In the end, we delievered what the punters wanted. A Thunder win, and a chance to finish the job off from last week. Fucking weather.
Remember, the right win is a Thunder win. 
@ElCapitanCranky needs to give us a ball-by-ball blog here on MediaSpy for the showdown.
Only adds to the commentary.
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Bit of an issue. Kings are playing that night and its member appreciation round. So, Iâm ummimg and aaahing at the moment.
Agree!
He will make âThe Grade Cricketersâ (alternate commentary on 7Plus) seem like a Play School recital.
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Imagine if the Thunder end up winning this thing⌠weâd never hear the end of it.
I do have a bit of a soft spot for Chris Green, he seems to be such a nice bloke, and having played for the Thunder for so long. Which made me think back to who else played for that great BBL|05 sideâŚ
Wow! Chris Jordan. And the great Jacques Kallis (who Chris Green says is his âMr Cricketâ). And Shane Watson - who seems to be Sam Konstasâs favorite.
Youâd love it. Youâd be calling for 7,9, 10, ABC, SBS, Fox, community TV, Newsmax, ARN, SCA, Sky News, Sky Racing, the local RSL etc., to sign me up to do it. Youâd be picketing the joint. 
Youâre right. You wouldnât. And with good reason. 
The Thunder (6/157 from 18.5 overs) beat the Sixers (7/151 from 20 overs) by four wickets in tonightâs BBL challenger at the SCG tonight, to advance to next Mondayâs final against the Hurricanes in Hobart. It will be the Thunderâs first BBL final since 2015/16, and the Thunder also ended their six-game losing streak against the cross-town rivals.
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Pleased the Thunder won!
Thunder bowled really well to keep the Sixers to 7/151⌠Sixers missed a couple of chances to take wickets in the run chase, including a sitter of a catch. A controversial run out decision went the Sixers way, but thankfully didnât affect the outcome.
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So you should be. Thunder are the peoples team after all.
Took a while but we got there. Sixers lost their shit repeatedly. And it was glorious.
Did you go? Or were you at the Kings game?
Silk not as silky smooth as normal and poor little Lachie Shaw missing a sitter. Should have gone fingers down, like the Guvânor said.
But oh well. Monday night at least we get to see the Peopleâs team in purple perform.
At the Kings game with SEN in my ear. Shouldâve gone, Kings sucked harder than the Sixers.
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Oh ye of little faith! 
WellâŚhad to pick one. Given last time I was at the SCG it was rained out, i picked something with a better than average chance of happening.
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Yes, looking forward to Hurricanes v Thunder.
I can enjoy this regardless of the result, any final without Sixers or Scorchers is a good one.
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As expected, the ICC have announced the test XI of 2024
Same list but Cumdog is the captain and is the ninth man.
Easily the captain of the decade (so far), so well deserved.
edit: the list
There was no Aussie in the ICC Menâs ODI Team of the Year either. Ash Gardner and Annabel Sutherland were the only two Australian players in the Womenâs ODI Team of the Year.
ICC Menâs ODI Team of the Year: Saim Ayub (Pakistan), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan), Pathum Nissanka (Sri Lanka), Kusal Mendis (wkt, Sri Lanka), Charith Asalanka (capt, Sri Lanka), Sherfane Rutherford (West Indies), Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan), Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka), Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan), Haris Rauf (Pakistan), AM Ghazanfar (Afghanistan).
ICC Womenâs ODI Team of the Year: Smriti Mandhana (India), Laura Wolvaardt (capt, South Africa), Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka), Hayley Matthews (West Indies), Marizanne Kapp (South Africa), Ash Gardner (Australia), Annabel Sutherland (Australia), Amy Jones (wkt, England), Deepti Sharma (India), Sophie Ecclestone (England), Kate Cross (England).
Yesterday was the first of five days of announcements of ICC Awards 2024. It will culminate on Tuesday (January 28) with the Menâs and Womenâs Cricketer of the Year.
Great to see Laura as captain of the side. Certainly not just a great bat, but superb leader as well. Letâs face it, either her or Marizanne could easily lead the side. Interesting thereâs no White Ferns - in a year they won the world cup! Sophie Devine possibly? Suzie? I think Melie could rightly feel a bit ripped-off being left out. But oh well.
Well, thatâs a ODI team of the year and they won the T20 World Cup.
NZ only won two of their 11 ODIs last year - with no 5 wicket bags and only one century with the bat.