Warner and Wes Agar consolidate to take S Thunder to second place

David Warner hit his most elevated BBL score in 13 years to lead Sydney Roar to a dry season breaking eight-run prevail upon Melbourne Mavericks on Monday. Coming up short on rushes to begin the competition, Warner got back to shape with an unbeaten 86 from 57 balls to direct Roar to 156 for 4. Wes Agar then, at that point, guaranteed 4 for 32 to confine Mavericks to 148 for 8, as Thunder asserted their most memorable win at their home ground of Engie Arena in 734 days. The outcome moved Roar to second on the BBL table behind cross-town rivals Sydney Sixers, while Mavericks slipped to third with a 2-2 record. Mavericks' misfortune came notwithstanding Will Sutherland pulling off what likely could be the trick of the late spring to excuse Sam Billings (10), in what had lingered as a critical second in the game. Handling at mid-on, Sutherland ran five meters to one side and bounced back towards the limit to guarantee a one-gave holder. Making the catch much more amazing was that Billings had struck the ball hard and level, leaving Sutherland brief period to respond. Billings' leave left the Thunder 87 for 4 in the fourteenth over, and battling to post a cutthroat score. However, that was when Warner dominated. In the wake of being 43 off 38 at the hour of Billings' excusal, Warner hit his next 43 runs from 19 balls as he turned out to be more imaginative and all the more impressive. His absolute best came when he went to turn around clear Adam Zampa, understood the ball was too short, and afterward steadied himself on his feet to rather switch-hit for six. One more most extreme came in the following over when he scooped speedy Fergus O'Neill, before he switch-hit the following ball for four. Warner scored the primary BBL century in the subsequent game played in the opposition back in 2011-12. He played just three games across the initial ten seasons, however Monday's score was his most elevated since his re-visitation of BBL contribution in 2023. While Warner assumed command over the Thunder innings to give them a 3-1 record to begin the season, nobody could do comparable for Stars. Josh Brown was dropped two times prior to falling for 22, while individual opener Jake Fraser-McGurk confronted 27 balls for his 26 preceding spooning one back to Chris Green. Agar then crushed the spirit of the Rebels batting, eliminating Mackenzie Harvey and Sutherland in progressive balls. And keeping in mind that Laurie Evans gave Mavericks some late expectation, Agar had him gotten behind on 40 to actually kill off the pursuit toward the finish of the eighteenth over.