nathan McAndrew stands tall and slaps this over mid-off for a telling blow. The visitors are just a hit away now from a famous win.

Back of a length angling away. Nathan McAndrew swings and misses.

FOUR! Nicely done! Good length ball, on the middle and leg. Nathan McAndrew swivel-pulls this off the bottom edge and it runs through backward square leg and races to the boundary. 8 needed off 11.

SIX! Sam Billings, You Beauty! He has belted this into the stands for a 91m hit. This was on a length, on the middle and leg. Sam Billings picks it early and smokes it over deep mid-wicket for half a dozen. 12 needed off the last two overs.

Up and Over! Pitched full on off. Nathan McAndrew swings hard and lofts this over the bowler, down the ground. Moises Henriques gives the chase, puts the slide, and saves it just inside the boundary. Triple taken.

Nathan McAndrew skips down, makes room, and hacks the length ball toward the short mid-wicket. Jordan Silk collects it and has a shy at the stumps. Billings was backing up too far and a direct hit from Silk would have been curtains for him.

OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER! Hayden Kerr gives a send-off to George Garton. Lands it on a length, on the middle and leg. Garton swings across the line and misses. The stumps are rattled and the Sixers aren't giving up without a fight. Garton departs cheaply. The Thunder are six down.

Slower and shorter on the middle. Sam Billings pulls this through square leg for one.

Slower length delivery, just outside off. George Garton strokes it to short cover and collects a tight single.

Full-length ball around off. Driven to mid-off for a quick single.

OUT! BOWLED'EM! A massive wicket for Jack Edwards and the Sixers! Fuller than a good length, shaping in on off. Chris Green makes room to drill through the off-side but the ball skids through and clatters into the stumps. The Thunder have lost half of their side now.

In the air but safe! Short of a length around off. Green makes room and swats this to the long-off region. It plucks inside the ropes and the batters take a couple.

Good length delivery angled into the middle. Billings nudges this to square leg for a single.

Fuller than a length around off. Billings lofts it over the bowler and down the ground for two more.

Short of a good length outside off. Billings reaches for it and dabs this toward deep third region for a quick couple. Excellent running from the duo.

Back of a length on off.  Green makes room and cuts this through point for a couple.

FOUR! SMACKED! Fuller than a length on the middle. Chris Green makes room, shimmies down the pitch, and lofts this cleanly toward the wide long-off region. A couple of bounces and into the boundary.

Goes full, outside off. Billings drives it toward wide of mid-off for a single.

Short of a good length around off. Green hangs back and steers it through point for one.

Back of a length angling away. Green plays and misses. Two dots in a row.

Oh No! Jordan Silk misses the chance to run-out Sam Billings. How costly will this be? Back of a length on off. Green punches it to Silk at the short cover region who comes in quickly but fails to gather the ball cleanly and shells the chance as Billings had taken the start for the run and was well out of the crease.

FOUR! Put Away! Touch short, outside off. Billings cuts it powerfully through extra cover and ends the over with a boundary. 39 needed off 30 balls now.

Wrong'un, on the length, on the middle. Billings blocks into the off-side on the backfoot.

Flatter leg break, on off. Billings stays back and defends back to the bowler.

Too full, around off. Billings advances and bunts it back at Chohan who stops it and has a shy at the stumps but misses. It hits Billings who dives to get back in the crease. It deflects on the stumps but Billings is home.

Overpitched on the leg pole. Billings works it in the gap between deep mid-wicket and long-on for a couple.

Low full toss on the middle and leg. Eased to long-on for one.

Pitched full on off. Green plays the lofted drive to long-on for one.

Fuller than a length, around off. Billings prods forward for the drive and gets the inside edge onto the pad. The ball rolls into the off-side and the batters steal a run.

Pitched full, on off. Green charges down and strokes this to mid-off for a quick single.

On a length, around off. Green drives it on the up toward deep extra cover for a couple.

Short of a good length, angled into the middle. Green tucks and misses onto the pad.

Good length delivery close to the off-stump. Green flays and misses.

Back of a length delivery angling away. Chris Green rides the bounce and cuts this toward deep backward point for one.

OUT! CHOPPED ON! Massive wicket for the Sixers! Short of a good length delivery on off. Hugh Weibgen hangs back and looks to hack it across the line. Ends up getting an inside edge back onto the stumps. Poor shot from the youngster and the Sixers are back in the game.

Full and shapes away outside off. Hugh Weibgen drives and misses.

Short of a good length on off. Dabbed to deep third for a single. 100 up for the Sydney Thunder.

Length ball, angling away. Sam Billings has a poke at it and gets beaten.

FOUR! Excellent Placement from Billings! On a length, around off. Sam Billings gets on top of the bounce and times this through the extra cover region. Has enough legs to beat the man in the deep and get to the ropes in a flash.

Tossed up leg break, around off. Billings punches this to deep extra cover for a single.

Leg break, on off. Weibgen stays back and works this through mid-wicket for one.

Low full toss outside off. Weibgen hits this hard toward long-off and they steal a couple.

Flighted leg break, around off. Guided toward backward point for a quick single.

Tossed up on off. Weibgen eases this to long-on for one.

Floated full, on the leg. Billings works this through backward square leg for one.

Back of a length on the hip. Tucked to long-leg for a single.

SIX! Poor ball and Ben Dwarshuis has released the pressure! Back of a length down the leg. Billings swivels and helps it over fine leg for a biggie.

On a length, around off. Tapped in front of backward point for a single.

Short of a good length, on the middle and leg. Hugh Weibgen hops and tucks into the on-side.

On a length, around off. Dabbed to short third for one.

Short of a good-length delivery on top of the stumps. Billings drops it towards the on-side of the pitch.

Leg break, around off. Sam Billings makes room for the cut but gets an under-edge toward short fine leg for a single. Sydney Thunder are 79/3 at the halfway mark of the chase.

Wrong'un, on the middle. Hugh Weibgen flicks this through mid-wicket for one.

Tossed up around off. Pushed into covers for a quick single.

Flighted full, around off. Sam Billings presses forward and blocks.

Tossed up leg break outside off. Hugh Weibgen drives this to sweeper cover for one.

Floated full, down the leg. Sam Billings sweeps this to short fine leg for one.

Full, at the stumps. Sam Billings works it through wide of mid-wicket for a single.

Length ball just outside off. Hugh Weibgen taps it towards the off-side of the pitch and scampers through for a single.

DRAMATIC RUN OUT! Hard-length delivery on off. Matthew Gilkes hangs back and dabs this toward deep third. Calls for another couple as is struggling to complete the second run. The throw comes in from the ropes as Jack Edwards runs around to collect it. Kerr collects the ball and lands a direct hit from the deep at the striker's end. The Sixers were lucky as Edwards who tried to gather the ball knocked the stumps but the bails only came off when the ball hit the stumps. Gilkes tries to dive and make his ground but fails. A massive wicket at this stage and the Sixers are back in the mix.

Back of a length again, outside off. Gilkes makes room and slashes it through the backward point region for two more.

Back of a length on the leg. Gilkes tucks this through backward square leg for a couple.

Pitched full, angled into the middle and leg. Billings flicks this through backward square leg for a single.

Googly on the leg. Sam Billings nudges this through square leg for one.

OUT! CAUGHT! Jafer Chohan strikes in his first over and gets a massive wicket. Tosses it full, on the middle. Jason Sangha gets low and slogs it flat toward the deep mid-wicket region. He fails to get the elevation and gets caught by Jack Edwards near the ropes. Sydney Thunder are two down.

Tad short, around off. Jason Sangha cuts this to backward point for none.

Dropped short on the middle and leg. Matthew Gilkes pulls this to deep mid-wicket for one.

Wrong'un, just outside off. Matthew Gilkes makes room and mistimes the cut onto the pitch.

Jafer Chohan starts with a loose ball, down the leg. Jason Sangha pulls this to long-leg for one.

Flat again on the leg pole. Jason Sangha works this past mid-wicket for  single.

Flat and wide outside off. Gilkes cuts this to deep point for a single.

Touch short, around off. Punched through covers for a couple.

Pitched full, at the stumps. Nudged through mid-wicket for a single.

Loopy low full toss on off. Matthew Gilkes drags this to deep mid-wicket for a run.

Flat on the middle and leg. Jason Sangha sweeps it round the corner for one.

Full and at the stumps. Drilled back at Perry. A couple of dots to end the over.

Full-length delivery, wide outside off. Driven to extra cover for none.

SIX! BOOM! Perry bowls it short around the chest height. Matthew Gilkes picks the length and smokes it over deep square leg into the stands for half a dozen.

FOUR! Flashy! Lands it on a length, outside off. Matthew Gilkes cuts hard and races off the bottom edge toward deep third for a streaky boundary. 50 up for the Thunder.

On a length, on off. Jason Sangha prods and taps in front of cover fielder for a single.

Back of a length around off. Matthew Gilkes punches this aerially toward deep point for one.

Tad short, outside off. Matthew Gilkes cuts this to the sweeper cover for a single.

Flighted full, on the middle. Pushed back to the bowler.

In the air but just short! Tossed up on off. Jason Sangha mistimes the reverse sweep and lobs it in front of the backward point fielder. Single taken.

Flat and drifted down the leg. Jason Sangha glances it to fine leg for a couple.

FOUR! Smart batting! Flatter on off. Jason Sangha brings out the reverses and nails it past the short third fielder for a cheeky boundary.

IN THE AIR AND DROPPED! Tosses it on a length, around off. Matthew Gilkes makes room and lofts it toward Lachlan Shaw at the long-off region. He puts down a regulation chance and Gilkes gets a lifeline.

Short of a good length, on off. Matthew Gilkes makes room and chops into the off-side. The batters steal a single. A tidy over from Jack Edwards.

Length ball, around off. Matthew Gilkes drives it on the up into covers.

Fuller than a length on the middle and leg. Jason Sangha shimmies down and hacks it off the inner half toward deep square leg for one.

Length ball, angled into the middle and leg. Jason Sangha flicks and misses onto the pad.

On a length, around off. Gilkes strokes it to mid-off for one.

Jack Edwards starts with a good length delivery angling away. Matthew Gilkes chops it onto the pitch.

Pitched full, around off. Matthew Gilkes forces the drive to mid-off for one.

LEG BYES! Back of a length down the leg. Matthew Gilkes glances off the pad toward fine leg for a couple of extras.

OUT! CAUGHT! Mitchell Perry gets the big wicket of the Thunder skipper and he is pumped! Lands it on a length on the middle. David Warner shimmies down to hack it over mid-wicket but this comes off the toe end and goes straight to Jack Edwards at mid-on who takes a sharp catch. The Thunder are rocked early.

Good comeback from Perry! Bowls it full, and swings back in around off. David Warner heaves and misses.

FOUR! BANG! Fuller than a length outside off. David Warner smashes it through the cover-point region and it races to the fence in a flash.

Short of a good length angled across the batter. David Warner swings across the line and fails to connect.

LEG BYE! On a length, on the leg pole. David Warner misses the tuck and wears on the pad. The ball rolls off the pad to point for a leg bye.

Good length ball, angled into the middle. David Warner defends from the crease.

Full-length ball on the middle and leg. David Warner makes room and drives this to extra cover where Ben Manenti makes a solid stop to his right.

Fuller than a length outside off. Jason Sangha drives it hard into covers and a fumble from Jordan Silk allows the triple.

Yorker length ball on the leg. David Warner turns into the leg side for one.

SIX! Unbelievable start from David Warner. Kerr bowls it on a length, on the middle. Warner gets across and helps it over fine leg for a maximum to get off the mark.

FOUR! A third boundary in the over and a confident start from the right-hander. Full delivery angling across just outside off. Jason Sangha whacks it past the mid-off and the ball trickles away to the fences again.

FOUR MORE! CLASSY! Hard-length ball on the middle and leg. Jason Sangha flicks this over mid-wicket and races to the fence in a flash.

Fuller than a length on the leg pole. Jason Sangha chips it toward deep square leg for a couple.

FOUR! Jason Sangha and the Thunder are away! Pitched full, on off. Jason Sangha picks it early and tonks it over the bowler and down to long-on for a cracking boundary to get off the mark.

On a length, angling away. Jason Sangha cuts and misses.

Ben Dwarshuis starts with a good length delivery, nipping in on off. Jason Sangha prods to defend and nearly chops it back onto the stumps.