Adelaide Strikers

Adelaide Strikers will play Sydney Thunder in the BBL 09 knockout game on Saturday, February 1 after the latter beat Hobart Hurricanes by 57 runs in the Eliminator to book a place in the knockout. Alex Hales (60) and Usman Khawaja (54) made meaningful contributions with the bat to take the Thunders to 197/5. Their bowlers led by Johnathan Cook then bowled out the Hurricanes for 140 to won the match by 57 runs. Cook took four wickets as Daniel Sams and Chris

It was an eventful day of play in the BBL 09 as the 27th and the 28th match saw two back to back hat-tricks by Adelaide Strikers spinner Rashid Khan and Melbourne Stars bowler Haris Rauf. This is the first time ever that two bowlers registered hat-tricks on the same day in the BBL history. While this was Rashid's third T20I career hat-trick, it was a first for Rauf. In the first match of the day between Adelaide Strikers and Sydney Sixers in