Big Bash

Fans have taken to social media in disbelief as Big Bash League side Sydney Roar scored the lowest total runs ever in T20 history.

Chasing a total of 140 at the Sydney Showground Stadium, Thunder were taken out thanks to five wickets in three balls from Henry Thornton and just 35 balls in total. - The Big Bash League side scored just 15 runs off 35 balls in loss to Adelaide 'This is absolutely embarrassing and PATHETIC': Fans mock Sydney Thunder as the Big Bash League team record the lowest run total in T20 history when they hit just 15 runs off 35 balls in defeat to Adelaide Strikers

The Sydney Thunder collapse in historic fashion, bowled out for just 15 runs in their BBL loss to the Adelaide Strikers.

"You bin this game, you move on. We're a good enough team." "But at the end of the day, it's just not good enough for a professional team to get bowled out for that little." The Thunder restricted the Strikers to 9-139 and looked in control after losing the toss and being asked to field on Friday night, but they were bowled out in just 35 balls to come up well short of the BBL's previous record for low score (57). The Sydney Thunder have sputtered their way to the lowest total in the history of men's professional T20 cricket — bowled out for just 15 runs — to hand the Adelaide Strikers the easiest of BBL wins at Showground Stadium. - The Thunder were bowled out in just 35 balls

The Sydney Thunder have claimed an unwanted piece of cricketing history after being bowled out for the lowest-ever score in a T20 match.

Alex Hales 0 (2) - c Harry Neilsen (wk) b Wes Agar We thought if we could get over 150 we’d be really close, but we’d have to bowl well. However, a 66-run partnership between Chris Lynn and Colin de Grandhomme put them back on track to post a defendable score. I thought they bowled really, really well considering what the wicket was doing and we just thought if we hung in there long enough we’d create chances. Five batsmen were dismissed without scoring – including three of their top four in the order. No 10 batsman Brendan Doggett top-scored with four.

The total is the lowest in the history of Twenty20 cricket and believed to be the lowest of all time.

The Sydney Thunder suffered an embarrassing defeat to the Adelaide Strikers in a Big Bash League encounter after they were bowled out for 15.

Off-break bowler Matthew Short also took 1 for 5 in his solitary over. That's unbelievable." [ESPNcricinfo](https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/big-bash-league-2022-23-1324623/sydney-thunder-vs-adelaide-strikers-5th-match-1324628/match-report), it's the lowest-ever score in a professional T20 match. [previous record low](https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/305301.html) was when Turkey made 21 against Czech Republic in 2019. Chasing 140 for victory in 20 overs, the Sydney Thunder were bowled out for a meagre 15 runs in 5.5 overs. The Sydney Thunder suffered an embarrassing 124-run defeat to the Adelaide Strikers in a Big Bash League encounter in Sydney on Friday.

The Sydney Thunder have sputtered their way to the lowest total in the history of men's professional T20 cricket - bowled out for just 15 runs.

"You bin this game, you move on. We're a good enough team." "But at the end of the day, it's just not good enough for a professional team to get bowled out for that little." "On another day, Rossouw's shot goes a centimetre over Short's hand for four and maybe we don't have this conversation and we end up on the winning side. The Thunder restricted the Strikers to 9-139 and looked in control after losing the toss and being asked to field on Friday night, but they were bowled out in just 35 balls to come up well short of the BBL's previous record for low score (57). The Sydney Thunder have sputtered their way to the lowest total in the history of men's professional T20 cricket - bowled out for just 15 runs - to hand the Adelaide Strikers the easiest of BBL wins at Showground Stadium.